Tula Oblast

Tula Oblast (Russian: Ту́льская о́бласть) is a federal subject of Russia (an oblast) with its present borders formed on September 26, 1937. Its administrative center is the city of Tula. It has an area of 25,700 km² and a population of 1,675,758 (2002). The oblast's current governor is Vyacheslav Dudka.

For a sketch on its early history, see Upper Oka Principalities.

1 Geography
2 Administrative divisions
3 Demographics
4 Economy
5 Culture
6 Notes and references
7 External links

[edit] Geography

The Tula oblast is located in Russia's Central Federal District and borders the Moscow Oblast, Ryazan Oblast, Lipetsk Oblast, Oryol Oblast and Kaluga Oblast.

[edit] Time zone

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

[edit] Rivers

The Tula oblast contains more than 1600 rivers and streams. Major rivers in the region include:

[edit] Natural Resources

The region is rich in iron ore, clay, limestone, and deposits of lignite (coal). <ref>“Tula Oblast”. Merriam-Webster's Geographical Dictionary (2001). Retrieved on 2006-10-31.</ref> The lignite deposit is part of the Moscow coal basin.

[edit] Climate

The Tula oblast has a moderate continental climate.

Average temperature in January: –5.7°С
Average temperature in June: +19.1°С.
Average Annual Percipitation: 470–575 mm

[edit] Administrative divisions

Main article: Administrative divisions of Tula Oblast

[edit] Demographics

According to the 2002 census, ethnic Russians at 1,595,564 make up 95% of the population. Other prominent ethnicities in the region include Ukrainians at 22,260 (1.3%), and Tatars at 8,968 ( .5%). The rest of the residents identified themselves with 120 different ethnic groups, each group accounting for less than .5% of the population. <ref>“All Russian Population Census 2002”. Federal Service of Governmental Statistics. Retrieved on 2006-10-31.</ref>

Population: 1,675,758(2002)
- Urban: 1,366,818 (81.6%)
- Rural: 308,940 (18.4%)
- Males: 755,057 (45.1%)
- Females: 920,701 (54.9%)
Females per 1000 Males: 1219
Average age : 41.7 years
- Urban : 41.5 years
- Rural : 42.8 years
- Male : 37.8 years
- Female : 44.9 years

Birth Rate : 7.88 (2004), being the lowest in Russia. Decreased to 7.6 in mid 2006.

[edit] Economy

The Tula oblast is part of the central economic region. It is a prominent industrial center with metalworking, engineering, coalmining and chemical industries.<ref>“Tula”. Encyclopædia Britannica Online. Retrieved on 2006-10-31.</ref> Major industrial cities include Novomoskovsk and Aleksin. Historical industries, such as firearm, samovar, and accordion manufacturing, still play an important role in the region.

The region also has a developed agricultural sector, which ranks 33rd in Russia in agricultural production.<ref>“TulaRegion”. Kommersant Moscow. Retrieved on 2006-10-31.</ref> The sector includes grain cultivation (wheat and rye), potato, sugar beet, and vegetable growing, livestock raising, and dairying.

[edit] Culture

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The Tula oblast has as many as 32 museums. Several are located in the administrative center of the oblast, the city of Tula, notably the Tula State Arms Museum, the Tula Kremlin and the Tula Samovar Museum . Another important cultural tourist attractions is the home and country estate of Leo Tolstoy, Yasnaya Polyana, located 12km outside of the city of Tula.

The region also has 4 professional theaters, a philharmonic orchestra, and a circus

[edit] Notes and references

[edit] External links

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Administrative divisions of Russia

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Federal subjects

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Krais	Altai \| Khabarovsk \| Krasnodar \| Krasnoyarsk¹ \| Perm \| Primorsky \| Stavropol
Oblasts	Amur \| Arkhangelsk \| Astrakhan \| Belgorod \| Bryansk \| Chelyabinsk \| Chita \| Irkutsk² \| Ivanovo \| Kaliningrad \| Kaluga \| Kamchatka³ \| Kemerovo \| Kirov \| Kostroma \| Kurgan \| Kursk \| Leningrad \| Lipetsk \| Magadan \| Moscow \| Murmansk \| Nizhny Novgorod \| Novgorod \| Novosibirsk \| Omsk \| Orenburg \| Oryol \| Penza \| Pskov \| Rostov \| Ryazan \| Sakhalin \| Samara \| Saratov \| Smolensk \| Sverdlovsk \| Tambov \| Tomsk \| Tula \| Tver \| Tyumen \| Ulyanovsk \| Vladimir \| Volgograd \| Vologda \| Voronezh \| Yaroslavl
Federal cities	Moscow \| St. Petersburg
Autonomous oblast	Jewish
Autonomous okrugs	Aga Buryatia \| Chukotka \| Evenkia¹ \| Khantia-Mansia \| Koryakia³ \| Nenetsia \| Taymyria¹ \| Ust-Orda Buryatia² \| Yamalia