Yaroslavl Oblast

Yaroslavl Oblast (Яросла́вская о́бласть) is a region in the Central federal district of Russia, surrounded by the Tverskaya, Moskovskaya, Ivanovskaya, Vladimirskaya, Kostromskaya and Vologodskaya Oblasts. This geographic location affords the oblast the advantages of a close proximity to Moscow and Saint Petersburg. Additionally, the center of the oblast — the city of Yaroslavl — is an intersection of major highways, railroads and waterways.

Table of contents

1 Basic facts 2 Nature 3 Population 4 Economic characteristics 5 Twin towns 6 Cities and towns of Yaroslavl Oblast 7 Other more or less important communities 8 External link

Basic facts

Yaroslavl Oblast was established on March 11, 1936.

• Oblast territory 36,400 sq. km
• Population (as of 1/1/97) 1,442,900
• Governor Anatoly Ivanovich Lisitsyn
• Center of the oblast Yaroslavl
• Distance from the Yaroslavl to Moscow 282 km
• Number of cities under the oblast's jurisdiction 6
• Number of cities under the districts jurisdiction 5
• Number of districts 17
• Urban population over 80%
• Number of historical and architectural monuments over 5,000
• Amount of tourists (1997) 272,500

The climate is moderate continental, with snowy winters and a short but rather hot summer. Formely almost all territory was covered with thick conifer forest (fir, pine), but now a large portion of it has been replaced with birch-and-aspen secondary forests and crop fields. Swamps also take considerable areas.

Large animals have been much reduced in numbers, but there are still some bears, wolfs, foxes, elks, and wild boars.

A great number of wild birds live and nests in the Oblast.

In cities, most common birds are pigeons, jackdaws, hooded crows, rooks, house sparrows and great tits.

The Volga River flows through the Yaroslavl region, with two major dams constructed at Uglich and Rybinsk. The Rybinsk artificial lake is really large.

Mineral resources are limited to construction materials (such as sand, gravel, clay) and peat. There are also some mineral water springs and wells.

Population

These are population figures according to the census of 2002:

Total population 1,368,000. Males 618,000 — females 750,000. Urban 1,107,000 — rural 261,000.

There are 11 towns, 13 townlets, 6,024 villages.

Life expectancy: all 63 years, males 57 years, females 71 years.

98% of residents are citizens of Russia.

Economic characteristics

• Total volume of output for 12 months of the year 1997, mlrd. rbl.¹⁾ 15933,1
• Total balance profit of enterprises for 12 months of the year 1997, mlrd. rbl.²⁾ 1227,4
• Total tax collection for 12 month of the year 1997, mlrd. rbl. 4781,8 including those, accruing to the Federal budget, mlrd. rbl 1999,3
• Unemployment level, % of the number of all working people 2,4

Twin towns

• Yaroslavl is twinned with Exeter in the United Kingdom and Besançon in France.

• Danilov
• Gavrilov-Yam
• Lyubim
• Myshkin
• Pereslavl-Zalesskiy
• Petrovsk
• Poshekhonye
• Rostov
• Rybinsk
• Tutayev (former Romanov-Borisoglebsk)
• Uglich
• Yaroslavl

The town of Mologa (known since the 13th century) has been engulfed by the Rybinsk artificial lake in 1940s.

Other more or less important communities

• Berendeyevo
• Bolshoye Selo
• Borisoglebskiy
• Borok
• Breytovo
• Burmakino
• Greshnevo
• Itlar
• Karabikha
• Krasnyye Tkachi
• Krasnyy Profintern
• Kubrinsk
• Kurba
• Nekouz
• Nekrasovskoye
• Pesochnoye
• Prechistoye
• Semibratovo
• Tolbukhino
• Tunoshna
• Varegovo

• Official webcite of Yaroslavl Oblast