Ulyanovsk Oblast

Ulyanovsk Oblast borders Chuvashie (N), the Tatarstan (NE), Samara Oblast (E), Saratov Oblast (S), Penza Oblast (W), an Mordovie (NW).

It is locatit on the northren edge o Central Steppes. A quairter o its territory is covered wi deciduous forests; the rest is covered wi steppes an meadows. The oblast is dividit in hauf bi the Volga River. Hilly auries tae the wast o the Volga are kent as Volga Upland (elevations up tae 358 m). Eastren pairt o the oblast is maistly flat. The watter table occupees aboot 6% o territory.

Ulyanovsk Oblast haes moderately continental, heichlie volatile climate. Average temperatur o Julie +19 °C, o Januar−11 °C. As wather seestems muive in an oot o the aurie, average daily temperaturs aften chynge mair nor 25 °C in the maitter o days. Fixed snaw kiver is teepically present frae November tae the beginnin o Aprile. Owernicht frosts occur till late Mey, restrictin agricultur tae cauld-resistant plants lik rye an winter wheat. Annual precipitation draps oot 400 mm a year. Aboot time in three year in aurie thare is a strang drocht whilk causes a damage tae region agricultur.

Ulyanovsk Oblast is locatit in the zones o widdit plain an broad-leavit scaffauldin.

The soils is predominantly chernozem.

Scaffauldin occupee 1/4 territories. In the northwast — lairge massifs o aik scaffauldin wi the pairticipation o linden, maple; in the Transvolga region — meadae steppes, separate pine borons.

Wur preservit moose, marten, squirrel, hare- white hare an ither wur numerous the planktonic an mairshy- coastal birds. In Kuybyshev Reservoir — bream, pike-perch, carp an ithers. The Ulyanovsk region — ane o the Roushie centres o dwellin o wasps.

The protectit auries is foond on the territory o region: naitional pairk Sengiley muntains, the guardin zone o state preserve “Volga woodit plain”, the monuments o natur Undory mineral source, relict scaffauldin etc.

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55% o indwallers o Ulyanovsk Oblast stey in twa ceeties wi population abuin 25,000—Ulyanovsk an Dimitrovgrad.

Population is 72% Roushie, 12% Tatar, 8% Chuvash, 4% Mordva, 4% ithers.

For the first hauf o 2007, the birth rate wis 9.0 per 1000 [1] The aurie population is reducit an for 20 years syne 1991 haes decreased on 200 thoosan fowk.

Maistly Roushie Orthodox Christian wi Muslim minority o aboot 13%.

Ulyanovsk an Dimitrovgrad is industrial ceeties an conteen a fair feck o lairge plants an factories. Rural pairt o Ulyanovsk Oblast is agricultural an is focused primarily on animal husbandry, tae the lesser extent on crop fermin. In aurie territory thare are twa resorts - "White Jar" an "Dubki".

Accordin tae Herbert E. Meyer, o the CIA Naitional Intelligence Cooncil, Ulyanovsk implementit a plan tae increase Roushie's dismal population growthe whilk stipulatit that wirkers wad receive the seicont hauf o the wirkday aff in order tae go hame an "produce mair futur patriots." It is govrenor's idea.

Regional automobile code is 73.

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• (in Inglis) Offeecial wabsteid o Ulyanovsk Oblast Archived 2005-02-07 at the Wayback Machine