| Perm Oblast Пе́рмская о́бласть (Russian) | |||||||||
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| • Type | Oblast | ||||||||
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• Established | 1938 | ||||||||
• Disestablished | 1 December 2005 | ||||||||
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Until 1 December 2005,Perm Oblast (Russian:Пе́рмская о́бласть) was afederal subject ofRussia (anoblast) inPrivolzhsky (Volga) Federal District. According to the results of the referendum held in October 2004, Perm Oblast was merged withKomi-Permyak Autonomous Okrug to formPerm Krai.
It was established in 1938 as part of theRSFSR. From 1940 to 1957 it was namedMolotov Oblast in honor ofVyacheslav Molotov. The oblast was named after its administrative center, the city ofPerm. The oblast covered an area of 160,600 km2, and as of the2002 census its population was 2,819,421. Before the merger, neighboring oblasts and republics were (from north clockwise)Komi Republic,Sverdlovsk Oblast,Republic of Bashkortostan,Udmurt Republic, andKirov Oblast.
Perm Oblast was located in theYekaterinburg Time Zone (YEKT/YEKST).UTC offset is +0500 (YEKT)/+0600 (YEKST).
58°0′50″N56°14′56″E / 58.01389°N 56.24889°E /58.01389; 56.24889
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