Ulyanovsk Oblast

Ulyanovsk Oblast (, Ulyanovskaya oblast) is a federal subject o Roushie (an oblast). It is locatit in the Volga Federal Destrict. Its admeenistrative center is the ceety o Ulyanovsk. Population: 

Geography
Ulyanovsk Oblast borders Chuvashie (N), the Tatarstan (NE), Samara Oblast (E), Saratov Oblast (S), Penza Oblast (W), an Mordovie (NW).

It is locatit on the northren edge o Central Steppes. A quairter o its territory is covered wi deciduous forests; the rest is covered wi steppes an meadows. The oblast is dividit in hauf bi the Volga River. Hilly auries tae the wast o the Volga are kent as Volga Upland (elevations up tae 358 m). Eastren pairt o the oblast is maistly flat. The watter table occupees aboot 6% o territory.

Ulyanovsk Oblast haes moderately continental, heichlie volatile climate. Average temperatur o Julie +19 °C, o Januar−11 °C. As wather seestems muive in an oot o the aurie, average daily temperaturs aften chynge mair nor 25 °C in the maitter o days. Fixed snaw kiver is teepically present frae November tae the beginnin o Aprile. Owernicht frosts occur till late Mey, restrictin agricultur tae cauld-resistant plants lik rye an winter wheat. Annual precipitation draps oot 400 mm a year. Aboot time in three year in aurie thare is a strang drocht whilk causes a damage tae region agricultur.

Natur
Ulyanovsk Oblast is locatit in the zones o widdit plain an broad-leavit scaffauldin.

The soils is predominantly chernozem.

Scaffauldin occupee 1/4 territories. In the northwast — lairge massifs o aik scaffauldin wi the pairticipation o linden, maple; in the Transvolga region — meadae steppes, separate pine borons.

Wur preservit moose, marten, squirrel, hare- white hare an ither wur numerous the planktonic an mairshy- coastal birds. In Kuybyshev Reservoir — bream, pike-perch, carp an ithers. The Ulyanovsk region — ane o the Roushie centres o dwellin o wasps.

The protectit auries is foond on the territory o region: naitional pairk Sengiley muntains, the guardin zone o state preserve “Volga woodit plain”, the monuments o natur Undory mineral source, relict scaffauldin etc.

Demographics

55% o indwallers o Ulyanovsk Oblast stey in twa ceeties wi population abuin 25,000—Ulyanovsk an Dimitrovgrad.

Population is 72% Roushie, 12% Tatar, 8% Chuvash, 4% Mordva, 4% ithers.

For the first hauf o 2007, the birth rate wis 9.0 per 1000  The aurie population is reducit an for 20 years syne 1991 haes decreased on 200 thoosan fowk.

Releegion

Maistly Roushie Orthodox Christian wi Muslim minority o aboot 13%.

Economics
Ulyanovsk an Dimitrovgrad is industrial ceeties an conteen a fair feck o lairge plants an factories. Rural pairt o Ulyanovsk Oblast is agricultural an is focused primarily on animal husbandry, tae the lesser extent on crop fermin. In aurie territory thare are twa resorts - "White Jar" an "Dubki".

Accordin tae Herbert E. Meyer, o the CIA Naitional Intelligence Cooncil, Ulyanovsk implementit a plan tae increase Roushie's dismal population growthe whilk stipulatit that wirkers wad receive the seicont hauf o the wirkday aff in order tae go hame an "produce mair futur patriots." It is govrenor's idea.

Regional automobile code is 73.

Admeenistrative diveesions

Sister destrict
 Nghe An Province, Vietnam.Russia and Vietnam cooperation 

References

Freemit airtins

 Offeecial wabsteid o Ulyanovsk Oblast