Pskov Oblast

Infobox Russian federal subject
EnglishName=Pskov Oblast
RussianName=Псковская область
Locator

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CoatOfArmsLink=Coat of arms of Pskov Oblast

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FlagLink=Flag of Pskov Oblast
(official status of the flag is dubious)
AnthemLink="None"
AdmCtrOrCapital=Administrative center
AdmCtrName=Pskov
FoundationDate=
PoliticalStatus=Oblast
PoliticalStatusLink=Oblasts of Russia
FederalDistrict=Northwestern
EconomicRegion=Northwestern
CodeNumber=60
Area=55300
AreaRank=
Population=760810
PopulationRank=
UrbanPopulation=69.8%
RuralPopulation=30.2%
LangLangs
LangList=Russian
HeadTitle=Governor
HeadName=Mikhail Kuznetsov
PrimeTitle
PrimeName
Legislature=Oblast Duma
ConstitutionType=Charter
ConstitutionName=Charter of Pskov Oblast
Website=

Pskov Oblast ( _ru. Пско́вская о́бласть, "Pskovskaya oblast") is a federal subject of Russia (an oblast). Its administrative center is the city of Pskov. The oblast borders the European Union countries of Estonia and Latvia, as well as Belarus. It is the westernmost federal subject of mainland Russia (i.e. excluding the exclave of Kaliningrad Oblast). Its major cities are the administrative center Pskov (pop. 202,000) and Velikiye Luki (pop. 104,000).

Area: 55,300 km². Population: 760,810 (2002 Census), down from 846,449 recorded in the 1989 Census.

The Governor is Mikhail Varfolomeyevich Kuznetsov.

Geography

Time zone

Pskov Oblast is located in the Moscow Time Zone (MSK/MSD). UTC offset is +0300 (MSK)/+0400 (MSD).

Administrative divisions

Demographics

For the first half of 2007, the birth rate was 9.1 per 1000 [http://demoscope.ru/weekly/2007/0301/barom04.php]

According to the 2002 Census the 'national composition' was• 94.25% Russian• 1.64% Ukrainian• 1.27% Belarusians• 0.42% Roma• 0.30% Armenian• 0.20% Tatar• 0.17% Azeri• 0.15% Estonian• 0.11% Moldovan• 0.09% Latvian• 0.09% German• 0.09% Chuvash• 0.08% Jewish• 0.08% Polish• 0.07% Chechen• 0.05% Finnish• 0.05% Lithuanian• 0.04% Georgian• and 0.04% Mordvin• with many other groups of less than three hundred persons each.• An additional 0.34% of residents declined to state their nationality or ethnocultural identity on the census questionnaire. [cite paper|url=http://www.perepis2002.ru/ct/doc/English/4-2.xls |title=National Composition of Population for Regions of the Russian Federation |accessdate=2006-07-20 |format=XLS |publisher=2002 Russian All-Population Census|date=2002]

Vital Statistics for 2007: Source

Birth Rate: 9.52 per 1000

Death Rate: 20.92 per 1000

Net Immigration: -0.2 per 1000

NGR: -1.14% per Year

PGR: -1.16% per Year (Pskov had the highest Death Rate in 2007 out of all the 85 federal subjects of Russia.)

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