Population
According to the results of the 2010 Census, the population of the oblast is 1,010,930; down from 1,041,641 recorded in the 2002 Census, and further down from 1,066,833 recorded in the 1989 Census.
| Ethnic Groups | Number in 2010 |
|---|---|
| Russians | 869,031 (93.1%) |
| Ukrainians | 16,662 (1.8%) |
| Armenians | 9,962 (1%) |
| Belorusians | 4,557 (0.5%) |
| Tatars | 4,206 (0.4%) |
| Azerbaijanis | 3,498 (0.4%) |
| Uzbeks | 3,482 (0.4%) |
| Others | 22,240 (2.4%) |
- 77,292 people were registered from administrative databases, and could not declare an ethnicity. It is estimated that the proportion of ethnicities in this group is the same as that of the declared group.
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