Ulyanovsk Oblast (,
Ulyanovskaya oblast) is a
federal subject of
Russia (an
oblast). It is located in the
Volga Federal District. Its administrative center is
Ulyanovsk, named for Vladimir Illyich
Lenin's family name Ulyanov.
Area: 37,300 km²; population: 1,382,811 (as of the
2002 Census).
Geography
Ulyanovsk Oblast borders the
Chuvash Republic (N),
Republic of Tatarstan (NE),
Samara Oblast (E),
Saratov Oblast (S),
Penza Oblast (W), and
Republic of Mordovia (NW).
It is located on the northern edge of Central
Steppes. 25% of its territory is covered with
deciduous forests;the rest is covered with steppes and meadows. Ulyanovsk Oblast is divided in half by the
Volga River. Hilly areas to the west of the Volga are known as
Volga Upland (elevations up to 358 m). Eastern part of the oblast is mostly flat.
Ulyanovsk Oblast has moderately
continental, highly volatile climate. Average temperature of June +19 °C, of January −13 °C. As weather systems move in and out of the area, average daily temperatures often change up to +20°C in the matter of days. Fixed snow cover is typically present from late October – early November to mid-April. Overnight frosts occur until late May, restricting agriculture to cold-resistant plants such as rye.
Nature
The Ulyanovsk oblast is located in the zones of wooded plain and broad-leaved scaffolding.
Soils are predominantly chernozem.
Scaffolding occupy 1/4 territories. In the northwest — large massifs of oak scaffolding with the participation of linden, maple; in the
Transvolga region — meadow steppes, separate pine borons.
Were preserved moose, marten, squirrel, hare- white hare and other were numerous the planktonic and marshy- coastal birds. In
Kuybyshev Reservoir — bream, pike-perch, carp and other
The
protected areas are found on the territory of region: national park
Sengiley mountains, the guarding zone of state preserve “Volga wooded plain”, the monuments of nature
Undory mineral source,
relict scaffolding etc.
Demographics
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Tatars
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Chuvashs
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Erzya
55% of residents of Ulyanovsk Oblast live in two cities with population above 25,000—
Ulyanovsk and
Dimitrovgrad.
Population is 72%
Russian, 12%
Tatar, 8%
Chuvash, 4%
Mordva, 4% others.
For the first half of 2007, the birth rate was 9.0 per 1000
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Religion
Mostly
Orthodox Christian with
Muslim minority of about 15%.
Economics
Ulyanovsk and Dimitrovgrad are industrial cities and contain a number of large plants and factories. Rural part of Ulyanovsk Oblast is agricultural and is focused primarily on
animal husbandry, to the lesser extent on
crop farming.
According to Herbert E. Meyer, of the CIA National Intelligence Council, Ulyanovsk implemented a plan to increase Russia's dismal population growth which stipulated that workers would receive the second half of the workday off in order to go home and "produce more future patriots."
Administrative divisions
Sister district
References
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