Stalingrad Oblast (Сталинградская область) was established on December 5, 1936 on the territory of formerStalingrad Krai.[1] It was the scene of theBattle of Stalingrad duringWorld War II in 1942–1943. The oblast was given its present name on November 10, 1961.[1]
During theSoviet period, three people exercised oblast-level authority:
The first secretary of the Stalingrad Committee of the Communist Party (who in reality had the most power)
The chairman of the Oblast Soviet (legislative power)
The chairman of the Oblast Executive Committee (executive power)
In 1991 the CPSU lostde facto power, and the head of the oblast administration, and eventually the governor, was appointed and elected alongside theregional parliament.
The Charter of Volgograd Oblast provides the fundamental law of the region. The Legislative Assembly of Volgograd Oblast is the province's standing legislative (representative) body. The Legislative Assembly exercises its authority by passing laws, resolutions, and other legal acts and by supervising the implementation and observance of the laws and other legal acts passed by it. The highest executive body, the oblast government, includes territorial executive bodies such as district administrations, committees, and commissions that facilitate development and run the day-to-day matters of the province. The oblast administration supports the activities of the governor, who is the highest official and acts as guarantor of the observance of the Oblast Charter in accordance with theConstitution of Russia.
44,541 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.[17]
According to a 2012 survey,[18] 54.5% of the population of Volgograd Oblast adheres to theRussian Orthodox Church, 4% areunaffiliated genericChristians, 2% are Eastern Orthodox Christian believers who don't belong to any church or are members of non-RussianEastern Orthodox churches, and 3% areMuslims. In addition, 18% of the population declares to be "spiritual but not religious", 12% isatheist, and 6.5% follows other religions or did not give an answer to the question.[18]
Волгоградская областная Дума. №1-ОД 24 февраля 2012 г. «Устав Волгоградской области», в ред. Закона №90-ОД от 10 июля 2015 г. «О внесении изменений в статью 2 Устава Волгоградской области от 24 февраля 2012 г. №1-ОД». Вступил в силу по истечении десяти дней после дня официального опубликования. Опубликован: "Волгоградская правда", №35, 29 февраля 2012 г. (Volgograd Oblast Duma. #1-OD February 24, 2012Charter of Volgograd Oblast, as amended by the Law #90-OD of July 10, 2015On Amending Article 2 of the Charter of Volgograd Oblast #1-OD of February 24, 2012. Effective as of the day which is ten days after the day of the official publication.).
Исполнительный комитет Волгоградского областного Совета депутатов трудящихся. "Волгоградская область. Административно-территориальное деление на 1 июля 1968 года" (Volgograd Oblast. Administrative-Territorial Structure as of July 1, 1968). Нижне-Волжское книжное издательство. Волгоград, 1969.
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