Leningrad Oblast

Leningrad Oblast (Roushie: Ленингра́дская о́бласть, Leningradskaya oblast) is a federal subject o Roushie (an oblast). It wis established on 1 August 1927, awtho it wisna till 1946 that the oblast's borders haed been maistly settled in thair present poseetion. The oblast wis namit efter the ceety o Leningrad (nou Saunt Petersburg).

Leningrad Oblast
Oblast
Ленинградская область
Banner Coat airms
Coordinates: 60°03′N 31°45′E / 60.050°N 31.750°E / 60.050; 31.750 31°45′E / 60.050°N 31.750°E / 60.050; 31.750
Kintra	Roushie
Federal destrict	Northwastren[1]
Economic region	Northwastren[2]
Established	1 August 1927
Admeenistrative center	Nane
Govrenment
• Bodi	Legislative Assembly[3]
• Govrenor[5]	Valery Serdyukov[4]
Area [6]
• Total	84500 km2 (32,600 sq mi)
Area rank	38t
Population  (2010 Census)[7]
• Total	1,716,868
• Estimate  (2018)[8]	1,813,816 (+5.6%)
• Rank	26t
• Density	20/km2 (53/sq mi)
• Urban	65.7%
• Rural	34.3%
Time zone	UTC+3 (Moscow Time [9])
ISO 3166 code	RU-LEN
License plates	47
OKTMO ID	41000000
Offeecial leids	Roushie[10]
Website	http://www.lenobl.ru

The oblast haes mairches wi Finland northwastlins, Estonie wastlins, as weel as five federal subjects o Roushie: the Republic o Karelie northeastlins, Vologda Oblast eastlins, Novgorod Oblast soothlins, Pskov Oblast soothwastlins, an the federal ceety o Saunt Petersburg wastlins.

The first govrenor o Leningrad Oblast wis Vadim Gustov (in 1996–1998). Syne 1999 he haes been succeedit bi Valery Serdyukov.

The oblast haes an aurie o 84,500 square mile (219,000 km²) an a population o 1,716,868 (2010 Census);^[7] up frae 1,669,205 recordit in the 2002 Census.^[11] The maist populous toun o the oblast is Gatchina, wi 88,659 indwallers (as o the 2002 Census).^[11] Leningrad Oblast is heichlie industrializit.