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.rosstat2024

 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 GroupsNumber in 2010Russians869,031 (93.1%)Ukrainians16,662 (1.8%)Armenians9,962 (1%)Belarusians4,557 (0.5%)Tatars4,206 (0.4%)Azerbaijanis3,498 (0.4%)Uzbeks3,482 (0.4%)Others22,240 (2.4%) Only those ethnic groups whose total number exceeds 1,000 people are included in this table 

 Largest cities and towns 

 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 

 Other websites 


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