Kostroma Oblast

**Kostroma Oblast** (, *Kostromskaya oblast*) is a federal subject o Roushie (an oblast). Its admeenistrative center is the ceety o Kostroma. Population: 667,562 (2010 Census).

Major historic touns include Kostroma, Sharya, Nerekhta, Galich, Soligalich, an Makaryev. Textile industries hae been developit thare syne the early 18t century. The oblast wis detached frae Yaroslavl Oblast in 1944.

The govrenor o the oblast wis Viktor Shershunov frae 1997 till his daith in a caur crash on September&nbsp;20, 2007. As o 2011, Igor Slyunyayev is the govrenor.

## History
Frae c.&nbsp;300&nbsp;CE the whole current aurie o Kostroma wi exception the aurie east o River Unzha wis pairt o historical Finno-Ugric fowk' lands, lik the Merya fowk an thair loose tribal confederation. Thare wur at least 109 Merya settlements locatit in the aurie o which the maist important belaw mentioned tradin centers an important hill fortresses wur later recordit bi the Roushies as thay foondit touns in the late 9t tae 12t centuries.

The oblast wis formit on August&nbsp;13, 1944.

## Geography
Kostroma Oblast borders Vologda Oblast (N), Kirov Oblast (E), Nizhny Novgorod Oblast (S), Ivanovo Oblast (W), an Yaroslavl Oblast (NW). The main rivers are the Volga an the Kostroma. Hintle o the aurie is covered bi firths, makkin it ane o the principal timmer producin regions in Europe.

## Admeenistrative diveesions

## Economy
The main industrial sectors include the fuel, chemical an petrochemical, forest, woodwirkin (lummer, plywood, chipbuird, feebrebuird, an furnitur), pulp an paper, fuid (alcoholic beverages an starch), licht (linen, hemp, an jute faibrics; cleidin, shuin, an knittit guids), biggin material, pouer an ingineerin excavators, machine tuils, an equipment for the textile, chemical, fuid, an widwirkin industries.

The jewelry tred began developin in Kostroma in the 19t century. Engravin, siller niello (siller wi black engravin), an ornaments wi coloured gless an enamel insets are some ensaumples o the airt. The lairgest centre o the jewelry industry is the veelage o Krasnoe-on-Volga.

### Agricultur
Agriculture is ane o Kostroma Oblast's maist important sectors. Rye, wheat, baurley, an aits are grown here, an beekeepin an plant cultivation are expandin. Traditional flax cultivation an processin is revivin. Housomeivver, agricultur in the region is mainly orientit towards livestock fermin, e.g., beef an dairy cattle, pigs, sheep, an poutrie. Agricultural land occupees 940,000 hectares in the Oblast, includin 26,400 hectares allottit tae individual ferms an 551,000 hectares o cropland.

### Transport
Oblast is bund tae ither Roushie regions bi roads, railroads (6-7 oors frae Moscow) an air routes. Kostroma Airport serves tae let fowk flee regularly inside Oblast an unregularly tae Moscow.

## Demographics
Population: 667,562 (2010 Census); 

;2008
*Births: 7,867 (11.3 per 1000)
*Daiths: 12,576 (18.1 per 1000) 

Ethnic composition (2010):
*Roushies - 96.6%
*Ukrainians - 0.9%
*Others - 2.5%
*23,194 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.

## References

## Sources
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## External links

*Kostroma regional Internet magazine