Astrakhan Oblast

Astrakhan Oblast (Roushie: Астраха́нская о́бласть, Astrakhanskaya oblast) is a federal subject o Roushie (an oblast). Its admeenistrative center is the ceety o Astrakhan. Population: 1,010,073 (2010 Census). Geography Astrakhan is traversed bi the northeasterly line o equal latitude an langitude. Admeenistrative diveesions Demographics Population: 1,010,073 (2010 Census); 1,005,276 (2002 Census); 998,114 (1989 Census). Ethnic groups Accordin tae the 2010 Census, the ethnic composition wis: Roushie 67.6% Kazakh 16.3% Tatar 6.6% Ukrainian 0.9% Nogay 0.8% Chechen 0.8% Azeri 0.9% Kalmyk 0.7% Armenie 0.6% Roma 0.6% Avar 0.5% Lezgin 0.5% Dargin 0.5% Belarusians 0.3% Others 2.4% 95,217 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. Births (2008): 14,200 (14.2 per 1000) Daiths (2008): 13,660 (13.6 per 1000) [1] Archived 2011-10-05 at the Wayback Machine History Astrakhan Govrenorate (guberniya) o the Roushie Empire wis creatit in 22t o the Nowember 1717 year bi Peter the Great. It wis on the soothwastren frontier o the empire an wis kent as Astrakhan krai. As o 1917, it bordered Saratov, Samara, an Stavropol Govrenorates, Don Cossack Voisko, Ural Cossack Host, Terek Oblast, an the Caspian Sea. It includit the Kalmyk steppe an Kyrgyz steppe. Syne 1919 the geography o the guberniya/oblast haes been chyngit mony times. It assumed its present form in 1957. See an aw Astrakhan Khanate Muisic o Astrakhan Elections in Astrakhan Oblast References Sources Государственная Дума Астраханской области. №21/2007-ОЗ 9 апреля 2007 г. «Устав Астраханской области», в ред. Закона №27/2009-ОЗ от 8 мая 2009 г. (State Duma of Astrakhan Oblast. #21/2007-OZ April 9, 2007 Charter of Astrakhan Oblast, as amended by the Law #27/2009-OZ of May 8, 2009. ). "Astrakhan Oblast. A Reference on Administrative-Territorial Subdivision, 1918-1983", Volgograd, 1984, in Roushie. ("Астраханская область. Справочник по административно-территориальному делению, 1918-1983 гг." Волгоград: Ниж.-Волж. кн. изд-во, 1984. – 336 с.) External links (in Roushie) Offeecial wabsteid o Astrakhan Oblast Archived 2014-06-25 at the Wayback Machine (in Roushie) The Book of Memory of Victims of Political Represions of Astrakhan Oblast Archived 2007-09-28 at the Wayback Machine, a leet o 10,955 names repressed in Astrakhan Oblast in 1918-1986.