Rivne Oblast (Ukrainian: Рівненська область, translit. Rivnenska oblast) is an oblast (province) of Ukraine. Its administrative center is Rivne. The area of the region is 20,100 km²; its population (as of 2004-05-01) is 1.2 million. The Rivne Oblast was created as part of the Ukrainian Soviet Socialist Republic on December 4, 1939.
Before the 1992 the region was officially known under its Russified version as Rovno Oblast, due to the russification. In the mass media it is often referred as Rivnenshchyna - Ukrainian: Рівненщина.
Rivne Nuclear Power Plant is located in the oblast (near the city of Kuznetsovsk).
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