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Voronezh Oblast
Oblast
Воронежская область
FlagCoat of arms
Country	Russia
Federal district	Central
Economic region	Central Black Earth
Administrative center	Voronezh
Government
• Body	Oblast Duma
• Governor	Alexey Gordeyev
Area
• Total	52,400 km (20,200 sq mi)
• Rank	51st
Population
• Total	2,335,380
• Estimate	2,333,768 (−0.1%)
• Rank	22nd
• Density	45/km (120/sq mi)
• Urban	63.7%
• Rural	36.3%
Time zone	UTC+3 (MSK )
ISO 3166 code	RU-VOR
License plates	36
OKTMO ID	20000000
Official languages	Russian
Website	http://www.govvrn.ru/

Voronezh Oblast (Template:Lang-ru, Voronezhskaya oblast) is a federal subject of Russia (an oblast). It was established on June 13, 1934. Its administrative center is the city of Voronezh. Population: 2,335,380 (2010 Census);.

Voronezh Oblast is the birthplace of Pavel Cherenkov, co-recipient of the 1958 Nobel Prize in Physics.

History

The overthrow of the Mongol-Tatar yoke and the formation of a centralized Russian state in the late 15th century led to the revival of Voronezh Territory. Voronezh was officially made part of the Russian state in the 16th century. Small, fortified towns began to spring up on the southern borders of the Russian state in the second half of the 16th century to defend it from Tatar raids. Voronezh was established in 1585 for this purpose.

Geography

Main rivers

• Don
• Voronezh
• Bityug
• Khopyor

Politics

During the Soviet period, the high authority in the oblast was shared between three persons: The first secretary of the Voronezh CPSU Committee (who in reality had the biggest authority), the chairman of the oblast Soviet (legislative power), and the Chairman of the oblast Executive Committee (executive power). Since 1991, CPSU lost all the power, and the head of the Oblast administration, and eventually the governor was appointed/elected alongside elected regional parliament.

The Charter of Voronezh Oblast is the fundamental law of the region. The Legislative Assembly of Voronezh 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.

Economy

Voronezh Oblast has large reserves of chalk. The oblast is an industrial and agricultural region. Excavators, bridge structures, and electronic equipment are produced in regional industry. Agriculture in the Oblast is oriented towards grain growing and livestock breeding. Grain crops, sugar beets, sunflowers, tobacco, hemp, potatoes, and vegetables are grown in the Oblast. Livestock include beef and dairy cattle, pigs, sheep, poultry, horses, and goats. Horticulture and beekeeping are also well developed.

Administrative divisions

Demographics

Population: 2,335,380 (2010 Census); 2,378,803 (2002 Census); 2,469,766 (1989 Soviet census).

• Births (2012): 25 374 (Birth rate: 10.9)
• Deaths (2012): 36 174 (Death rate: 15.6)

• Total fertility rate:

2009 - 1.37 | 2010 - 1.36 | 2011 - 1.36 | 2012 - 1.46(e)

Ethnic composition (2010):

• Russians - 95.5%
• Ukrainians - 1.9%
• Armenians - 0.5%
• Romani people - 0.2%
• Others - 1.9%
• 110,749 people were registered from administrative databases, and could not declare an ethnicity. It is estimated that the proportion of ethnicities in this group is the same as that of the declared group.

Religion

Religion in Voronezh Oblast (2012)

According to a 2012 official survey 62% of the population of Voronezh Oblast adheres to the Russian Orthodox Church, and 3% are unaffiliated generic Christians. In addition, 22% of the population deems itself to be "spiritual but not religious", 6% is atheist, and 7% follows other religions or did not give an answer to the question.

See also

• List of Chairmen of the Voronezh Oblast Duma

References

1. Президент Российской Федерации. Указ №849 от 13 мая 2000 г. «О полномочном представителе Президента Российской Федерации в федеральном округе». Вступил в силу 13 мая 2000 г. Опубликован: "Собрание законодательства РФ", No. 20, ст. 2112, 15 мая 2000 г. (President of the Russian Federation. Decree #849 of May 13, 2000 On the Plenipotentiary Representative of the President of the Russian Federation in a Federal District. Effective as of May 13, 2000.).
2. Госстандарт Российской Федерации. №ОК 024-95 27 декабря 1995 г. «Общероссийский классификатор экономических регионов. 2. Экономические районы», в ред. Изменения №5/2001 ОКЭР. (Gosstandart of the Russian Federation. #OK 024-95 December 27, 1995 Russian Classification of Economic Regions. 2. Economic Regions, as amended by the Amendment #5/2001 OKER. ).
3. Official website of Voronezh Oblast. Alexey Vasilyevich Gordeyev, Governor of Voronezh Oblast Template:Ru icon
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8. Official throughout the Russian Federation according to Article 68.1 of the Constitution of Russia.
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14. ^ Arena - Atlas of Religions and Nationalities in Russia. Sreda.org
15. 2012 Survey Maps. "Ogonek", № 34 (5243), 27/08/2012. Retrieved 24-09-2012.

External links

• Media related to Voronezh Oblast at Wikimedia Commons
• Template:Ru icon Official website of Voronezh Oblast

• Voronezh Oblast
• States and territories established in 1934