Kaluga Oblast

**Kaluga Oblast** () is a federal subject of Russia. Specifically, it is an oblast. Its administrative center (capital city) is the city of Kaluga. Kaluga Oblast had a population of 1,068,410 in 2024.

## Geography

Kaluga Oblast is in the central part of the East European Plain. It is between the Central Russian Upland, the Smolensk-Moscow Upland, and the Dnieper-Desna watershed. Kaluga Oblast borders Bryansk Oblast in the southwest, Oryol Oblast in the south, Tula Oblast in the east, Moscow Oblast in the northeast, the federal city of Moscow, and Smolensk Oblast in the northwest.

Kaluga Oblast has a continental climate.

## Demographics

According to the results of the 2010 Census, the population of the oblast is 1,010,930; down from 1,041,641 recorded in the 2002 Census, and further down from 1,066,833 recorded in the 1989 Census.

- Births: 11 835 (11.8 per 1000)
- Deaths: 15 806 (15.7 per 1000)
- **Total fertility rate:**

- 2014 - 1.69 | 2015 - 1.84 | 2016 - 1.79 (e)

### Ethnic groups

|Ethnic Groups|Number in 2010|
| --- | --- |
|Russians|869,031 (93.1%)|
|Ukrainians|16,662 (1.8%)|
|Armenians|9,962 (1%)|
|Belarusians|4,557 (0.5%)|
|Tatars|4,206 (0.4%)|
|Azerbaijanis|3,498 (0.4%)|
|Uzbeks|3,482 (0.4%)|
|Others|22,240 (2.4%)|
|<small> Only those ethnic groups whose total number exceeds 1,000 people are included in this table </small>||

## Administrative and municipal divisions

Kaluga Oblast is divided into twenty-four districts and four cities of oblast significance.

## Notable people

- Konstantin E. Tsiolkovsky (1857–1935) — rocket scientist.
- Saint Ambrose of Optina (1812–1891) — a minister of the Russian Orthodox Church, Hieromonk.

### Born on the territory of modern Kaluga Oblast

- Georgy Zhukov (1896—1974), Soviet military leader, the Marshal of the Soviet Union (as of 1943)
- Eudoxia Lopukhina (1669—1731), Tsarina, the first wife of Peter the Great
- Yevdokiya Streshneva (1608—1645), Tsarina, the second wife of Mikhail Fedorovich Romanov
- Pafnuty Chebyshev (1821—1894), Russian mathematician and mechanical engineer
- Mikhail Yanshin (1902—1976), Soviet actor and film director
- Tatiana Shevtsova (b. 1969), Russian Deputy Minister of Defence

## References

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## Other websites

- Official website of Kaluga Oblast
- Official website of Anatoly Artamonov, Governor of Kaluga Oblast

## Infobox (russian federal subject)

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- **en name**: Kaluga Oblast
- **ru name**: Калужская область
- **loc lang1**: Ukrainian
- **image map**: Map of Russia (2014–2022) - Kaluga Oblast.svg
- **image coa**: Coat of arms of Kaluga Oblast.svg
- **coa caption**: Coat of arms of Kaluga Oblast, Coat of arms
- **image flag**: Flag of Kaluga Oblast.svg
- **flag caption**: Flag of Kaluga Oblast, Flag
- **anthem**: Anthem of Kaluga Oblast
- **political status**: Oblast
- **political status link**: Oblasts of Russia
- **federal district**: Central Federal District, Central
- **economic region**: Central economic region, Central
- **adm ctr type**: Administrative center
- **adm ctr name**: Kaluga
- **pop 2010census**: 1010930
- **pop 2010census rank**: 51st
- **urban pop 2010census**: 76.3%
- **rural pop 2010census**: 23.7%
- **pop latest**: 1005585
- **pop latest date**: January 2013
- **area km2**: 29800
- **area km2 rank**: 64th
- **established date**: July 5, 1944
- **license plates**: 40
- **iso**: RU-KLU
- **gov as of**: September 2013
- **leader title**: Governor of Kaluga Oblast, Governor
- **leader name**: Vladislav Shapsha
- **legislature**: Legislative Assembly of Kaluga Oblast, Legislative Assembly
- **website**: http://www.admobl.kaluga.ru/
- **date**: August 2010
- **mean**: 556 m
- **continent**: Europe