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Volga Region

Kirov Oblast

Kirov Oblast is a region in the Upper Volga, bordering to the southwest, to the west, to the northwest, and to the north, to the northeast, to the southeast, and to the south.
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, formerly known as Vyatka until 1934 and as Khlynov from 1457 to 1780, is the largest city and administrative center of Oblast, . It is situated on the Vyatka River in , 896 kilometres northeast of .

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is a small town in the western part of Kirov Oblast. Most travelers will only see from the train when going along the Trans-Siberian route.

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is a small, historic market town in the north of Kirov Oblast. This is well off the beaten path, a place where only the most ardent travelers interested in small towns and the architectural heritage of Russia get to.

Kirov Oblast

Latitude of center
57.9666° or 57° 57′ 60″ north
Longitude of center
49.4075° or 49° 24′ 27″ east
Population
1,280,000
Elevation
182 metres (597 feet)
Open­Street­Map ID
node 933435715
Geo­Names ID
548389
Wiki­data ID
Q5387
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In Other Languages

From Achinese to Yue Chinese—“Kirov Oblast” goes by many names.
  • Achinese: “Oblast Kirov”
  • Afrikaans: “Kirof-oblast”
  • Arabic: “أوبلاست كيروف”
  • Arabic: “مقاطعة كيروف”
  • Armenian: “Կիրովի մարզ”
  • Asturian: “Óblast de Kírov”
  • Azerbaijani: “Kirov vilayəti”
  • Bashkir: “Киров өлкәһе”
  • Basque: “Kirov oblasta”
  • Belarusian: “Кіраўская вобласць”
  • Belarusian: “Кіраўская вобласьць”
  • Bengali: “কিরোভ ওব্লাস্ট”
  • Bosnian: “Kirovska oblast”
  • Breton: “Oblast Kirov”
  • Bulgarian: “Кировска област”
  • Catalan: “óblast de Kírov”
  • Catalan: “Óblast de Kírov”
  • Catalan: “província de Kírov”
  • Cebuano: “Kirovskaya Oblast‘”
  • Cebuano: “Kirovskaya Oblast’”
  • Chechen: “Кирован область”
  • Chechen: “Кировн область”
  • Chinese: “Kirov Chiu”
  • Chinese: “基洛夫州”
  • Chuvash: “Киров облаçĕ”
  • Chuvash: “Киров облаçě”
  • Crimean Tatar: “Kirov vilâyeti”
  • Croatian: “Kirovska oblast”
  • Czech: “Kirovská oblast”
  • Danish: “Kirov oblast”
  • Dimli (individual language): “Kirov”
  • Dutch: “Kirov”
  • Dutch: “Oblast Kirov”
  • Eastern Mari: “Киров вел”
  • Egyptian Arabic: “كيروڤ”
  • Erzya: “Кировонь ёнкс”
  • Esperanto: “Kirova provinco”
  • Estonian: “Kirovi oblast”
  • Finnish: “Kirovin alue”
  • French: “Kirov”
  • French: “oblast de Kirov”
  • French: “Oblast de Kirov”
  • French: “région de Kirov”
  • Georgian: “კიროვის ოლქი”
  • German: “Kirow”
  • German: “Kirowskaja oblast”
  • German: “Oblast Kirow”
  • Greek: “Όμπλαστ του Κίροφ”
  • Gujarati: “કિરોવ ઓબ્લાસ્ટ”
  • Hakka Chinese: “Kirov-chû”
  • Hebrew: “מחוז קירוב”
  • Hebrew: “קירוב”
  • Hindi: “किरोव ओब्लास्ट”
