Moscow Oblast

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Moscow oblast (Template:Lang-ru) is a federal subject of Russia (an oblast) 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 45,900 km², 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.

1 Geography
- 1.1 Time zone
2 Administrative divisions
- 2.1 Districts
- 2.2 Major cities and towns
3 See also
4 External link

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Geography

Moscow oblast borders Tver Oblast (N), Yaroslavl Oblast (at one point NE), Vladimir Oblast (E), Ryazan Oblast (SE), Tula Oblast (S), Kaluga Oblast (SW) and Smolensk Oblast (W).

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Time zone

Image:RTZ2.png Moscow oblast is located in the Moscow Time Zone (MSK/MSD). UTC offset is +0300 (MSK)/+0400 (MSD).

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Administrative divisions

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Districts

Moscow Oblast consists of the following districts (raions):

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)
Mytishchinsky (Мытищинский)
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)

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Major cities and towns

Balashikha, Chekhov, Chernogolovka, Dolgoprudny, Dmitrov, Dubna, Elektrostal, Istra, Khimki, Klin, Kolomna, Korolyov, Lyubertsy, Monino, Mozhaysk, Mytischi, Noginsk (Bogorodsk), Odintsovo, Orekhovo-Zuyevo, Pavlovsky Posad, Podolsk, Pushchino, Ramenskoe, Sergiyev Posad, Serpukhov, Shchyolkovo, Solnechnogorsk, Vereya, Voskresensk, Zaraysk, Zheleznodorozhny, Zhukovsky, Zvenigorod

Although the city of Moscow is territorially within the Moscow oblast, it has a special administrative status.

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External link

Template:Ru icon Official website of Moscow Oblast.

Administrative subdivisions of Russia

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Federal subjects

Republics	Adygeya \| Altai \| Bashkortostan \| Buryatia \| Chechnya \| Chuvashia \| Dagestan \| Ingushetia \| Kabardino-Balkaria \| Karelia \| Khakassia \| Komi \| Kalmykia \| Karachay-Cherkessia \| Mari El \| Mordovia \| North Ossetia-Alania \| Sakha \| Tatarstan \| Tuva \| Udmurtia
Krais	Altai \| Khabarovsk \| Krasnodar \| Krasnoyarsk¹ \| Perm \| Primorsky \| Stavropol
Oblasts	Amur \| Arkhangelsk \| Astrakhan \| Belgorod \| Bryansk \| Chelyabinsk \| Chita \| Irkutsk² \| Ivanovo \| Kaliningrad \| Kaluga \| Kamchatka³ \| Kemerovo \| Kirov \| Kostroma \| Kurgan \| Kursk \| Leningrad \| Lipetsk \| Magadan \| Moscow \| Murmansk \| Nizhny Novgorod \| Novgorod \| Novosibirsk \| Omsk \| Orenburg \| Oryol \| Penza \| Pskov \| Rostov \| Ryazan \| Sakhalin \| Samara \| Saratov \| Smolensk \| Sverdlovsk \| Tambov \| Tomsk \| Tula \| Tver \| Tyumen \| Ulyanovsk \| Vladimir \| Volgograd \| Vologda \| Voronezh \| Yaroslavl
Federal cities	Moscow \| St. Petersburg
Autonomous oblast	Jewish
Autonomous districts	Aga Buryatia \| Chukotka \| Evenkia¹ \| Khantia-Mansia \| Koryakia³ \| Nenetsia \| Taymyria¹ \| Ust-Orda Buryatia² \| Yamalia