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Ivanovo Oblast
Oblast
Ивановская область
FlagCoat of arms
Coordinates: 57°01′N 41°31′E / 57.017°N 41.517°E / 57.017; 41.517
Country	Russia
Federal district	Central
Economic region	Central
Administrative center	Ivanovo
Government
• Body	Oblast Duma
• Governor	Stanislav Voskresensky
Area
• Total	21,437 km (8,277 sq mi)
• Rank	73rd
Population
• Total	927,828
• Estimate	1,014,646
• Rank	55th
• Density	43/km (110/sq mi)
• Urban	81.9%
• Rural	18.1%
Time zone	UTC+3 (MSK )
ISO 3166 code	RU-IVA
License plates	37
OKTMO ID	24000000
Official languages	Russian
Website	http://www.ivanovoobl.ru

Ivanovo Oblast (Russian: Ива́новская о́бласть, romanized: Ivanovskaya oblastʹ) is a federal subject of Russia (an oblast). It had a population of 927,828 as of the 2021 Russian Census.

Its three largest cities are Ivanovo (the administrative center), Kineshma, and Shuya. The principal center of tourism is Plyos. The Volga flows through the northern part of the oblast.

History

Early in its history, the Ivanovo region was a melting pot between different populations like Russians, Europeans, Asians, and others. Various ancient Uralian and ancient Slavic tribes inhabited the area.

Ivanovo Industrial Oblast (Ива́новская промы́шленная о́бласть) was established on October 1, 1929. On March 11, 1936, a part of it became the modern Ivanovo Oblast while the remainder was split off to create Yaroslavl Oblast. On 21 May 1998 Ivanovo Oblast alongside Amur, Kostroma, Voronezh Oblasts, and the Mari El Republic signed a power-sharing agreement with the federal government, granting it autonomy. This agreement would be abolished on 26 February 2002.

Geography

Ivanovo Oblast shares borders with Kostroma Oblast (N), Nizhny Novgorod Oblast (E), Vladimir Oblast (S), and Yaroslavl Oblast (W). The climate of Ivanovo Oblast is continental, with long, cold winters, and short, warm summers. The coldest month is January with an average temperature of −12 °C (10 °F) in the west and −13 °C (9 °F) in the east. The warmest month is July with an average temperature of about +18 °C (64 °F). Although larger than several of Russia's republics, Ivanovo Oblast is the smallest oblast by land area in Russia.

Politics

During the Soviet period, the high authority in the oblast was shared between three persons: the first secretary of the Ivanovo CPSU Committee (who in reality had the greatest authority), the chairman of the oblast Soviet (legislative power), and the Chairman of the oblast Executive Committee (executive power). Since 1991, CPSU has lost all power, when the head of the oblast administration, and eventually the governor, was appointed/elected alongside an elected regional parliament.

The Charter of Ivanovo Oblast is the fundamental law of the region. The Legislative Assembly of Ivanovo Oblast is the province's standing legislative (representative) body. The Legislative Assembly exercises its authority by passing laws, resolutions, and other legal acts and by supervising the implementation and observance of the laws and other legal acts passed by it. The highest executive body is the Oblast Government, which includes territorial executive bodies such as district administrations, committees, and commissions that facilitate development and run the day-to-day matters of the province. The Oblast administration supports the activities of the Governor who is the highest official and acts as guarantor of the observance of the oblast Charter under the Constitution of Russia.

Administrative divisions

Demographics

Population: 927,828 (2021 Census); 1,061,651 (2010 Census); 1,148,329 (2002 Census); 1,317,117 (1989 Soviet census).

