Pskov Oblast

Pskov Oblast (, Pskovskaya oblast) is a federal subject o Roushie (an oblast). Pskov Oblast borders the kintras o Estonie an Latvie, as well as Belaroushie. It is the wastrenmaist federal subject o contiguous Roushie (i.e. excludin the exclave o Kaliningrad Oblast). Its major ceeties are the admeenistrative center Pskov (pop. 202,000) an Velikiye Luki (pop. 104,000). Aurie: . Population: 673,423 (2010 Census).

Natural resources
Ane o the maist important naitural resoorces o Pskov Oblast is firth. Forest takes up tae ane third o the territory o the region. Oweraw stocks o firths as for 1 Januar 2005 wur 331,2 Million cubic meters.Natural Resources , The wabsteid o Pskov Oblast admeenistration. Retrieved 2009-08-26

Admeenistrative diveesions

Demographics
Population: 

For the first hauf o 2007, the birth rate wis 9.1 per 1000 

Accordin tae the 2010 Census, the ethnic composition wis:
95% Roushie
1.3% Ukrainian
1% Belaroushies
0.5% Roma
0.4% Armenie
0.1% Estonie
1.7% ithers
24,630 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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