Population: 1,647,600

Economy: The oblast is now one of the most economically developed regions of the Central Economic Region. In terms of industrial output, the oblast ranks among Russia's top twenty regions. Its nine major plants manufacture over 30,000 different products, which are exported to over 70 foreign countries as well as other regions of the Russian Federation. Machine building is the major regional industry and its output makes up more than 40% of total regional production.
In the main Vladimirskaya region is nonresource area, that is why it depends on other territories. More than 70% of bought energy is used for function of economic complex. The general mineral wealth is peat, forest. There are great reserves of different sands and clay, that will provide its long exploitation for production of building materials.

Administrative division: The region is divided into 19 districts, 22 towns, 9 of them - of regional submission. Town Raduzhny has the status of a closed territorial formation. There are 36 town settlements, 223 village okrugs, 2477 villages. The centre of the region is Vladimir with the population 361 thousand people, situated in 180 km to the east from Moscow.

Brief History:

• Established as oblast' in 1944.