Kirov Region (Russia)

Kirovskaa^ oblasth

Last modified: 2005-05-07 by antónio martins
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• Presentation of Kirov Region
• Sovyetsk city

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  reported by Pascal Gross, 19 Dec 1998

Presentation of Kirov Region

(Note: You need an Unicode-aware software and font to correctely view the cyrillic text on this page. See here transliteration details).

• Name (english): Kirov Region • (russian): Кировская область | Kirovskaâ oblasth
  
• Capital: Киров | Kirov • (former name): Vâtka | Вятка (< 1934), Marinsk | Маринск
• Area: 120 800 km² (≅46 600 sq.mi.) • Population: 1 575 000 inhabitants in 2000
• Status: Region (область | oblasth) within the Russian Federation
• Federal District: Volga • Economic region: Volga-Vyatka
• License plate code: 43 • Ham radio code: KI • ISO 3166-2 code: KIR
• Flag unknown • Coat of arms unknown

Sovyetsk city
(Sovetsk | Советск, a county-subject city)

Image from http://www.aha.ru/~heraldik/gerb.htm, the website of K. Mochenovʼs Union of Russian Heraldists.
Jens Pattke, 16 Sep 2002