Settlements

Largest cities or towns in Ivanovo Oblast 2010 Russian Census
	Rank		Administrative division	Pop.
Ivanovo Kineshma	1	Ivanovo	City of oblast significance of Ivanovo	408,330	Shuya Vichuga
	2	Kineshma	Town of oblast significance of Kineshma	88,164
	3	Shuya	Town of oblast significance of Shuya	58,486
	4	Vichuga	Town of oblast significance of Vichuga	37,583
	5	Furmanov	Furmanovsky District	36,144
	6	Teykovo	Town of oblast significance of Teykovo	34,976
	7	Kokhma	Ivanovsky District	29,411
	8	Rodniki	Rodnikovsky District	26,310
	9	Privolzhsk	Privolzhsky District	16,747
	10	Yuzha	Yuzhsky District	14,170

Vital statistics for 2022:

• Births: 6,872 (7.1 per 1,000)
• Deaths: 15,926 (16.4 per 1,000)

Total fertility rate (2022):
1.37 children per woman

Life expectancy (2021):
Total — 69.02 years (male — 64.03, female — 73.86)

Ethnic composition (2010):

• Russians: 95.6%
• Ukrainians: 0.8%
• Tatars: 0.7%
• Armenians: 0.4%
• Azeris: 0.3%
• Others: 2.2%
• 54,882 people were registered from administrative databases, and could not declare an ethnicity. It is estimated that the proportion of ethnicities in this group is the same as that of the declared group.

Religion

Christianity is the largest religion in Ivanovo Oblast. According to a 2012 survey, 46.5% of the population of Ivanovo Oblast adheres to the Russian Orthodox Church, 8.4% are Orthodox Christian believers who don't belong to church or are members of non-Russian Orthodox churches, 1.8% are unaffiliated generic Christians, 0.5% of the population are adherents of the Slavic native faith (Rodnovery) movement, and 0.5% are Muslims. In addition, 28.1% of the population declares to be "spiritual but not religious", 12.9% is atheist, and 1.3% follows other religions or did not give an answer to the question.

The largest religious centre in the region is the Shartoma Monastery.

References

Notes

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 Ivanovo Oblast, Article 7
4. ^ Charter, Article 9
5. Official website of Ivanovo Oblast. Pavel Alexeyevich Konkov Archived December 13, 2011, at the Wayback Machine, Governor of Ivanovo Oblast (in Russian)
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.
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11. ^ Ivanovo Oblast. Administrative-Territorial Structure, p. 26
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18. Federal State Statistics Service (May 21, 2004). Численность населения России, субъектов Российской Федерации в составе федеральных округов, районов, городских поселений, сельских населённых пунктов – районных центров и сельских населённых пунктов с населением 3 тысячи и более человек [Population of Russia, Its Federal Districts, Federal Subjects, Districts, Urban Localities, Rural Localities—Administrative Centers, and Rural Localities with Population of Over 3,000] (XLS). Всероссийская перепись населения 2002 года (in Russian).
19. Всесоюзная перепись населения 1989 г. Численность наличного населения союзных и автономных республик, автономных областей и округов, краёв, областей, районов, городских поселений и сёл-райцентров [All Union Population Census of 1989: Present Population of Union and Autonomous Republics, Autonomous Oblasts and Okrugs, Krais, Oblasts, Districts, Urban Settlements, and Villages Serving as District Administrative Centers]. Всесоюзная перепись населения 1989 года (in Russian). Институт демографии Национального исследовательского университета: Высшая школа экономики . 1989 – via Demoscope Weekly.
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Sources

• Ивановская областная Дума. Закон №20-ОЗ от 18 февраля 2009 г. «Устав Ивановской области», в ред. Закона №146-ОЗ от 29 декабря 2015 г. «О внесении поправок в Устав Ивановской области». Вступил в силу 1 марта 2009 г. Опубликован: "Ивановская газета", №28(4395), 19 февраля 2009 г. (Ivanovo Oblast Duma. Law #20-OZ of February 18, 2009 Charter of Ivanovo Oblast, as amended by the Law #146-OZ of December 29, 2015 On Amending the Charter of Ivanovo Oblast. Effective as of March 1, 2009.).
• Администрация Ивановской области (Administration of Ivanovo Oblast). "Ивановская область. Административно-территориальное деление по состоянию на 1 января 2001 г." (Ivanovo Oblast. Administrative-Territorial Structure as of January 1, 2001). Иваново, 2001.

External links

• Media related to Ivanovo Oblast at Wikimedia Commons

• Ivanovo Oblast
• States and territories established in 1936
• 1936 establishments in the Soviet Union