Editing Pskov Oblast (section)

{{short description|First-level administrative division of Russia}}
{{Infobox Russian federal subject
|en_name=Pskov Oblast
|ru_name=Псковская область
|image_map=Map of Russia (2014–2022) - Pskov Oblast.svg
|coordinates={{coord|57|19|N|29|15|E|type:adm1st_region:RU|display=inline,title}}
|image_coa=Coat of arms of Pskov Oblast (Latest version).svg
|coa_caption= [[Coat of arms of Pskov Oblast|Coat of arms]]
|image_flag=Flag_of_Pskov_Oblast.svg
|flag_caption
|anthem=Anthem of the Pskov Oblast<br />{{center|[[File:Anthem of the Pskov Oblast.ogg]]}}
|anthem_ref=<ref name="Anthem">Law #1</ref>
|holiday=
|holiday_ref=
|political_status=Oblast
|political_status_link=Oblasts of Russia
|federal_district=[[Northwestern Federal District|Northwestern]]
|economic_region=[[Northwestern economic region|Northwestern]]
|adm_ctr_type=Administrative center
|adm_ctr_name=[[Pskov]]
|adm_ctr_ref=<ref name="AdmCtr">Charter of Pskov Oblast, Article&nbsp;14</ref>
|pop_2021census=599084
|pop_2021census_rank=66th
|urban_pop_2010census=70.9%
|rural_pop_2010census=29.1%
|pop_2021census_ref=<ref name=2021census>{{cite web|title=Оценка численности постоянного населения по субъектам Российской Федерации|url=https://rosstat.gov.ru/storage/mediabank/tab-5_VPN-2020.xlsx|publisher=[[Federal State Statistics Service (Russia)|Federal State Statistics Service]]|accessdate=1 September 2022}}</ref>
|pop_density
|pop_density_as_of
|pop_density_ref
|pop_latest=656561
|pop_latest_date=January 2014
|pop_latest_ref=<ref name="2014Est">Pskov Oblast Territorial Branch of the [[Russian Federal State Statistics Service|Federal State Statistics Service]]. [http://pskovstat.gks.ru/wps/wcm/connect/rosstat_ts/pskovstat/resources/208681804361ea6b9978d974665da2b8/Nas140324_1+%D0%B3%D0%BE%D0%B4%D0%B0.htm Оценка численности постоянного населения Псковской области на 1 января 2014 года] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140502010259/http://pskovstat.gks.ru/wps/wcm/connect/rosstat_ts/pskovstat/resources/208681804361ea6b9978d974665da2b8/Nas140324_1+%D0%B3%D0%BE%D0%B4%D0%B0.htm |date=May 2, 2014 }} {{in lang|ru}}</ref>
|area_km2=55399
|area_km2_rank=49th
|established_date=August&nbsp;23, 1944
|established_date_ref=<ref name="Established">Decree of August&nbsp;23, 1944</ref>
|license_plates=60
|ISO=RU-PSK
|gov_as_of=November 2013
|leader_title=[[Governor of Pskov Oblast|Governor]]
|leader_title_ref=<ref name="HeadTitle">Charter of Pskov Oblast, Article&nbsp;43</ref>
|leader_name=[[Mikhail Vedernikov]]
|leader_name_ref=<ref name="HeadName">Official website of Pskov Oblast. [http://www.pskov.ru/vlast/ispolnitelnaya/gubernator Mikhail Yuryevich Vedernikov, Acting Governor of Pskov Oblast] {{in lang|ru}}</ref>
|legislature=[[Pskov Oblast Assembly of Deputies|Oblast Assembly of Deputies]]
|legislature_ref=<ref name="Legis">Charter of Pskov Oblast, Article&nbsp;23</ref>
|website=http://www.pskov.ru/
|website_ref
|date=October 2017
}}
'''Pskov Oblast''' ({{langx|ru|Пско́вская о́бласть|Pskovskaya oblast'}}) is a [[federal subjects of Russia|federal subject]] of [[Russia]] (an [[oblast]]), located in the west of the country. Its [[administrative center]] is the [[Classification of inhabited localities in Russia|city]] of [[Pskov]]. As of the [[Russian Census (2021)|2021 Census]], its population was&nbsp;599,084.<ref name="2021Census">{{ru-pop-ref|2021Census}}</ref>