Oryol Oblast

Oryol Oblast (, Orlovskaya oblast) is a federal subject o Roushie (an oblast). Its admeenistrative center is the ceety o Oryol. Population: 786,935 (2010 Census).

Geography
It is locatit in the soothwastren pairt o the Central Federal Destrict, in the Mid-Roushie Hielands. Kaluga an Tula Oblasts border it in the north, Bryansk Oblast is locatit tae the wast, Kursk Oblast—tae the sooth, an Lipetsk Oblast is tae the east. Frae north tae sooth, it extends for mair nor , an frae wast tae east—for ower . In terms of aurie, at  it is ane o the smawest federal subjects.

The climate is temperate. The average Januar temperature is  an the average Julie temperatur is . Rainfaw averages 490 tae 590 mm, an snaw civer averages 126 days.

Thare are  o black earth soils (chernozems) in the oblast, which amounts tae three-quarters o the warld chernozem reserves.

History
It wis creatit in 1937 oot o three ither oblasts: Kursk Oblast, Wastren Oblast, an Voronezh Oblast. It includit present Bryansk Oblast atween 1937-1944 an aw.

Admeenistrative diveesions

Economy
The main industries in Oryol Oblast are the fuid an licht industries, ingineerin an metalwirkin, an ferrous an nonferrous metallurgy. The ingineerin an metalwirkin industries manufacture production equipment for various industries, forklift trucks, construction an agricultural equipment, an machinery for municipal services. Numerous companies in the instrument-makkin an electronics sectors maintain heich scienteefic an technical potential wi the latest heich-end technologies an experienced specialists.Oryol Oblast

Agricultur
Maist o the oblast's agricultural land is uised for plant cultivation. Grain growin is vera important, wi winter wheat an rye bein the main crops. Buckwheat, aits, baurley, an potatoes are an aw grown, an succar beets are in great demand. The aurie plantit in feed grains is increasin due tae the expansion o fermstockin fermin, which includes beef an dairy cattle fermin, pig fermin, sheep fermin for meat an oo, poultry fermin, an horse breedin.Oryol Region

Demographics
Population: 

2008
Births: 8,345 (10.2 per 1000)
Daiths: 14,116 (17.3 per 1000)GKS.ru 

Ethnic composition (2010):
Roushies - 96.1%
Ukrainians - 1%
Ithers - 2.9%
17,468 fowk wur registered frae admeenistrative databases, an coud nae declare an ethnicity. It is estimatit that the proportion o ethnicities in this group is the same as that o the declared group.

References

Freemit airtins

 Owerview o Oryol Oblast (Kommersant newspaper)


Category:States an territories established in 1937