Kostroma Oblast

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The Kostroma Oblast (Russian Костромская область / Kostromskaya oblast ) is a Oblast in northwestern Russia.

The Volga River flows through the southwestern part of the oblast, next she takes a sparsely populated part of the East European Plain to the north, a Russian country back. The climate is temperate continental, around 73 % of the area is forested.

The main industries include wood processing, textiles and food processing. Tourism also plays an important role.

Administrative divisions and cities

The Kostroma oblast is divided into 24 Rajons and 6 urban districts. The only big city is the administrative center of the oblast, Kostroma. There are a total of twelve Oblast cities and seven settlements of urban type.

Central Federal District Ukrainians Governor Vehicle registration plates of Russia OKATO Administrative divisions of Kostroma Oblast Raion Buy, Kostroma Oblast Sharya Nerekhta, Kostroma Oblast Manturovo, Kostroma Oblast Volgorechensk Buryatia Khakassia Dagestan Karachay-Cherkessia Republic of Karelia Komi Republic Autonomous Republic of Crimea Stavropol Krai Zabaykalsky Krai Omsk Oblast Orenburg Oblast Oryol Oblast Penza Oblast Pskov Oblast Ryazan Oblast Rostov Oblast Sakhalin Oblast Samara Oblast Saratov Oblast Smolensk Oblast Sverdlovsk Oblast Tambov Oblast Tyumen Oblast Tomsk Oblast Chelyabinsk Oblast Tula Oblast Ulyanovsk Oblast Vladimir Oblast Volgograd Oblast Vologda Oblast Voronezh Oblast Moscow Autonomous okrugs of Russia Yamalo-Nenets Autonomous Okrug Nenets Autonomous Okrug Chukotka Autonomous Okrug
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