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Leningrad Oblast (, tr.: Leningradskaya oblast) is a federal subject of Russia (an oblast) located in the Northwestern Federal District and named after the revolutionary Vladimir Lenin. It contains Saint Petersburg, formerly known as Leningrad (1924–1991), but is administratively separate from it. Leningrad Oblast managed to retain its name after the fall of the Soviet Union in spite of the renaming of its namesake city.
The oblast was historically known as Ingria (until 1927), but that region also contained the Karelian Isthmus which was ceded by Finland in 1940.
The oblast has an area of 84,500 km² and population 1,669,205 (as of 2002 All-Russia Population Census). The fraction of urban population is 66.4%. There are 31 towns, the most populous of them is Gatchina, with 88,659 inhabitants.
Geography
Time zone
Leningrad Oblast is located in the Moscow Time Zone (MSK/MSD). UTC offset is +0300 (MSK)/+0400 (MSD).Administrative divisions
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Ленинградска област | Província de Leningrad | Oblast Leningrad | Leningradi oblast | Leningrada provinco | Oblast de Leningrad | 레닌그라드 주 | Oblast Leningrad | レニングラード州 | Leningrad oblast | Obwód leningradzki | Regiunea Leningrad | Ленинградская область | Leningradin alue | 列宁格勒州
"Leningrad Oblast"