Moscow Oblast facts for kids
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The Moscow Oblast (Russian: Моско́вская о́бласть, Moskovskaya oblast) is a federal subject of Russia. It is located in western Russia, and it completely surrounds Moscow. The oblast has no capital, and oblast officials reside in Moscow or in other cities within the oblast. As of 2015, the oblast has a population of 7,231,068 people.
Balashikha is the biggest city in the oblast, with a population of 215,494 people in 2010.
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History
The Battle of Moscow was fought in the oblast.
Demographics
According to the 2010 census, the ethnic composition is:
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Below is the religious composition of the city:
- Russian Orthodox : 45.5%
- Atheism : 9.0%
- Other Christianity : 3.0%
- Other Orthodoxy : 2.0%
- Rodnovery : 1.0%
- Islam : 1.0%
- Other, undeclared or "spiritual but not religious" : 38.5%
Images for kids
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Map of Moscow Oblast and the federal city of Moscow
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Dolomite
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Gneiss
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In winter
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The Shosha River near the selo of Mikulino
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A typical landscape of Moscow Oblast
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The small highway ring around Moscow
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Elk Island in Sokolniki, Losiny Ostrov park, 1869 painting by Alexei Savrasov
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Fragment of the panorama of the Battle of Borodino by Franz Roubaud (1912)
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Soyuz-TMA-6 spacecraft developed by Energia
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The largest source of electricity in the Moscow region – Kashira Power Plant
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The gateway to the Moscow Canal in Yakhroma
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The 2011 Bandy World Championship Y-23 in Obukhovo
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Kolomna Speed Skating Center is one of Russia's indoor facilities for speed skating
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Trinity Lavra of St. Sergius
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Wooden church
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Life expectancy at birth in Moscow Oblast
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Center of Volokolamsk in 2003
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Residential district in Ramenskoye
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LiAZ-5292
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Ka-52 "Alligator" by Kamov
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Diesel TEP70BS (Kolomna plant)
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Railcar Rail bus (Metrovagonmash)
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Electric train ED4MKM-AERO (Demikhovsky Engineering Works)
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Examples of the Gzhel style
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Example of Zhostovo painting
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See also
In Spanish: Óblast de Moscú para niños
