Hunting season runs from October to February with the following license and permit restrictions:
Elk, wild boar, red deer, and sika deer from mid-November through mid-January
Hare from October through January
Grouse, black grouse, woodcock, duck and goose for 10 days in April.
Bodies of water in the region are rich in numerous species (about 40) of fresh-water fish (e.g.eel,roach,pike,perch,bream,rudd, andsturgeon in theKlyazma River), which supportice fishing in winter. Additionally, the oblast has several hunting farms.
The total expanse of the oblast's surface waters is 32.9 hectares.
The region has hundreds of rivers with a total length of more than 8.6 million kilometers—there are 560 rivers and streams throughout the oblast. The Klyazma River flows into theOka River on the south-eastern edge of the oblast's border with theNizhny Novgorod Region. The Klyazma River's major tributaries in the Vladimir Region are theSherna (with theMolokcha flowing into it), theKirzhach (with its own tributaries being the Big and Small Kirzhach), thePeksha, theKoloksha, theNerl, theSudogda, theUvod, theLukh and theSuvorosch. Tributaries of the Oka within Vladimir oblast are theGus,Unzha, andUshna rivers. TheDubna River, a tributary of theVolga River, originates near the town ofAlexandrov. The Oka River is navigable throughout the region (157 km). The rivers in the region are characterized by their flat currents, broad valleys and meandering channels. Water levels are characterized by their high spring tides, low water periods over summer-autumn with occasional flooding during heavy rains, and stable/low levels throughout the winter.
There are about three hundred lakes covering an area of five thousand hectares. Most of them are small and undrained and many are overgrown with a peat layer. The origin of the lakes varies. Numerousoxbow lakes are scattered along the river valleys. The largest of them are Lake Urvanovskoe (12 km long) and Lake Visha (length about 10 km). In theMeshchera Lowlands and in the northwest of the oblast are lakes of ancientalluvial valleys:Isikhry,Svyatoe and others. Lakes ofkarst origin, located in the lower reaches of the Klyazma and in the center ofVyaznikovsky District (a northeastern district in the oblast), have highly mineralized water and are associated with underground watercourses. The largest and deepest of them isLake Kshchara. In the districts ofAlexandrov andYuryev-Polsky glacial lakes are small in size.
The main masses of wetlands in the region (total area of 37.4 thousand hectares) occur in Meshchera andBalakhna (in the northeast of the oblast) lowlands.
Vladimir Oblast has a humidcontinental climate. The region experiences a significant temperature range between day and night during the summer months, which can lead to frequent thunderstorms.
The oblast receives an average of 600-700 millimeters of precipitation annually, with most of it falling in the summer months. Snowfall is common in the winter months, with an average of 50-60 centimeters (20-24 inches) of snowfall per year.
The climate of Vladimir Oblast is influenced by its location in the center of theEast European Plain and its distance from the ocean. The oblast is situated far from any major bodies of water, which means that it experiences a greater temperature range and less moderating effects from maritime air masses than regions closer to the coast. However, the region is also shielded from harsh arctic air masses by theUral Mountains, which lie to the east.[13]
The territory of modern Vladimir Oblast has been populated since ancient times. The oldest known traces of human settlement date to theUpper Paleolithic. A settlement of Homo Sapiens dating back to between 32,050 BC and 28,550 BC was discovered in the area ofSungir, located around 200 km east ofMoscow.[14]
The region of Vladimir were inhabited by different people like Slavs, Tatars, Finno-Ugrics and Balts. The East Slavic tribe of theBuzhans originated in the Vladimir region. Archaeological excavations ofVolga Finn settlements document also the Finno-Ugric roots of this land. Merya, Muromian, and Meshchera are inhabited territory of the region during this period.
TheVladimir Highway, a pre-modern civilian road that has been in use since at least the 14th century, traverses the region, bringing people between Moscow andNizhny Novgorod.[15]
Most, if not all, of modern Vladimir, during the Soviet period, seems to have been part of Ivanovo Oblast until it became a separateFederal Subject in 1944.[16]
During theSoviet period, the high authority in the oblast was shared between three persons: The first secretary of the Vladimir CPSU Committee (who in reality had the greatest authority), the chairman of the oblast Soviet (legislative power), and the Chairman of the oblast Executive Committee (executive power). Since 1991, CPSU lost all the power, and the head of the Oblast administration, and eventually the governor was appointed/elected alongside electedregional parliament.
