Kostroma Oblast

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Kostroma Oblast (Template:Lang-ru) is a federal subject of Russia (an oblast). Its administrative center is the city of Kostroma. Major historic towns include Kostroma, Nerekhta, Galich, Soligalich, and Makaryev. Textile industries have been developed there since the early 18th century.

The region was detached from Yaroslavl Oblast in 1944. There are plans to unite them again, though. Area 60,100 km², population 736,641 as of 2002 All-Russian Population Census.

1 Geography
- 1.1 Time zone
2 Administrative divisions
- 2.1 Districts
3 External link

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Geography

Kostroma Oblast borders Vologda Oblast (N), Kirov Oblast (E), Nizhny Novgorod Oblast (S), Ivanovo Oblast (W), and Yaroslavl Oblast (NW). The chief rivers are the Volga and the Kostroma River. Much of the area is covered by woods, making it one of the principal timber producing regions in Europe.

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Time zone

Image:RTZ2.png Kostroma 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

Kostroma Oblast consists of the following districts (raions):

Antropovsky (Антроповский)
Buysky (Буйский)
Chukhlomskoy (Чухломской)
Galichsky (Галичский)
Kadyysky (Кадыйский)
Kologrivsky (Кологривский)
Kostromskoy (Костромской)
Krasnoselsky (Красносельский)
Makaryevsky (Макарьевский)
Manturovsky (Мантуровский)
Mezhevsky (Межевский)
Nerekhtsky (Нерехтский)
Neysky (Нейский)
Oktyabrsky (Октябрьский)
Ostrovsky (Островский)
Parfenyevsky (Парфеньевский)
Pavinsky (Павинский)
Ponazyrevsky (Поназыревский)
Pyshchugsky (Пыщугский)
Sharyinsky (Шарьинский)
Soligalichsky (Солигаличский)
Sudislavsky (Судиславский)
Susaninsky (Сусанинский)
Vokhomsky (Вохомский)

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External link

Template:Ru icon Official website of Kostroma Oblast.

Administrative subdivisions of Russia

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Federal subjects

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Autonomous oblast	Jewish
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