Ulyanovsk Oblast
Also known as Ulyanovsk
federal subject of Russia
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Ulyanovsk Oblast is a region in Russia located along the Volga River in the European part of the country. It serves as an administrative division of the Russian Federation with its own local government and is historically significant as the birthplace of Vladimir Lenin.
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- Official website
- ulgov.gosuslugi.ru
- Image
- Ulyanovsk oblast.jpg
- Dialing code
- 8422
- Licence plate code
- 173
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Ulyanovsk Oblast is a federal subject of Russia (an oblast). It is located in the Volga Federal District. Its administrative center is the city of Ulyanovsk. It has a population of 1,292,799 (2010 Census).
The area of Ulyanovsk Oblast corresponds to the former Simbirsk Governorate which formerly existed as an administrative-territorial unit (guberniya) of the Russian Empire, replacing the Simbirsk Viceroyalty from 1796 and later, Bolshevik Russia. The governorate was renamed to Ulyanovsk Governorate, in honor of Vladimir Lenin (born Ulyanov), for whom he was born in Simbirsk after his death in 1924. In 1928, Ulyanovsk became an okrug and the present day Ulyanovsk Oblast was formed in 1943 merging some parts of Kuybyshev and Penza Oblasts.