Smolensk Oblast
Smolensk Oblast
Смоленская область (Russian) | |
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Coat of arms | |
| Coordinates: 55°00′N 33°00′E / 55.000°N 33.000°E | |
| Country | Russia |
| Federal district | Central |
| Economic region | Central |
| Established | September 27, 1937 |
| Administrative center | Smolensk |
| Government | |
| • Body | Oblast Duma |
| • Governor | Vasily Anokhin |
| Area | |
• Total | 49,779 km2 (19,220 sq mi) |
| • Rank | 53rd |
| Population | |
• Total | 888,421 |
• Estimate (2018) | 949,348 |
| • Rank | 57th |
| • Density | 17.847/km2 (46.224/sq mi) |
| • Urban | 72.6% |
| • Rural | 27.4% |
| Time zone | UTC+3 (MSK ) |
| ISO 3166 code | RU-SMO |
| License plates | 67 |
| OKTMO ID | 66000000 |
| Official languages | Russian |
| Website | admin-smolensk.ru |
Smolensk Oblast (Russian: Смоленская область, romanized: Smolenskaya oblastʹ), informally also called Smolenshchina (Смоленщина), is a federal subject of Russia (an oblast). Its administrative centre is the city of Smolensk. As of the 2021 Census, its population was 888,421.