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The capital city of Ulyanovsk oblast: Ulyanovsk.
Ulyanovsk oblast (also spelled Ulyanovskaya) is a federal subject of Russian Federation, part of Volga Federal District. Administrative center and capital city is Ulyanovsk.
Ulyanovsk oblast population is about 1,299,000 (2010); land area - 37,300 sq. km.
Ulyanovsk oblast is located in the south-east of European part of Russia, in the middle Volga. The river Volga divides the territory of the oblast into hilly right bank and lowland left bank. The climate is moderate continental, with cold winters and hot summers. Short dry springs are a specifying feature of the climate of Ulyanovsk region.
The average temperature in January is 11 degs C below zero, in July 19 degs C above zero. Ulyanovskaya oblast is located in forest and steppe area. Forests occupy about 25% of the territory.
Especially protected natural territories are located on the territory of the oblast: National Park “Sengileyevskiye Gory (mountains)”, state preserve “Privolzhskaya lesostep”, natural monuments “Undorovsky mineral spring”, “Relic forests”, island “Borok”, Genko forest area and a lot of others.
Among mineral raw resources the main ones are as follows: oil (about 42 million tons), glass, cement, siliceous and carbonate raw.
Ulyanovsk region is divided into 20 districts, 3 towns of regional submission, 3 towns of district submission, 32 town settlements, 284 villages.
Ulyanovsk oblast nature
Ulyanovskaya oblast nature
Ulyanovsk region landscape
According to the archeological data first people started inhabiting Middle Volga area. the territory of present day Ulyanovsk oblast, over 1,000 years ago. Separate sites with remnants of tools made of stone and bone were found in the mouth of the river Cheremshan, peninsula Tunguz, the bank of the river Volga near resort Undorovsky. These facts speak of people’s presence there in Paleolithic epoch.
In the 8th-9th centuries the Ulyanovsk region Volga area was a part of the early Volzhskaya Bulgaria as a unit of Turkish and settled Finno-Ugric tribes. At the end of 14th - early 15th centuries after destroying attack of Tamerlane - the ruler from Middle Asia - the desolation of the territory of Ulyanovsk Volga area began. From the end of the 30s, 15th century, the area became a part of Kazan Khanate.
After Kazan was conquered the territory of the future Simbirsk region gradually was inhabited by the Russians. At the end of the 40s, 17th century, the construction of Karsuno-Simbirskay boundary began under the leadership of Bogdan Khitrov (1647-1654).
22 years later after Simbirsk was founded it had to experience a heavy struggle defending the state, not from outer enemy but from the robbery Cossacks headed by Stepan Razin. In 18th century the territory of the Russian state began expanding eastwards in particular, thus, the southern territories of current Ulyanovsk oblast started being assimilated and inhabited. Simbirsk itself began to lose its military importance but still remained the center of gubernia.
Soviet power in Simbirskaya gubernia was established a month later after the Great October Revolution - on December 10th, 1917. In 1918 the gubernia found itself in the center of the civil war. In 1924 Simbirsk was renamed (neglecting the population’s opinion) into Ulyanovsk (the real last name of V.I.Lenin – Ulyanov). On May 14th, 1928, Ulyanovskaya gubernia was abolished.
During the World War II a lot of plants, institutions as well as the population from the western regions of the country, from Moscow and Leningrad were evacuated to Ulyanovsk. On January 19th, 1943, several districts of Kuybyshevskaya and Penzenskay oblastes formed Ulyanovskaya oblast.
In 1950-1960s new plants were constructed in the oblast, as well as an automobile bridge across the Volga and an airport in Ulyanovsk. In 1970 Leonid Brezhnev opened V.I.Lenin memorial-museum.
Ulyanovsk region village
Ulyanovsk region scenery
Ulyanovsk oblast bridge
Ulyanovsk oblast main industry is machine-building, it produces about 56% of all industrial output of the region. There is also plane-, tool-, gadget- and automobile-building. A number of automobile industry plants take an important part in the branch, they produce about 60% of the Russian buses and a little over 10% of lorries. Ulyanovsk automobile plant was founded in 1941 on the basis of Moscow ZIL plant evacuated there.
One of the largest in Europe plane-building plant - “Aviastar-JV” - is located in Ulyanovsk. This plant can produce over 50 planes a year. It also produces cargo planes AN124 “Ruslan” which became the pride of the Russian aviation as well as passenger planes Tu-204. The oblast is the first in Russia to produce planes and the fifth to produce automobiles.
Ulyanovsk oblast is one of the most important agricultural regions in Russia. Cattle-breeding is developed as well as poultry-keeping, pig-, rabbit- and sheep-breeding, and fishing. Sugarbeet and vegetable growing are the leading ones, grain-crops (wheat, barley, rye and oats) are grown as well as forage grain-crops.
Ulyanovsk region is a big transportation juncture. Important airlines, railway and automobile roads of all the directions of Russia cross the region as well as international airlines linking Volga region with Europe, Middle Asia, Middle East and China.
Ulyanovsk is the only city in Volga federal district on which territory 2 airports of type “A” are located: “Ulyanovsk-Central” and international airport “Ulyanovsk-Vostochny (Eastern)”. They are equipped with modern radio electronic navigation gadgets which enable landing airplanes of all types irrespective of their weight including An-124 “Ruslan” and “Boeing-747”.
The river port in Ulyanovsk is located on both banks of the river Volga, on the right bank there is the only crane on the Volga with hoisting capacity of 100 tons. Developed transportation net as well as construction of a new bridge and connected with it project “Volzhsky transit” make the region favorable for stirring business up in the sphere of logistics.
Even more favorable for international logistic companies is a specific economic area being created with preferential tax and customs fees. Bonded warehouses, assembly shops and aircraft-repairing industry will be located there.
Ulyanovskaya oblast village
Ulyanovsk oblast abandoned church
Ulyanovsk Russia oblast view
Ulyanovsk Russia oblast church
Ulyanovsk oblast church
Ulyanovskaya oblast church
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