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Moscow oblast (Моско́вская о́бласть) is an administrative subdivision of Russia officially established on January 14, 1929. It is the most populous Russian oblast (pop. 6,618,538 without Moscow as of 2002 All-Russian Population Census)
while its area is a modest 47,000 km² (45,000 km² without Moscow), which makes it one of the most densely populated regions in the nation.
Moscow oblast is highly industrialized with its main industrial branches being metallurgy, oil refining, and mechanical engineering, food, energy and chemical industries.
Administrative Division
Districts
Moscow Oblast consists of the following districts (Russian: районы):
- Balashikhinsky (Балашихинский)
- Chekhovsky (Чеховский)
- Dmitrovsky (Дмитровский)
- Domodedovsky (Домодедовский)
- Istrinsky (Истринский)
- Kashirsky (Каширский)
- Khimkinsky (Химкинский)
- Klinsky (Клинский)
- Kolomensky (Коломенский)
- Krasnogorsky (Красногорский)
- Leninsky (Ленинский)
- Lotoshinsky (Лотошинский)
- Lukhovitsky (Луховицкий)
- Lyuberetsky (Люберецкий)
- Mozhaysky (Можайский)
- Mytishchensky (Мытищенский)
- Naro-Fominsky (Наро-Фоминский)
- Noginsky (Ногинский)
- Odintsovsky (Одинцовский)
- Orekhovo-Zuyevsky (Орехово-Зуевский)
- Ozersky (Озерский)
- Pavlovo-Posadsky (Павлово-Посадский)
- Podolsky (Подольский)
- Pushkinsky (Пушкинский)
- Ramensky (Раменский)
- Ruzsky (Рузский)
- Serebryano-Prudsky (Серебряно-Прудский)
- Sergiyevo-Posadsky (Сергиево-Посадский)
- Serpukhovsky (Серпуховский)
- Shakhovskoy (Шаховской)
- Shatursky (Шатурский)
- Shchelkovsky (Щелковский)
- Solnechnogorsky (Солнечногорский)
- Stupinsky (Ступинский)
- Taldomsky (Талдомский)
- Volokolamsky (Волоколамский)
- Voskresensky (Воскресенский)
- Yegoryevsky (Егорьевский)
- Zaraysky (Зарайский)
Major cities and towns
Balashikha, Chekhov, Chernogolovka, Dmitrov, Elektrostal, Istra, Khimki, Klin, Kolomna, Korolev, Lyubertsy, Mozhaysk, Mytischi, Pavlovsky Posad, Podolsk, Pushchino, Ramenskoye, Sergiyev Posad, Serpukhov, Solnechnogorsk, Troitsk, Vereya, Voskresensk, Zaraysk, Zelenograd, Zhukovsky, Zvenigorod
Although the city of Moscow is territorially within the Moscow oblast, it has a special administrative status.
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