In terms of physical geography, Ryazan Oblast lies in the central part of theRussian Plain between theCentral Russian andVolga uplands. The terrain is flat, with the highest point of no more than 300 m above sea level. Soils are podzolic and boggy on the left bank of theOka, changing southward to more fertile podzolic and leached black-earths (chernozyom).
Human occupation of the area of the Ryazan Oblast dates from at least theUpper Paleolithic period.East Slavs,Volga Finnic, Tatar tribes inhabited the area and merged into an ethnos, a process virtually completed by the 13th century CE. In 830 the Ryazan area became part ofRus' Khaganate.
Ryazan Oblast was formed out of theMoscow andVoronezh oblasts in 1937. It took its present form in 1954 when some of its southern districts were ceded to the newly establishedLipetsk Oblast. Also in 1954, it was ceded parts of southernMoscow Oblast and no border changes happened afterward.
In the post-war period of the Soviet Union recovery in the wake of growingcompetition between USSR and US several ambitious plans severely undermined the economic stability of the region. In Ryazan Oblast, at the behest of central government led byNikita Khrushchev, a regional administration ordered slaughter of livestock in a futile attempt to boost productivity rates (plans included tripling of meat and milk production). Because of series of misjudgement and overestimations these plans resulted in disastrous failure which is known today asRyazan miracle (Russian:Рязанское чудо).
Processing industry (metallurgy, oil refining etc.)
26.66%
Energy
3.33%
Utilities (water supply)
0.57%
Construction
4.61%
Wholesale trade and Retail trade, professional services
14.62%
Transportation and warehousing
5.62%
Public services (restaurants and hotels)
0.61%
Information
2.81%
Finance and insurance
0.28%
Real estate
12.84%
R&D
1.69%
Administrative services
1.24%
State, security and social support
6.46%
Education
4.25%
Healthcare & social services
4.77%
Culture, sport, entertainment etc
0.82%
Other
0.35%
Ryazan Oblast is a part of theCentral economic region. The oblast is economically favorable due to the water and land routes that pass through it and provide stable domestic and foreign economic ties. It is considered both an industrial and agricultural Oblast. The agriculture in the region is represented bylivestock farming and plants cultivation. Livestock farming specializes in raising and fatteningcattle and breedingpigs,sheep, andpoultry.Beekeeping is also well developed in the region.
74,419 people were registered from administrative databases, and could not declare an ethnicity. It is estimated that the proportion of ethnicities in this group is the same as that of the declared group.[16]
According to a 2012 survey[17] 63% of the population of Ryazan Oblast adheres to theRussian Orthodox Church, 3% areunaffiliated genericChristians, 1% are Orthodox Christian believers without belonging to church or belonging to non-RussianOrthodox churches, 1% areMuslims, and 1% are adherents of theRodnovery (Slavic native faith) movement. In addition, 15% of the population declares to be "spiritual but not religious", 9% isatheist, and 7% follows other religions or did not give an answer to the question.[17]
Рязанская областная Дума. №115-ОЗ 18 ноября 2005 г. «Устав (Основной Закон) Рязанской области», в ред. Закона №102-ОЗ от 28 декабря 2015 г. «О внесении изменений в Устав (Основной Закон) Рязанской области». Вступил в силу со дня официального опубликования (22 ноября 2005 г.). Опубликован: "Рязанские ведомости", №251–252, 22 ноября 2005 г. (Ryazan Oblast Duma. #115-OZ November 18, 2005Charter (Basic Law) of Ryazan Oblast, as amended by the Law #102-OZ of December 28, 2015On Amending the Charter (Basic Law) of Ryazan Oblast. Effective as of the day of official publication (November 22, 2005).).
Центральный исполнительный комитет СССР. Постановление от 26 сентября 1937 г. «О разделении Московской области на Тульскую, Рязанскую и Московскую области». (Central Executive Committee of the USSR. Resolution of September 26, 1937On Splitting Moscow Oblast into Tula, Ryazan, and Moscow Oblasts. ).
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