Ryazan Oblast

Ryazan Oblast (Roushie: Ряза́нская о́бласть, Ryazanskaya oblast) is a federal subject o Roushie (an oblast). Its admeenistrative centre is the ceety o Ryazan, which is the oblast's lairgest ceety. Population: 1,154,114 (2010 Census). Geography Ryazan Oblast borders Vladimir Oblast (N), Nizhny Novgorod Oblast (NE), the Republic o Mordovie (E), Penza Oblast (SE), Tambov Oblast (S), Lipetsk Oblast (SW), Tula Oblast (W), an Moscow Oblast (NW). Demographics Population: 1,154,114 (2010 Census); 1,227,910 (2002 Census); 1,345,924 (1989 Census). For the first hauf o 2007, the birth rate wis 8.9 per 1000 [1] Ethnic composition (2010): Roushies - 95.1% Ukrainians - 0.8% Armenies - 0.5% Mordvins - 0.5% Tatars - 0.5% Azeris - 0.4% Uzbeks - 0.3% Ithers - 1.9% 74,419 fowk wur registered frae admeenistrative databases, an coud no declare an ethnicity. It is estimatit that the proportion o ethnicities in this group is the same as that o the declared group. References Media relatit tae Ryazan Oblast at Wikimedia Commons