Rostov Oblast

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Rostov Oblast (Росто́вская о́бласть in Russian) is an oblast, a regional subdivision, of the Southern Federal District of Russia. Rostov Oblast lies in the south of Russia with an area of 100,800 km² and a population of 4,404,013 (2002 census) making it the 5th most populous oblast in Russia. Its administrative center is the city of Rostov on Don, which also became the capital of the Southern Federal District in 2002.

Major industries of Rostov Oblast are agriculture, agricultural industry, food processing, heavy industry, coal and automobile manufacture.

Rostov Oblast borders the Ukraine. It also borders Volgograd Oblast to the north and Voronezh Oblast to the south. Lastly, it borders Krasnodar and Stavropol Krais as well as the Republic of Kalmykia.

The Don River, one of Europe's largest flows throw the oblast for part of its course. Lakes cover only 0.4% of the oblast's area.

Administrative Division

Districts

Rostov Oblast consists of the following districts (Russian: районы):

Aksaysky (Аксайский)
Azovsky (Азовский)
Bagayevsky (Багаевский)
Belokalitvinsky (Белокалитвинский)
Bokovsky (Боковский)
Chertkovsky (Чертковский)
Dubovsky (Дубовский)
Kagalnitsky (Кагальницкий)
Kamensky (Каменский)
Kasharsky (Кашарский)
Konstantinovsky (Константиновский)
Krasnosulinsky (Красносулинский)
Kuybyshevsky (Куйбышевский)
Martynovsky (Мартыновский)
Matveyevo-Kurgansky (Матвеево-Курганский)
Millerovsky (Миллеровский)
Milyutinsky (Милютинский)
Morozovsky (Морозовский)
Myasnikovsky (Мясниковский)
Neklinovsky (Неклиновский)
Oblivsky (Обливский)
Oktyabrsky (Октябрьский)
Orlovsky (Орловский)
Peschanokopsky (Песчанокопский)
Proletarsky (Пролетарский)
Remontnensky (Ремонтненский)
Rodionovo-Nesvetaysky (Родионово-Несветайский)
Salsky (Сальский)
Semikarakorsky (Семикаракорский)
Sholokhovsky (Шолоховский)
Sovetsky (Советский)
Tarasovsky (Тарасовский)
Tatsinsky (Тацинский)
Tselinsky (Целинский)
Tsimlyansky (Цимлянский)
Ust-Donetsky (Усть-Донецкий)
Verkhnedonskoy (Верхнедонской)
Veselovsky (Веселовский)
Volgodonskoy (Волгодонской)
Yegorlyksky (Егорлыкский)
Zavetinsky (Заветинский)
Zernogradsky (Зерноградский)
Zimovnikovsky (Зимовниковский)

Federal subjects of Russia

Republics	Adygeya \| Altai \| Bashkortostan \| Buryatia \| Chechnya \| Chuvashia \| Dagestan \| Ingushetia \| Kabardino-Balkaria \| Karelia \| Khakassia \| Komi \| Kalmykia \| Karachay-Cherkessia \| Mari El \| Mordovia \| North Ossetia-Alania \| Sakha \| Tatarstan \| Tuva \| Udmurtia
Krais	Altai \| Khabarovsk \| Krasnodar \| Krasnoyarsk \| Primorsky \| Stavropol
Oblasts	Amur \| Arkhangelsk \| Astrakhan \| Belgorod \| Bryansk \| Chelyabinsk \| Chita \| Irkutsk \| Ivanovo \| Kaliningrad \| Kaluga \| Kamchatka \| Kemerovo \| Kirov \| Kostroma \| Kurgan \| Kursk \| Leningrad \| Lipetsk \| Magadan \| Moscow \| Murmansk \| Nizhny Novgorod \| Novgorod \| Novosibirsk \| Omsk \| Orenburg \| Oryol \| Penza \| Perm \| Pskov \| Rostov \| Ryazan \| Sakhalin \| Samara \| Saratov \| Smolensk \| Sverdlovsk \| Tambov \| Tomsk \| Tver \| Tula \| Tyumen \| Ulyanovsk \| Vladimir \| Volgograd \| Vologda \| Voronezh \| Yaroslavl
Federal cities	Moscow \| St. Petersburg
Autonomous Oblasts	Jewish
Autonomous Districts	Aga Buryatia \| Chukotka \| Evenkia \| Khantia-Mansia \| Koryakia \| Nenetsia \| Permyakia \| Taymyria \| Ust-Orda Buryatia \| Yamalia

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