Kostroma Oblast
Kostroma Oblast is a region in Central Russia, which borders Ivanovo Oblast to the southwest, Yaroslavl Oblast to the west, Vologda Oblast to the north, Kirov Oblast to the east, and Nizhny Novgorod Oblast to the southeast.Photo: Wikimedia, CC BY-SA 4.0.
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Kostroma
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Kostroma is the capital city of Kostroma Oblast, and a stop on Russia's Golden Ring circuit. It is a historic city, founded in the 12th century, and served as a sort of northern retreat for the powerful in Muscovy when threatened by southern and western invaders.
Kostroma Oblast
- Type: State with 643,000 residents
- Description: federal subject of Russia
- Also known as: “Kostromska Oblast’”
- Neighbors: Ivanovo Oblast, Kirov Oblast, Nizhny Novgorod Oblast, Vologda Oblast, and Yaroslavl Oblast
- Categories: oblast of Russia, federal subject of Russia, and locality
- Location: Central Russia, Russia, Eastern Europe, Europe
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Latitude of center
58.4248° or 58° 25′ 29″ northLongitude of center
44.2533° or 44° 15′ 12″ eastPopulation
643,000Elevation
138 metres (453 feet)OpenStreetMap ID
node 778527151OpenStreetMap feature
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In Other Languages
From Achinese to Yue Chinese—“Kostroma Oblast” goes by many names.
- Achinese: “Oblast Kostroma”
- Afrikaans: “Kostroma-oblast”
- Amharic: “ኮስትሮማ ኦብላስት”
- Arabic: “كوستروما أوبلاست”
- Arabic: “مقاطعة كوستروما”
- Armenian: “Կոստրոմայի մարզ”
- Asturian: “Óblast de Kostromá”
- Azerbaijani: “Kostroma vilayəti”
- Bashkir: “Кострома өлкәһе”
- Basque: “Kostroma oblasta”
- Belarusian: “Кастрамская вобласць”
- Belarusian: “Кастрамская вобласьць”
- Bengali: “কস্ট্রোমা ওব্লাস্ট”
- Bosnian: “Kostromska oblast”
- Breton: “Oblast Kostroma”
- Bulgarian: “Костромска област”
- Catalan: “óblast de Kostromà”
- Catalan: “Óblast de Kostromà”
- Catalan: “província de Kostromà”
- Catalan: “Província de Kostromà”
- Cebuano: “Kostromskaya Oblast‘”
- Cebuano: “Kostromskaya Oblast’”
- Chechen: “Костромин область”
- Chinese: “Kostroma Chiu”
- Chinese: “科斯特罗马州”
- Chinese: “科斯特羅馬州”
- Church Slavic: “Костромьска область”
- Chuvash: “Кострома облаҫӗ”
- Chuvash: “Хустӑрма облаҫӗ”
- Crimean Tatar: “Kostroma vilâyeti”
- Croatian: “Kostromska oblast”
- Czech: “Kostromská oblast”
- Danish: “Kostroma oblast”
- Dimli (individual language): “Kostroma”
- Dutch: “Kostroma”
- Dutch: “Oblast Kostroma”
- Eastern Mari: “Кострома вел”
- Egyptian Arabic: “كوستروما”
- Erzya: “Костромань ёнкс”
- Esperanto: “Kostroma provinco”
- Estonian: “Kostroma oblast”
- Finnish: “Kostroman alue”
- French: “Kostroma”
- French: “oblast de Kostroma”
- French: “Oblast de Kostroma”
- French: “région de Kostroma”
- Georgian: “კოსტრომის ოლქი”
- German: “Kostroma”
- German: “Oblast Kostroma”
- Greek: “Όμπλαστ της Κοστρομά”
- Greek: “Περιφέρεια Κοστρομά”
- Gujarati: “કોસ્ટ્રોમા ઓબ્લાસ્ટ”
- Hakka Chinese: “Kostroma-chû”
- Hausa: “Kostroma Oblast”
- Hebrew: “מחוז קוסטרומה”
- Hebrew: “קוסטרומה”
- Hindi: “कोस्ट्रोमा ओब्लास्ट”
- Hindi: “कोस्त्रोमा ओब्लास्ट”
- Hungarian: “Kosztromai terület”
- Icelandic: “Kostromafylki”
- Icelandic: “Kostrómafylki”
