Irkutsk Oblast
Irkutsk Oblast (Russian: Ирку́тская о́бласть, Irkutskaya oblast) is a federal subject of Russia (also called an oblast). It is found in the southeast of Siberia. Irkutsk is the oblast's administrative centre.
| Irkutsk Oblast Иркутская область (Russian) | |||
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| Political status | |||
| Country | Russia | ||
| Federal district | Siberian[1] | ||
| Economic region | East Siberian[2] | ||
| Established | September 26, 1937[3] | ||
| Oblast Day | September 27[4] | ||
| Administrative center | Irkutsk[5] | ||
| Government (as of October 2015) | |||
| • Governor[7] | Igor Kobzev[6] | ||
| • Legislature | Legislative Assembly[7] | ||
| Statistics | |||
| Area (as of the 2002 Census)[8] | |||
| • Total | 767,900 km2 (296,500 sq mi) | ||
| Area rank | 5th | ||
| Population (January 2015 est.) | |||
| • Total | 2,414,913[9] | ||
| Time zone(s) | IRKT (UTC+09:00) | ||
| ISO 3166-2 | RU-IRK | ||
| License plates | 38, 85, 138 | ||
| Official languages | Russian[10] | ||
| Official website | |||
Irkutsk Oblast Media
Spring time at the Irkutsk Botanic Garden. The pink blooming bushes in the middle are a relic plant, Prunus pedunculata. Picea pungens trees are seen in the backdrop.
The Circum-Baikal Railway skirts the southwestern tip of Lake Baikal
1866 ground-breaking ceremony for the Chapel of Christ the Savior in Irkutsk
Chapel of the Savior and Medvednikovsky Bank, 1897
Irkutsk. Chapel of St. Innocent, c. 1910
The orphanage of E. Medvednikova is the first women's educational institution in Siberia. Irkutsk, Timiryazeva street, 59
Ice hockey arena in Irkutsk
The Ust-Ilimsk Dam.
Building of the Government of Irkutsk Oblast
Swimming Center "Spartak" Irkutsk in Novolenino. Opened to visitors on 14 November 2014. There is a kayaking school in the swimming center.
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References
- ↑ 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", №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.).
- ↑ 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. ).
- ↑ Resolution of September 26, 1937
- ↑ Charter of Irkutsk Oblast, Article 2
- ↑ Charter of Irkutsk Oblast, Article 14
- ↑ Official website of the Government of Irkutsk Oblast. Sergey Levchenko, Governor of Irkutsk Oblast Archived October 16, 2015, at the Wayback Machine (in Russian)
- ↑ 7.0 7.1 Charter of Irkutsk Oblast, Article 9
- ↑ Федеральная служба государственной статистики (Federal State Statistics Service) (2004-05-21). "Территория, число районов, населённых пунктов и сельских администраций по субъектам Российской Федерации (Territory, Number of Districts, Inhabited Localities, and Rural Administration by Federal Subjects of the Russian Federation)". Всероссийская перепись населения 2002 года (All-Russia Population Census of 2002) (in Russian). Federal State Statistics Service. Retrieved 2011-11-01.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: unrecognized language (link) - ↑ Irkutsk Oblast Territorial Branch of the Federal State Statistics Service. Численность постоянного населения Иркутской области (на начало года) Archived March 5, 2016, at the Wayback Machine (in Russian)
- ↑ Official throughout the Russian Federation according to Article 68.1 of the Constitution of Russia.
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