The Charter of Vladimir Oblast is the fundamental law of the region. The current Charter was accepted by theLegislative Assembly of Vladimir Oblast on 14 August 2001.
The Legislative Assembly of Vladimir 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 current 6th convocation was elected in the elections on 8 September 2013 under a mixed system (19 deputies were elected in single-mandate constituencies, 19 on the lists of political parties). Most of the seats are held byUnited Russia - 32, theCommunist Party - 3, theLiberal Democratic Party - 2,A Just Russia - 1. Vladimir Kiselyov (United Russia) was elected Chairman of the Legislative Assembly. On 17 August 2015, Deputy Sergei Kuryshyov (United Russia), who was sentenced to five and a half years in a colony-settlement for a fatal accident while drunk, was prematurely deprived of his mandate.[17]
The highest executive body is the Oblast Government, which 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.
The governor is elected by citizens of the Russian Federation residing in the territory of the Vladimir Oblast and possessing active suffrage based on universal, equal, and direct suffrage by secret ballot for a term of 5 years. Since October 2021, the position has been occupied byAleksandr Avdeyev, having also won the2022 Vladimir Oblast gubernatorial election.
Judicial power is exercised by the federal courts, the Vladimir Oblast Court, the Arbitration Court of the Vladimir Oblast, and the Justices of the Peace of the Vladimir Oblast.
According to party lists of the single federal district (proportional system) in the regional group Vladimir Oblast, three candidates received mandates:Nikolai Burlyaev (A Just Russia),Aleksey Govyrin (United Russia), andRoman Lyabikhov (Communist Party).
95,410 people were registered from administrative databases, and did not declare an ethnicity. It is estimated that the proportion of ethnicities in this group is the same as that of the declared group.[26]
According to a 2012 survey[27] 42.3% of the population of Vladimir Oblast adheres to theRussian Orthodox Church, 5.1% areunaffiliatedChristians, 1.2% are Eastern Orthodox Christian believers who don't belong to the church or belong to other (non-Russian)Eastern Orthodox churches, and 0.5% of the population are adherents of theSlavic native faith (Rodnovery). In addition, 32% of the population declares to be "spiritual but not religious", 13.9% isatheist, and 4.8% follows other religions or did not give an answer to the question.[27]
^Президент Российской Федерации. Указ №849 от 13 мая 2000 г. «О полномочном представителе Президента Российской Федерации в федеральном округе». Вступил в силу 13 мая 2000 г. Опубликован: "Собрание законодательства РФ", No. 20, ст. 2112, 15 мая 2000 г. (President of the Russian Federation. Decree #849 of May 13, 2000On the Plenipotentiary Representative of the President of the Russian Federation in a Federal District. Effective as of May 13, 2000.).
^Госстандарт Российской Федерации. №ОК 024-95 27 декабря 1995 г. «Общероссийский классификатор экономических регионов. 2. Экономические районы», в ред. Изменения №5/2001 ОКЭР. (Gosstandart of the Russian Federation. #OK 024-95 December 27, 1995Russian Classification of Economic Regions. 2. Economic Regions, as amended by the Amendment #5/2001 OKER. ).
Законодательное Собрание Владимирской области. Постановление №285 от 14 августа 2001 г. «Устав (Основной Закон) Владимирской области», в ред. Закона №209-ОЗ от 30 декабря 2015 г. «О внесении изменений в статьи 28 и 48 Устава (Основного Закона) Владимирской области». Вступил в силу со дня официального опубликования (23 августа 2001 г.). Опубликован: "Владимирские ведомости", №152–153, 23 августа 2001 г. (Legislative Assembly of Vladimir Oblast. Resolution #285 of August 14, 2001Charter (Basic Law) of Vladimir Oblast, as amended by the Law #209-OZ of December 30, 2015On Amending Articles 28 and 48 the Charter (Basic Law) of Vladimir Oblast. Effective as of the day of the official publication (August 23, 2001).).
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