Ulyanovsk Oblast
Ulyanovsk Oblast
Ульяновская область (Russian) | |
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| Coordinates: 53°57′N 47°55′E / 53.950°N 47.917°E | |
| Country | Russia |
| Federal district | Volga |
| Economic region | Volga |
| Established | January 19, 1943 |
| Administrative center | Ulyanovsk |
| Government | |
| • Body | Legislative Assembly |
| • Governor | Aleksei Russkikh |
| Area | |
• Total | 37,181 km2 (14,356 sq mi) |
| • Rank | 62nd |
| Population | |
• Total | 1,196,745 |
• Estimate (2018) | 1,246,618 |
| • Rank | 38th |
| • Density | 32.187/km2 (83.364/sq mi) |
| • Urban | 76.7% |
| • Rural | 23.3% |
| Time zone | UTC+4 (UTC+04:00 ) |
| ISO 3166 code | RU-ULY |
| License plates | 73, 173 |
| OKTMO ID | 73000000 |
| Official languages | Russian |
| Website | https://ulgov.ru/ |
Ulyanovsk Oblast (Russian: Ульяновская область, romanized: Ulyanovskaya oblastʹ) is a federal subject of Russia (an oblast). It is located in the Volga Federal District. Its administrative center is the city of Ulyanovsk. It has a population of 1,292,799 (2010 Census).
The area of Ulyanovsk Oblast corresponds to the former Simbirsk Governorate which formerly existed as an administrative-territorial unit (guberniya) of the Russian Empire, replacing the Simbirsk Viceroyalty from 1796 and later, Bolshevik Russia. The governorate was renamed to Ulyanovsk Governorate, in honor of Vladimir Lenin (born Ulyanov), for whom he was born in Simbirsk after his death in 1924. In 1928, Ulyanovsk became an okrug and the present day Ulyanovsk Oblast was formed in 1943 merging some parts of Kuybyshev and Penza Oblasts.