- Ido: “Provinco Kostroma”
- Indonesian: “Oblast Kostroma”
- Interlingue: “Oblast Kostroma”
- Irish: “Cúige Kostroma”
- Italian: “oblast‘ di Kostroma”
- Italian: “Oblast’ di Kostroma”
- Japanese: “コストロマ州”
- Javanese: “Kostroma Oblast”
- Kabardian: “Кострома област”
- Kalmyk: “Косторма төгәлң”
- Kannada: “ಕೋಸ್ಟ್ರೋಮಾ ಒಬ್ಲಾಸ್ಟ್”
- Kazakh: “Кострома облысы”
- Kirghiz: “Кострома облусу”
- Komi: “Кострома обласьт”
- Korean: “코스트로마주”
- Ladin: “Oblast de Kostroma”
- Latin: “Regio Costromensis”
- Latin: “Regio Kostromensis”
- Latvian: “Kostromas apgabals”
- Lingua Franca Nova: “Oblast de Costroma”
- Lithuanian: “Kostromos sritis”
- Lombard: “Oblast de Kostroma”
- Macedonian: “Костромска област”
- Macedonian: “Костромска Област”
- Malay: “Wilayah Kostroma”
- Marathi: “कोस्त्रोमा ओब्लास्त”
- Mazanderani: “کوستروما اوبلاست”
- Min Dong Chinese: “Kostroma Ciŭ”
- Min Nan Chinese: “Kostromskaya Chiu”
- Mingrelian: “კოსტრომაშ ოლქი”
- Moksha: “Костромань аймак”
- Mongolian: “Кострома муж”
- Nepali: “कोस्त्रोमा ओब्लास्ट”
- Northern Frisian: “Kostroma (Prowins)”
- Northern Frisian: “Kostroma”
- Northern Luri: “آستون کوستروما”
- Northern Sami: “Kostroma oblast”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Kostroma oblast”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Kostroma”
- Norwegian Nynorsk: “Kostroma oblast”
- Norwegian Nynorsk: “Kostroma”
- Norwegian: “Kostroma oblast”
- Norwegian: “Kostromskaja oblast”
- Oromo: “Moosakoota Kostroma”
- Ossetian: “Костромайы облæст”
- Pampanga: “Kostroma Oblast”
- Panjabi: “ਕੋਸਟ੍ਰੋਮਾ ਓਬਲਾਸਟ”
- Persian: “استان کوستروما”
- Persian: “اوبلاست کوستروما”
- Polish: “obwód kostromski”
- Polish: “Obwód kostromski”
- Portuguese: “Kostroma”
- Portuguese: “Oblast de Kostroma”
- Pushto: “کوسټروما ولايت”
- Romanian: “Regiunea Kostroma”
- Russian: “Костромская область”
- Russian: “Костромская Область”
- Russian: “Костромска́я о́бласть”
- Scots: “Kostroma Oblast”
- Serbian: “Костромска област”
- Serbo-Croatian: “Kostromska oblast”
- Sindhi: “ڪوسٽروما اوبلاسٽ”
- Sinhala: “කොස්ට්රොමා ප්රාන්තය”
- Slovak: “Kostromská oblasť”
- Slovenian: “Kostromska oblast”
- Somali: “Kostroma Oblast”
- South Azerbaijani: “کوستروما اوبلاستی”
- Spanish: “Oblast de Kostroma”
- Spanish: “Óblast de Kostromá”
- Swahili: “Kostroma Oblast”
- Swedish: “Kostroma oblast”
- Swedish: “Kostroma”
- Tagalog: “Kostroma Oblast”
- Tagalog: “Oblast ng Kostroma”
- Tajik: “Вилояти Кострома”
- Talysh: “Kostroma vilojət”
- Tamil: “கொசுத்ரோமா மாகாணம்”
- Tamil: “கொஸ்ட்ரோமா ஒப்லாஸ்து”
- Tamil: “கோஸ்டரோமா ஒப்ளாஸ்ட்”
- Tatar: “Кострома өлкәсе”
- Telugu: “కాస్ట్రోమా ఓబ్లాస్ట్”
- Thai: “แคว้นคอสโตรมา”
- Turkish: “Kostroma Oblastı”
- Udmurt: “Кострома улос”
- Ukrainian: “Костромська область”
- Upper Sorbian: “Oblasć Kostroma”
- Urdu: “کوستروما اوبلاست”
- Uzbek: “Kostroma viloyati”
- Uzbek: “Kostroma Viloyati”
- Veps: “Kostroman agj”
- Vietnamese: “Kostroma”
- Vietnamese: “Vùng Kostroma”
- Waray (Philippines): “Kostroma Oblast”
- Welsh: “Oblast Kostroma”
- Western Frisian: “Kostroma (oblast)”
- Western Frisian: “Kostroma”
- Western Panjabi: “کوستروما”
- Wu Chinese: “科斯特罗马州”
- Yakut: “Кострома уобалаhа”
- Yakut: “Кострома уобалаһа”
- Yue Chinese: “科斯特羅馬州”
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