Open main menu
Home
Random
Recent changes
Special pages
Community portal
Preferences
About Wikipedia
Disclaimers
Incubator escapee wiki
Search
User menu
Talk
Dark mode
Contributions
Create account
Log in
Editing
Rostov Oblast
(section)
Warning:
You are not logged in. Your IP address will be publicly visible if you make any edits. If you
log in
or
create an account
, your edits will be attributed to your username, along with other benefits.
Anti-spam check. Do
not
fill this in!
==Demographics== {{Historical populations|7=1959|8=3311747|9=1970|10=3831262|11=1979|12=4080647|13=1989|14=4308654|15=2002|16=4404013|17=2010|18=4277976|19=2021|20=4200729|type=|footnote=Source: Census data}}Population: {{ru-census|p2021=4,200,729|p2010=4,277,976|p2002=4,404,013|p1989=4,308,654}} [[File:Life expectancy in Russian subject -Rostov Oblast.png|thumb|right|300px|Life expectancy at birth in Rostov Oblast]] {{clear|left}} '''Vital statistics for 2024:<ref>{{Cite web |date=21 February 2025 |title=Естественное движение населения в разрезе субъектов российской федерации за декабрь 2024 года |url=https://rosstat.gov.ru/storage/mediabank/EDN_12-2024.htm |access-date=25 February 2025 |website=Rosstat}}</ref>''' *Births: 31,734 (7.7 per 1,000) *Deaths: 55,483 (13.4 per 1,000) '''Total fertility rate (2024):<ref>{{Cite web |date=2025-02-25 |title=Рейтинг рождаемости в регионах: кто в лидерах, а кто в аутсайдерах {{!}} Москва |url=https://fedpress.ru/article/3365231 |access-date=2025-02-26 |website=ФедералПресс |language=ru-RU}}</ref>'''<br /> 1.29 children per woman '''Life expectancy (2021):'''<ref name="rosstat">{{cite web|url=https://rosstat.gov.ru/folder/210/document/13207 |title=Демографический ежегодник России |publisher=[[Federal State Statistics Service (Russia)|Federal State Statistics Service of Russia]] (Rosstat) |access-date=2022-06-01 |language=ru |trans-title=The Demographic Yearbook of Russia}}</ref> <br /> Total — 69.79 years (male — 65.80, female — 73.67) === Ethnic groups === Residents identified themselves as belonging to 157 different ethnic groups, including 27 of more than 2,000 persons each. The largest ethnicities are<ref name="2010Census" /> the 3,795,607 [[Russians]] (90.3%); the 110,727 [[Armenians]] (2.6%) and the 77,802 [[Ukrainians]] (1.9%). Other important groups are the 35,902 [[Turkish people|Turks]] (0.9%); 16,493 [[Belarusians]] (0.4%); 13,948 [[Tatars]] (0.3%); 17,961 [[Azerbaijanis]] (0.4%); 11,449 [[Chechens]] (0.3%); 16,657 [[Romani people|Romani]] (0.4%); 11,597 [[Koreans]] (0.3%); 8,296 [[Georgians]] (0.2%), and 2,040 [[Assyrian people|Assyrians]] (.05%). There were also 76,498 people (1.8%) belonging to other ethno-cultural groupings. 76,735 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.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.perepis-2010.ru/news/detail.php?ID=6936|title=ВПН-2010|website=www.perepis-2010.ru|access-date=December 22, 2011|archive-date=January 7, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190107001951/http://www.gks.ru/free_doc/new_site/perepis2010/croc/perepis_itogi1612.htm|url-status=dead}}</ref> ===Religion=== {{Bar box |title=Religion in Rostov Oblast as of 2012 (Sreda Arena Atlas)<ref name="2012ArenaAtlas">[http://sreda.org/en/arena "Arena: Atlas of Religions and Nationalities in Russia"]. Sreda, 2012.</ref><ref name="2012Arena-religion-maps">[http://c2.kommersant.ru/ISSUES.PHOTO/OGONIOK/2012/034/ogcyhjk2.jpg 2012 Arena Atlas Religion Maps]. "Ogonek", № 34 (5243), 27/08/2012. Retrieved 21/04/2017. [https://web.archive.org/web/20170421154615/http://c2.kommersant.ru/ISSUES.PHOTO/OGONIOK/2012/034/ogcyhjk2.jpg Archived].