Ryazan Oblast

Ryazan Oblast (, 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: 

For the first hauf o 2007, the birth rate wis 8.9 per 1000 

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.

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