Penza Oblast
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Penza Oblast (Russian: Пе́нзенская о́бласть, Penzenskaya oblast) is a administrative division of Russia.
Geography[change | change source]
Penza Oblast has over 3000 rivers; the overall length is 15,458 km. In the waters of the Oblast, there are about 50 species of fish.
History[change | change source]
The regional center of Penza was built in 1663 as a Russian fortress.
Economy[change | change source]
Penza Oblast is a part of the Volga economic region.
People[change | change source]
Population of this oblast: 1,386,186 (2010).[1]
Ethnic composition (2010):[1]
Notable people[change | change source]
- Aristarkh Lentulov, avant-garde artist
- Victor Skumin, philosopher, writer, psychologist, psychiatrist, psychotherapist, and medical doctor.
Related pages[change | change source]
References[change | change source]
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 "Всероссийская перепись населения 2010 года. Том 1[[Category:Articles containing Russian-language text]]" [2010 All-Russian Population Census, vol. 1)]. Всероссийская перепись населения 2010 года (2010 All-Russia Population Census) (in Russian). Federal State Statistics Service. 2011. Retrieved June 29, 2012. Check date values in:
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