Ivanovo Oblast

Ivanovo Oblast (Ива́новская о́бласть)(21,400 km², pop. 1,148,329 as of 2002 All-Russian Population Census) is a regional subdivision of Russia.

Its three largest cities are Ivanovo (administrative centre), Kineshma, and Shuya.

The principal centre of tourism is Plyos. The Volga River flows through the northern part of the region.

The oblast was established in 1929 from the areas of Kostroma Oblast and Vladimir Oblast.

Geography

Ivanovo Oblast borders Kostroma Oblast (N), Nizhny Novgorod Oblast (E), Vladimir Oblast (S) and Yaroslavl Oblast (W).

Time zone

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

Administrative divisions

Districts

Ivanovo Oblast consists of the following districts (Russian: районы):

• Furmanovsky (Фурмановский)
• Gavrilovo-Posadsky (Гаврилово-Посадский)
• Ilyinsky (Ильинский)
• Ivanovsky (Ивановский)
• Kineshemsky (Кинешемский)
• Komsomolsky (Комсомольский)
• Lezhnevsky (Лежневский)
• Lukhsky (Лухский)
• Palekhsky (Палехский)
• Pestyakovsky (Пестяковский)
• Privolzhsky (Приволжский)
• Puchezhsky (Пучежский)
• Rodnikovsky (Родниковский)
• Savinsky (Савинский)
• Shuysky (Шуйский)
• Teykovsky (Тейковский)
• Verkhnelandekhovsky (Верхнеландеховский)
• Vichugsky (Вичугский)
• Yuryevetsky (Юрьевецкий)
• Yuzhsky (Южский)
• Zavolzhsky (Заволжский)

External links

• Administration of Ivanovo Region, official homepage.