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Novgorod Oblast

administrative division in Russia
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Summary

Novgorod Oblast is an oblast of Russia[1]. It draws 3,805 Wikipedia views per month (oblast of russia category, ranking #25 of 46).[2]

Key Facts

  • Award received: Order of Lenin[3]
  • Located in the administrative territorial entity: Russia[4]
  • Country: Russia[5]
  • Head of government: Alexander Dronov[6]
  • Continent: Europe[7]
  • Instance of: federal subject of Russia[8]
  • Capital: Veliky Novgorod[9]
  • Shares border with: Leningrad Oblast[10], Vologda Oblast[11], Tver Oblast[12], Pskov Oblast[13]
  • Contains the administrative territorial entity: Veliky Novgorod[14], Staraya Russa[15], Borovichi[16], Pestovsky District[17], Moshenskoy District[18], Khvoyninsky District[19], Borovichsky District[20], Lyubytinsky District[21], Chudovsky District[22], Malovishersky District[23], Okulovsky District[24], Valdaysky District[25], Krestetsky District[26], Novgorodsky District[27]
  • Flag: flag of Novgorod Oblast[28]
  • Legislative body: Novgorod Oblast Duma[29]
  • Coat of arms: coat of arms of Novgorod Oblast[30]
  • Part of: Northwestern Federal District[31]
  • Commons category: Novgorod Oblast[32]
  • Licence plate code: 53[33]
  • Located in time zone: Moscow Time[34], Europe/Moscow[35]
  • Local dialing code: 89331[36]
  • Inception: July 5, 1944[37]
  • Highest point: Q137178458[38], Q137178585[39]
  • Official website: http://www.novreg.ru/[40]
  • Topic's main category: Category:Novgorod Oblast[41]
  • Population: 615,642[42], 606,476[43], 592,415[44], 571,447[45], 566,960[46]
  • Office held by head of government: Governor of Novgorod Oblast[47]
  • Described by source: Encyclopædia Britannica 11th edition[48]
  • List of monuments: Category:Cultural heritage monuments in Novgorod Oblast[49]

Why It Matters

Novgorod Oblast has Wikipedia articles in 30 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[50] It is known by 31 alternative names across languages and contexts.[51]

FAQs

What awards did Novgorod Oblast receive?

Honors received include Order of Lenin[3].

Related Entities

Ilmen Russia Russian Soviet Federative Socialist Republic Volkhov

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [6] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  2. [5] ↑ . archINFORM. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
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  10. [4] ↑ . OKTMO. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
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  31. [33] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  32. [34] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  33. [35] ↑ . data.iana.org. data.iana.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  34. [36] ↑ . OpenStreetMap. wikidata.org.
  35. [37] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  36. [38] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  37. [39] ↑ . allhighpoints.ru. Retrieved . allhighpoints.ru. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  38. [40] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  39. [41] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  40. [42] ↑ . gks.ru. gks.ru. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  41. [43] ↑ . gks.ru. Retrieved . gks.ru. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  42. [44] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  43. [45] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  44. [46] ↑ . Q133366769. wikidata.org.
  45. [47] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  46. [48] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  47. [49] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [50] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [51] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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  1. 3d ago · BFD-69 · 2026-10-11 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Head of government → Alexander Dronov
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