  • Hungarian: “Kirovi terület”
  • Icelandic: “Kírovfylki”
  • Ido: “Provinco Kirov”
  • Indonesian: “Oblast Kirov”
  • Inupiaq: “Kirov Nutanut”
  • Inupiaq: “Kiruvaq Uvlastaq”
  • Irish: “Cúige Kirov”
  • Italian: “oblast‘ di Kirov”
  • Italian: “Oblast’ di Kirov”
  • Japanese: “キーロフ州”
  • Kalmyk: “Кирова төгәлң”
  • Kannada: “ಕಿರೊವ್ ಒಬ್ಲಾಸ್ಟ್”
  • Komi-Permyak: “Киров лапӧв”
  • Komi: “Киров обласьт”
  • Korean: “키로프”
  • Korean: “키로프스카야주”
  • Korean: “키로프주”
  • Ladin: “Oblast de Kirov”
  • Latin: “Regio Kirovensis”
  • Latvian: “Kirovas apgabals”
  • Lithuanian: “Kirovo sritis”
  • Lombard: “Oblast de Kirov”
  • Low German: “Oblast Kirow”
  • Macedonian: “Кировска област”
  • Malay: “Wilayah Kirov”
  • Marathi: “किरोव ओब्लास्त”
  • Mazanderani: “کیرو اوبلاست”
  • Min Dong Chinese: “Kirov Ciŭ”
  • Min Nan Chinese: “Kirov Chiu”
  • Mingrelian: “კიროვიშ ოლქი”
  • Moksha: “Кировонь аймак”
  • Mongolian: “Киров муж”
  • Northern Frisian: “Kirow (Prowins)”
  • Northern Frisian: “Kirow”
  • Northern Sami: “Kirov oblast”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Kirov oblast”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Kirov”
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: “Kirov oblast”
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: “Kirov”
  • Norwegian: “Kirov oblast”
  • Norwegian: “Kirovskaja oblast”
  • Ossetian: “Кировы облæст”
  • Pampanga: “Kirov Oblast”
  • Persian: “استان کیروف”
  • Persian: “اوبلاست کیروف”
  • Polish: “Obwód kirowski”
  • Portuguese: “Oblast de Kirov”
  • Pushto: “کيروف ولايت”
  • Romanian: “Regiunea Kirov”
  • Russian: “Кировская область”
  • Russian: “Кировская Область”
  • Scots: “Kirov Oblast”
  • Serbian: “Кировска област”
  • Serbo-Croatian: “Kirovska oblast”
  • Sinhala: “කිරෝව් දිස්ත්‍රිකය”
  • Slovak: “Kirovská oblasť”
  • Slovenian: “Kirovska oblast”
  • South Azerbaijani: “کیروف اوبلاستی”
  • Spanish: “Kirov”
  • Spanish: “Óblast de Kírov”
  • Swahili: “Kirov Oblast”
  • Swedish: “Kirov oblast”
  • Swedish: “Kirov”
  • Tagalog: “Kirov Oblast”
  • Tagalog: “Oblast ng Kirov”
  • Tajik: “вилояти Киров”
  • Talysh: “Kirov əyalət”
  • Talysh: “Kirovi vilojət”
  • Tamil: “கிரோவ் ஒப்ளாஸ்ட்”
  • Tamil: “கீரொவ் மாகாணம்”
  • Tamil: “கீரோவ் ஒப்லாஸ்து”
  • Tatar: “Киров өлкәсе”
  • Telugu: “కిరోవ్ ఓబ్లాస్ట్”
  • Thai: “แคว้นคีรอฟ”
  • Turkish: “Kirov Oblastı”
  • Udmurt: “Киров улос”
  • Ukrainian: “Кіровська область”
  • Upper Sorbian: “Oblasć Kirow”
  • Urdu: “کیروف اوبلاست”
  • Uzbek: “Kirov viloyati”
  • Veps: “Kirovan agj”
  • Vietnamese: “Kirov”
  • Vietnamese: “Vùng Kirov”
  • Waray (Philippines): “Kirov Oblast”
  • Welsh: “Oblast Kirov”
  • Western Frisian: “Kirov (oblast)”
  • Western Frisian: “Kirov”
  • Western Mari: “Вичӹ область”
  • Western Panjabi: “صوبہ کیروو”
  • Wu Chinese: “基洛夫州”
  • Yakut: “Кировскай уобалас”
  • Yue Chinese: “基洛夫州”

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