Ulyanovsk Oblast, Administrative region in Volga Federal District, Russia.
The territory spans 37,181 square kilometers across the banks of the Volga River, containing 21 districts and 980 rural settlements within its borders.
The region received its current designation as an oblast in 1943, during World War II, and later earned the Order of Lenin for its contributions to Soviet development.
The region maintains multiple ethnic communities, with Russians comprising 73 percent of the population, followed by significant Tatar and Chuvash minorities.
The area contains extensive transportation networks, including the M5 federal highway, railway connections to major cities, and two bridges crossing the Volga River.
The Undory area within the oblast contains mineral water springs and paleontological sites where prehistoric marine reptile fossils were discovered.
Location: Russia
Inception: January 19, 1943
Capital city: Ulyanovsk
Part of: European Russia, Volga Federal District
Shares border with: Chuvashia, Tatarstan, Samara Oblast, Saratov Oblast, Penza Oblast, Mordovia
Website: https://ulgov.ru
GPS coordinates: 53.95000,47.91667
Latest update: May 26, 2025 19:41
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Stalin's bunker
166.8 km
President Bridge
57.1 km
Bridge across the Volga near Tolyatti
88.6 km
Samara Arena
170.6 km
Zhiguli Brewery
166.6 km
Samarskaya Luka National Park
145.2 km
Zhiguli Nature Reserve
139 km
Samara embankment
166.3 km
Samara Bend
169.8 km
Emperor Bridge
53.3 km
Monument of Glory, Samara
167.1 km
Golovkin's dacha
168.3 km
Togliatti Technical Museum
98.3 km
Monastery of the Theotokos of Iveron
166.7 km
Кристалл
121.1 km
Sacred Heart Church
166.8 km
Yuri Gagarin park
182.3 km
Privolshky Les Nature Reserve
97.2 km
Maksim Gorky Samara Academic Drama Theatre
166.7 km
Resurrection church, Ulyanovsk
52.7 km
Opera and Ballet Samara Academic Theater
167.2 km
Soyuz carrier rocket monument
168.6 km
Beloe
120.3 km
Factory-kitchen building in Samara
168.6 km
Syzran Bridge
104.4 km
Zagorodnyi park (Samara)
168.8 km
Frunzensky Bridge
167.3 kmReviews
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