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Smolensk region

Smolensk Oblast
Смоленская область (Russian)
—  Oblast  —

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Coordinates: 55°00′N 33°00′E / 55.000°N 33.000°E / 55.000; 33.000Coordinates: 55°00′N 33°00′E / 55.000°N 33.000°E / 55.000; 33.000
Political status
Country Russia
Federal district Central
Economic region Central
Established September 27, 1937
Administrative center Smolensk
Government (as of November 2014)
 • Governor Alexey Ostrovsky
 • Legislature Oblast Duma
Statistics
Area (as of the 2002 Census)
 • Total 49,800 km2 (19,200 sq mi)
Area rank 53rd
Population (2010 Census)
 • Total 985,537
 • Rank 53rd
 • Density 19.79/km2 (51.3/sq mi)
 • Urban 72.7%
 • Rural 27.3%
Population (January 2014 est.)
 • Total 967,900
Time zone(s) MSK (UTC+03:00)
ISO 3166-2 RU-SMO
License plates 67
Official languages Russian
Official website

Smolensk Oblast (Russian: Смоле́нская о́бласть, Smolenskaya oblast) is a federal subject of Russia (an oblast). Its administrative center is the city of Smolensk. As of the 2010 Census, its population was 985,537.

The oblast was founded on September 27, 1937. It borders Pskov Oblast in the north, Tver Oblast in the northeast, Moscow Oblast in the east, Kaluga Oblast in southwest, Bryansk Oblast in the south, and Mogilev and Vitebsk Oblasts of Belarus, in the west and northwest, as part of the Belarus–Russia border.

The main river of the region is the Dnieper River and its tributaries, Desna, Vop, Vyazma. By the rivers of the Volga basin and its tributary Vazuza Gzhat and tributary of the Oka river, Ugra. To the north-west flows a short section of the Western Dvina River and its tributary river Kasplya .

Among the major reservoirs supplying water are Moscow Vazuzssky Yauza and reservoirs in the north-east, as well as cooling power plants - Smolensk reservoir in the north near the village of Lake and Desnogorsk Reservoir in the south area of the city near the Desnogorsk .


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