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Irkutsk Oblast (, ''Irkutskaya oblast'') is a Federal Subject of Russia (an Oblast ), located in south-eastern Siberia in the basins of Angara River , Lena , and Nizhnyaya Tunguska River s. The administrative center is Irkutsk . GEOGRAPHY Irkutsk Oblast borders with the Buryat and Tuva Republic s in the south and south-west, with Krasnoyarsk Krai in the west, with the Sakha Republic in the northeast, and with Chita Oblast in the east. It contains the enclave of Ust-Orda Buryat Autonomous Okrug , which will be merged into Irkutsk Oblast on January 1 , 2008 . The unique and world-famous Lake Baikal is located in the southeast of the region. Irkutsk Oblast consists mostly of the hills and broad valleys of the Central Siberian Plateau and of its eastern extension, the Patom Plateau . Time zone Irkutsk Oblast is located in the Irkutsk Time Zone (IRKT/IRKST). UTC offset is +0800 (IRKT)/+0900 (IRKST). Climate The climate varies from warm summer continental in the south to continental-subarctic in the northern part ( falls in the Summer months, with the wettest month being July, with 96.2 Mm (3.79 In ) of rain. January is the driest month, with only 11 mm (0.4 in) of precipitation. Annual precipitation averages 419.8 mm (16.53 in) {Link without Title} . ECONOMY The main industries of Irkutsk Oblast are metals, energy, logging, oil and fuels, machine-building, chemicals, food industry, and hydroelectricity. The average wages in Irkutsk oblast are ten percent higher than in Russia overall. ADMINISTRATIVE DIVISIONS See Also: Administrative divisions of Irkutsk Oblast DEMOGRAPHICS The population of the oblast is 2.77 million, from which 79.6% are urban, and 20.4% are rural. The density of the population is 3.5 people per square kilometer, whereas the average density for Russia is 8.7. Irkutsk is the administrative center, with population of 594,500. Other large cities are Angarsk (267,000 people), Bratsk (253,600 people), Usolye-Sibirskoye (104,300 people), and Ust-Ilimsk (107,200 people). An interesting small ethnic group living in three villages (Pikhtinsk, Sredne-Pikhtinsk, and Dagnik) in the farmers who had moved to Siberia from the then Russian Volhynia in 1911-1912 in search of affordable land. Although they had long lost German (or Dutch) language of their ancesors (even in the early 20th century they spoke Ukrainian and read Polish), they were still considered Ethnic Germans , and during World War II were usually drafted for work in labor camps, instead of front-line military service.Olga Solovyova (Ольга Соловьева) "Bug 'Hollanders'" (БУЖСКИЕ ГОЛЕНДРЫ) SEE ALSO REFERENCES |
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