</ref> |float=right |bars= {{Bar percent|[[Russian Orthodox Church|Russian Orthodoxy]]|DarkOrchid|49.5}} {{Bar percent|Other [[Eastern Orthodox Church|Orthodox]]|MediumOrchid|0.8}} {{Bar percent|Other [[Christianity in Russia|Christians]]|DeepSkyBlue|6}} {{Bar percent|[[Islam in Russia|Islam]]|Green|1.1}} {{Bar percent|[[Slavic Native Faith|Rodnovery]] and other native faiths|Red|0.5}} {{Bar percent|[[Spiritual but not religious]]|DarkSlateGray|25.5}} {{Bar percent|[[Atheism]] and [[irreligion]]|Black|11.6}} {{Bar percent|Other and undeclared|Gray|5}} }} According to a 2012 survey,<ref name="2012ArenaAtlas"/> 49.5% of the population of Rostov Oblast adheres to the [[Russian Orthodox Church]], 6% are [[nondenominational Christianity|unaffiliated]] generic [[Christians]], 1% are either Orthodox Christian believers who do not belong to church or are members of other (non-Russian) Orthodox bodies, 1% are [[Muslim]]s, and 1% are adherents of the [[Slavic native faith]] (Rodnovery) movement. In addition, 26% of the population declares to be "[[spiritual but not religious]]", 12% is [[atheism|atheist]], and 3.5% follows other religions or did not give an answer to the question.<ref name="2012ArenaAtlas"/>[[File:RND-Pokrovskaya cerkva.jpg|thumb|upright|left |[[Church of the Intercession, Rostov-on-Don]]]] The [[Novocherkassk Cathedral|Ascension Cathedral]] is the largest [[Russian Orthodox]] church in [[Novocherkassk]], Rostov Oblast, [[Russia]]. It used to be one of the largest churches of the [[Russian Empire]] and the main church of the [[Don Host Oblast]]. The five-domed building, which stands 75 meters tall, is a notable example of Russian [[Neo-Byzantine architecture]]. It was erected between 1891 and 1904 on the site of an earlier church. The first church on the site was built to [[Luigi Rusca]]'s designs. It collapsed in 1846. A replacement church collapsed 17 years later.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://rostoveparhia.ru/istorija/kafedralnye-sobory/voznesenskii-kafedralnyi-sobor-g-novocherkassk-|title=История - Официальный сайт Ростовской и Новочеркасской епархии|website=rostoveparhia.ru}}</ref> Church of the Intercession of the Holy Virgin ― one of the oldest churches in Rostov-on-Don. For a considerable period of time, Intercession Church served as the principal church not only for the fortress of St. Dimitry of Rostov but also for the people of local settlements. Since the end of the 18th century, the Church of Intercession had been considered to be a [[cathedral]]. The status changed in 1822, when [[Cathedral of the Nativity of the Blessed Virgin Mary, Rostov-on-Don|Church of the Nativity of the Blessed Virgin Mary]] on the decree of the [[Holy Synod]] was declared cathedral. [[St. Nicholas' Church (Bogdanov)|St. Nicholas' Church]] in Bogdanov is one of only four churches in the Kamensky district of Rostov Oblast which have survived since the [[October Revolution]]. There is also [[Church of St. Nicholas (Elanskaya)|Church of St. Nicholas]] in Elanskaya village. [[St. George's Church (Sandata)|St. George's Church]] in Sandata village was built in the early 20th century.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Сандата{{!}}Церковь Георгия Победоносца |url=http://sobory.ru/article/?object=21302 |access-date=2017-03-01 |website=sobory.ru |language=ru}}</ref> [[St. Catherine Church, Krasnodonetskaya|St. Catherine Church]] in Krasnodonetskaya (1879) and [[Church of the Transfiguration (Zaymo-Obryv)|The Church of the Transfiguration of the Savior]] (1910) are officially declared as objects of [[cultural heritage of Russia]]. {{clear}}
Edit summary
(Briefly describe your changes)
By publishing changes, you agree to the
Terms of Use
, and you irrevocably agree to release your contribution under the
CC BY-SA 4.0 License
and the
GFDL
. You agree that a hyperlink or URL is sufficient attribution under the Creative Commons license.
Cancel
Editing help
(opens in new window)