Area 21,800 km² | Federal district Central Established March 11, 1936 Area rank 73rd | |
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Points of interest Ivanovo Zoo, Park of Culture and Rest, A113, Museum of Ivanovo Chintz, Silver hoof Colleges and Universities Ivanovo State University, Ivanovo State University, Ivanovo State Power En | ||
Ivanovo Oblast (Russian: Ива́новская о́бласть, Ivanovskaya oblast) is a federal subject of Russia (an oblast). It had a population of 1,061,651 as of the 2010 Russian Census.
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Map of Ivanovo Oblast, Russia
Its three largest cities are Ivanovo (the administrative center), Kineshma, and Shuya. The principal center of tourism is Plyos. The Volga River flows through the northern part of the oblast.
History
Ivanovo Industrial Oblast (Ива́новская промы́шленная о́бласть) was established on October 1, 1929. On March 11, 1936, a part of it became the modern Ivanovo Oblast while the remainder was split off to create Yaroslavl Oblast.
Geography
Ivanovo Oblast shares borders with Kostroma Oblast (N), Nizhny Novgorod Oblast (E), Vladimir Oblast (S), and Yaroslavl Oblast (W). Climate of Ivanovo Oblast is continental, with long, cold winters, and short, warm summers. The coldest month is January with average temperature of −12 °C (10 °F) in the west and −13 °C (9 °F) in the east. Warmest month is July with average temperature of about +18 °C (64 °F).
Politics
During the Soviet period, the high authority in the oblast was shared between three persons: the first secretary of the Ivanovo CPSU Committee (who in reality had the greatest authority), the chairman of the oblast Soviet (legislative power), and the Chairman of the oblast Executive Committee (executive power). Since 1991, CPSU has lost all the power. Since then, the head of the Oblast administration, and eventually the governor, was appointed/elected alongside an elected regional parliament.
The Charter of Ivanovo Oblast is the fundamental law of the region. The Legislative Assembly of Ivanovo Oblast is the province's standing legislative (representative) body. The Legislative Assembly exercises its authority by passing laws, resolutions, and other legal acts and by supervising the implementation and observance of the laws and other legal acts passed by it. The highest executive body is the Oblast Government, which includes territorial executive bodies such as district administrations, committees, and commissions that facilitate development and run the day-to-day matters of the province. The Oblast administration supports the activities of the Governor who is the highest official and acts as guarantor of the observance of the oblast Charter in accordance with the Constitution of Russia.
Demographics
Population: 1,061,651 (2010 Census); 1,148,329 (2002 Census); 1,317,117 (1989 Census).
2009 - 1.44 | 2010 - 1.40 | 2011 - 1.41 | 2012 - 1.51 | 2013 - 1.55 | 2014 - 1.57 | 2015 - 1.63 | 2016 - 1.59(e)
Ethnic composition (2010):
Religion
According to a 2012 official survey 46.5% of the population of Ivanovo Oblast adheres to the Russian Orthodox Church, 8% are Orthodox Christian believers who don't belong to church or are members of non-Russian Orthodox churches, 2% are unaffiliated generic Christians, 1% of the population are adherents of the Slavic native faith (Rodnovery) movement, and 1% are Muslims. In addition, 28% of the population declares to be "spiritual but not religious", 13% is atheist, and 0.5% follows other religions or did not give an answer to the question.