Moscow Oblast

This article is about political and administrative region. For urban geography, telecommunications and transport area, see Moscow metropolitan area.
"Podmoskovye" redirects here. For the Delta-class submarine, see Russian submarine BS-64.
Moscow Oblast
Oblast
Московская область
Flag of Moscow Oblast
Flag
Coat of arms of Moscow Oblast
Coat of arms
Coordinates: 55°42′N 36°58′E / 55.700°N 36.967°E / 55.700; 36.967
CountryRussia
Federal districtCentral[1]
Economic regionCentral[2]
Administrative centerMoscow and Krasnogorsk
Government
 • BodyOblast Duma[3]
 • Governor[5]Andrey Vorobyov[4]
Area
[6]
 • Total
44,329 km2 (17,116 sq mi)
 • Rank55th
Population
 (2021 census)[citation needed]
 • Total
Increase 8,524,665
 • Estimate 
(2018)[7]
7,503,385
 • Rank2nd
 • Urban
78.5%
 • Rural
21.5%
Time zoneUTC+3 (MSK Edit this on Wikidata[8])
ISO 3166 codeRU-MOS
License plates50, 90, 150, 190, 750, 790, 550, 250
OKTMO ID46000000
Official languagesRussian[9]
Websitemosreg.ru

Moscow Oblast (Russian: Московская область, romanized: Moskovskaya oblast, IPA: [mɐˈskofskəjə ˈobləsʲtʲ], informally known as Подмосковье, Podmoskovye, IPA: [pədmɐˈskovʲjə])[11] is a federal subject of Russia (an oblast). With a population of 8,524,665 (2021 Census) living in an area of 44,300 square kilometers (17,100 sq mi),[12] it is one of the most densely populated regions in the country[13] and is the second most populous federal subject.[14] The oblast has no official administrative center; its public authorities are located in Moscow and Krasnogorsk (the Moscow Oblast Duma and the local government), and also across other locations in the oblast.[15]

Located in European Russia between latitudes 54° and 57° N and longitudes 35° and 41° E, Moscow Oblast borders Tver Oblast in the northwest, Yaroslavl Oblast in the north, Vladimir Oblast in the northeast and east, Ryazan Oblast in the southeast, Tula Oblast in the south, Kaluga Oblast in the southwest, and Smolensk Oblast in the west. The oblast mostly surrounds the federal city of Moscow, which is not part of the oblast, but rather a separate federal subject in its own right. The oblast is highly industrialized, with the major industries being metallurgy, oil refining, and mechanical engineering, along with the food, energy, and chemical industries.

  1. ^ Президент Российской Федерации. Указ №849 от 13 мая 2000 г. «О полномочном представителе Президента Российской Федерации в федеральном округе». Вступил в силу 13 мая 2000 г. Опубликован: "Собрание законодательства РФ", No. 20, ст. 2112, 15 мая 2000 г. (President of the Russian Federation. Decree #849 of May 13, 2000 On the Plenipotentiary Representative of the President of the Russian Federation in a Federal District. Effective as of May 13, 2000.).
  2. ^ Госстандарт Российской Федерации. №ОК 024-95 27 декабря 1995 г. «Общероссийский классификатор экономических регионов. 2. Экономические районы», в ред. Изменения №5/2001 ОКЭР. (Gosstandart of the Russian Federation. #OK 024-95 December 27, 1995 Russian Classification of Economic Regions. 2. Economic Regions, as amended by the Amendment #5/2001 OKER. ).
  3. ^ Charter of Moscow Oblast, Article 40
  4. ^ Official website of Moscow Oblast. Andrey Yuryuvich Vorobyov Archived February 7, 2016, at the Wayback Machine, Governor of Moscow Oblast (in Russian)
  5. ^ Charter of Moscow Oblast, Article 30
  6. ^ "Сведения о наличии и распределении земель в Российской Федерации на 01.01.2019 (в разрезе субъектов Российской Федерации)". Federal Service for State Registration, Cadastre and Cartography. Archived from the original on February 9, 2022. Retrieved August 29, 2023.
  7. ^ "26. Численность постоянного населения Российской Федерации по муниципальным образованиям на 1 января 2018 года". Federal State Statistics Service. Retrieved January 23, 2019.
  8. ^ "Об исчислении времени". Официальный интернет-портал правовой информации (in Russian). June 3, 2011. Retrieved January 19, 2019.
  9. ^ Official throughout the Russian Federation according to Article 68.1 of the Constitution of Russia.
  10. ^ Cite error: The named reference Established was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  11. ^ Molnet.ru (May 29, 2006). "Московскую область назвали официально" (in Russian). Archived from the original on January 5, 2009. Retrieved January 18, 2007.
  12. ^ "1.1. ОСНОВНЫЕ СОЦИАЛЬНО-ЭКОНОМИЧЕСКИЕ ПОКАЗАТЕЛИ в 2014 г." [MAIN SOCIOECONOMIC INDICATORS 2014]. Regions of Russia. Socioeconomic indicators - 2015 (in Russian). Russian Federal State Statistics Service. Archived from the original on September 26, 2018. Retrieved July 26, 2016.
  13. ^ B. Prokhorov; A. Martynov; V. Artyukhov; V. Vinogradov (1999). Плотность населения и система расселения (in Russian). Archived from the original on November 4, 2006. Retrieved October 31, 2006.
  14. ^ Russian Federal State Statistics Service (2011). Всероссийская перепись населения 2010 года. Том 1 [2010 All-Russian Population Census, vol. 1]. Всероссийская перепись населения 2010 года [2010 All-Russia Population Census] (in Russian). Federal State Statistics Service.
  15. ^ According to Article 24 of the Charter of Moscow Oblast, the government bodies of the oblast are located in the city of Moscow and throughout the territory of Moscow Oblast. However, Moscow is not named the official administrative center of the oblast.