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Leningrad Oblast was established on 1 August 1927, by the resolutions of the All-Russian Central Executive Committee "On the Establishment of Leningrad Oblast" and "On the Borders and Composition of the Okrugs of Leningrad Oblast" [12] by merging Cherepovets, Leningrad, Murmansk, Novgorod, and Pskov Governorates.
Administratively, Leningrad Oblast is divided into seventeen districts and a town of oblast significance, Sosnovy Bor.Lomonosovsky District is the only one in Russia which has its administrative center (the town of Lomonosov) located in the area of a different subject of Russian Federation (the federal city of Saint Petersburg, which is not a part of Leningrad Oblast).
Leningrad Oblast and Sverdlovsk Oblast retain the previous names of Saint Petersburg and Yekaterinburg, respectively. Oblasts are typically areas that are predominantly populated by ethnic Russians and native Russian language speakers, and are mostly located in European Russia .
The oblast was named after the city of Leningrad (now St. Petersburg). The oblast has an area of 84,500 square kilometers (32,600 sq mi) and a population of 1,716,868 (2010 Census); [1] up from 1,669,205 recorded in the 2002 Census. [2] The most populous town of the oblast is Gatchina, with 88,659 inhabitants (as of the 2002 Census). [2
Pages in category "Cities and towns in Leningrad Oblast" The following 33 pages are in this category, out of 33 total. This list may not reflect recent changes. B.
Ust-Luga (Russian: Усть-Луга, Votic: Laugasuu, both meaning 'mouth of the Luga', Finnish: Laukaansuu, Ingrian: Laukaansuu) is a settlement and railway station in Kingiseppsky District of Leningrad Oblast, Russia, near the Estonian border, situated on the Luga River near its entry into the Luga Bay of the Gulf of Finland, about 110 kilometres (68 mi) west of St. Petersburg.
The Legislative Assembly of Leningrad Oblast (Russian: Законодательное собрание Ленинградской области) is the regional parliament of Leningrad Oblast, a federal subject of Russia. A total of 50 deputies are elected for five-year terms.
The Governor of Leningrad Oblast (Russian: Губернатор Ленинградской области) is the head of executive branch for the Leningrad Oblast, considered as Prime Minister of Leningrad Oblast. The office of Governor is an elected position, for which elected officials serve four year terms. While individual politicians may ...