Penza Oblast

Penza Oblast
Пензенская область (Russian)
Penza Oblast; Пензенская область (Russian)
— Oblast —
; Flag of Penza Oblast	; Coat of arms of Penza Oblast
	Anthem: Anthem of Penza Oblast
	Coordinates: 53°15′N 44°34′E / 53.250°N 44.567°ECoordinates: 53°15′N 44°34′E / 53.250°N 44.567°E
Political status
Country	Russia
Federal district	Volga
Economic region	Volga
Administrative center	Penza
Government
Statistics
Time zone(s)	MSK (UTC+04:00)
Official languages	Russian

Penza Oblast (Russian: Пе́нзенская о́бласть, Penzenskaya oblast) is a administrative division of Russia.

Geography

The Sura River in Penza Oblast

Penza Oblast has over 3000 rivers; the overall length is 15,458 km. In the waters of the Oblast, there are about 50 species of fish.

History

The regional center of Penza was built in 1663 as a Russian fortress.

Economy

Penza Oblast is a part of the Volga economic region.

People

Population of this oblast: 1,386,186 (2010).^[5]

Ethnic composition (2010):^[5]

Russians - 86.8%
Tatars - 6.4%
others - 6.8%

Notable people

Aristarkh Lentulov, avant-garde artist
Victor Skumin, philosopher, writer, psychologist, psychiatrist, psychotherapist, and medical doctor.

Penza Oblast Media

Flag of Penza Oblast from 2002 until 2022.
Seat of the Oblast government
Troice-scanov monastery
Tourists near Oldman Khopyor at river source

Related pages

Russia

References

↑ Law #828-ZPO
↑ 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. ).
↑ Official throughout the Russian Federation according to Article 68.1 of the Constitution of Russia.
↑ ^5.0 ^5.1 "Всероссийская перепись населения 2010 года. Том 1[[Category:Articles containing Russian language text]]". Всероссийская перепись населения 2010 года (2010 All-Russia Population Census) (in Russian). Federal State Statistics Service. 2011. Retrieved June 29, 2012. {{cite web}}: Check date values in: |accessdate= (help); no-break space character in |accessdate= at position 9 (help); Unknown parameter |trans_title= ignored (|trans-title= suggested) (help); URL–wikilink conflict (help)CS1 maint: unrecognized language (link)

Other websites

People born in Penza Oblast

[Anthem-1] Law #828-ZPO

[FederalDistrict-2] 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.).

[EconomicRegion-3] 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. ).

[Russian-4] Official throughout the Russian Federation according to Article 68.1 of the Constitution of Russia.

[2010Census-5] 5.0 ^5.1 "Всероссийская перепись населения 2010 года. Том 1[[Category:Articles containing Russian language text]]". Всероссийская перепись населения 2010 года (2010 All-Russia Population Census) (in Russian). Federal State Statistics Service. 2011. Retrieved June 29, 2012. {{cite web}}: Check date values in: |accessdate= (help); no-break space character in |accessdate= at position 9 (help); Unknown parameter |trans_title= ignored (|trans-title= suggested) (help); URL–wikilink conflict (help)CS1 maint: unrecognized language (link)

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