Leningrad Oblast

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Leningrad Oblast (Russian: Ленингра́дская о́бласть; tr.: Leningradskaya oblast) is a federal subject of Russia (an oblast) located in the Northwestern Federal District and named after the revolutionary Vladimir Lenin. It contains Saint Petersburg (formerly known as Leningrad) but is administratively separate from it.

The oblast has an area of 85,900 km² and population 1,669,205 as of 2002 All-Russian Population Census. Aside from Saint Petersburg, Kolpino is the largest city with around 160,000 inhabitants. Leningrad Oblast managed to retain its name after the fall of the Soviet Union in spite of the city proper Leningrad's change.

1 Geography
- 1.1 Time zone
2 Administrative divisions
- 2.1 Districts
3 External links

Geography

Time zone

Leningrad Oblast is located in the Moscow Time Zone (MSK/MSD). UTC offset is +0300 (MSK)/+0400 (MSD).

Administrative divisions

Districts

Leningrad Oblast consists of 17 districts (Russian: районы, raiony) and 1 volost (Russian: волость):

Boksitogorsky (Бокситого́рский)
Gatchinsky (Га́тчинский) - centered on the royal residence of Gatchina
Kingiseppsky (Кингисе́ппский) - features medieval fortresses in Koporye, Yamburg, and Ivangorod
Kirishsky (Киришский)
Kirovsky (Ки́ровский)
Lodeynopolsky (Лодейнопо́льский) - centered on Lodeinoe Pole, with Alexandro-Svirsky Monastery in the vicinity
Lomonosovsky (Ломоно́совский) - centered on Oranienbaum, Russia
Luzhsky (Лу́жский)
Podporozhsky (Подпоро́жский)
Priozersky (Приозерский) - centered on Priozersk (see Kexholm County)
Slantsevsky (Сла́нцевский)
Tikhvinsky (Ти́хвинский) - centered on the historic town of Tikhvin
Tosnensky (Тосненский)
Volkhovsky (Во́лховский) - centered on the town of Volkhov, with the first Russian capital, Old Ladoga, in the vicinity
Volosovsky (Волосовский)
Vsevolozhsky (Всеволожский) - centered on the industrial suburb of Vsevolozhsk
Vyborgsky (Вы́боргский) - centered on Vyborg
Koltushskaya (Колтушская во́лость)

External links

Official website of Leningrad Oblast (in English)
Official website of Leningrad Oblast (in Russian)

Administrative subdivisions of Russia

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Federal subjects

Republics	Adygeya \| Altai \| Bashkortostan \| Buryatia \| Chechnya \| Chuvashia \| Dagestan \| Ingushetia \| Kabardino-Balkaria \| Karelia \| Khakassia \| Komi \| Kalmykia \| Karachay-Cherkessia \| Mari El \| Mordovia \| North Ossetia-Alania \| Sakha \| Tatarstan \| Tuva \| Udmurtia
Krais	Altai \| Khabarovsk \| Krasnodar \| Krasnoyarsk² \| Primorsky \| Stavropol
Oblasts	Amur \| Arkhangelsk \| Astrakhan \| Belgorod \| Bryansk \| Chelyabinsk \| Chita \| Irkutsk⁴ \| Ivanovo \| Kaliningrad \| Kaluga \| Kamchatka³ \| Kemerovo \| Kirov \| Kostroma \| Kurgan \| Kursk \| Leningrad \| Lipetsk \| Magadan \| Moscow \| Murmansk \| Nizhny Novgorod \| Novgorod \| Novosibirsk \| Omsk \| Orenburg \| Oryol \| Penza \| Perm¹ \| Pskov \| Rostov \| Ryazan \| Sakhalin \| Samara \| Saratov \| Smolensk \| Sverdlovsk \| Tambov \| Tomsk \| Tver \| Tula \| Tyumen \| Ulyanovsk \| Vladimir \| Volgograd \| Vologda \| Voronezh \| Yaroslavl
Federal cities	Moscow \| St. Petersburg
Autonomous oblasts	Jewish
Autonomous districts	Aga Buryatia \| Chukotka \| Evenkia² \| Khantia-Mansia \| Koryakia³ \| Nenetsia \| Permyakia¹ \| Taymyria² \| Ust-Orda Buryatia⁴ \| Yamalia

1. On December 1, 2005, Perm Oblast and Permyakia will be merged to form Perm Krai.

2. On January 1, 2007, Evenkia and Taymyria will be merged into Krasnoyarsk Krai.
3. On 23 October, 2005, a referendum was held on the merger of Kamchatka Oblast and Koryakia to form Kamchatka Krai. The result was in favour, but no official date has been set yet for the merger; it is likely to occur in 2007, possibly also on 1 January.
4. A referendum is to be held on 16 April 2006 on the merger of Irkutsk Oblast and Ust-Orda Buryatia.