Leningrad Oblast - Definition and Overview

Leningrad Oblast (Ленингра́дская о́бласть) is a federal subject of Russia (an oblast) located in the Northwestern Federal District. It contains Saint Petersburg but is administratively separate from it.

The oblast has an area of 85,900 km&sup2 and population 1,669,205 as of 2002 All-Russian Population Census. Aside from Saint Petersburg, Kolpino is the largest city with around 160,000 inhabitants.

Administrative Division

Districts

Leningrad Oblast consists of 17 districts (Russian: районы) and 1 volost (Russian: волость):

• Boksitogorsky (Бокситого́рский)
• Gatchinsky (Га́тчинский)
• Kingiseppsky (Кингисе́ппский)
• Kirishsky (Киришский)
• Kirovsky (Ки́ровский)
• Lodeynopolsky (Лодейнопо́льский)
• Lomonosovsky (Ломоно́совский)
• Luzhsky (Лу́жский)
• Podporozhsky (Подпоро́жский)
• Priozersky (Приозерский)
• Slantsevsky (Сла́нцевский)
• Tikhvinsky (Ти́хвинский)
• Tosnensky (Тосненский)
• Volkhovsky (Во́лховский)
• Volosovsky (Волосовский)
• Vsevolozhsky (Всеволожский)
• Vyborgsky (Вы́боргский)
• Koltushskaya (Колтушская во́лость)

External links

• Official Representation of the Leningrad Region Government (http://eng.lenobl.ru/), official homepage.

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