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Kostroma Oblast
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Kostroma Oblast is a region in western Russia that serves as one of the country's federal subjects, or administrative divisions. It is historically and culturally significant as part of Russia's traditional heartland, known for its role in Russian history and heritage.
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- Instance of
- federal subject of Russia
- Part of
- Central Federal District
- Named after
- Kostroma
- Award
- Order of Lenin
- Country
- Soviet Union
- Continent
- Europe
- Capital
- Kostroma
- Population
- 566266
- Area
- 60200
- Shares border with
- Vologda Oblast
- Follows
- Central Industrial Region
- Official website
- adm44.ru
- Image
- Galich. Rybnaya sloboda (WR).tif
- Licence plate code
- 44
- Coat of arms
- coat of arms of Kostroma Oblast
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- Commons category
- Kostroma Oblast
- category of associated people
- Category:People from Kostroma Oblast
- topic's main category
- Category:Kostroma Oblast
- category for people born here
- Category:Births in Kostroma Oblast
- category for people who died here
- Category:Deaths in Kostroma Oblast
- inception
- 1944-08-13
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Encyclopedic overview
Kostroma Oblast is a federal subject of Russia (an oblast). Its administrative center is the city of Kostroma and its population as of the 2021 Census is 580,976. It was formed on August 13, 1944 on the territory detached from neighboring Yaroslavl Oblast.
Textile industries have been developed there since the early 18th century. Its major historic towns include Kostroma, Sharya, Nerekhta, Galich, Soligalich, and Makaryev.
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