Leningrad Oblast
Leningrad Oblast (Ленингра́дская о́бласть) is a federal subject of Russia (an oblast) located in the Northwestern Federal District. It contains Saint Petersburg but is administratively separate from it.
The oblast has an area of 85,900 km² and population of around 1.7 million. Aside from Saint Petersburg, Kolpino is the largest city with around 160,000 inhabitants.
Administrative Division\nDistrictsLeningrad Oblast consists of 17 districts (Russian: районы) and 1 volost (Russian: волость):
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