Smolensk Oblast
| Smolensk Oblast | |
|---|---|
| Смоленская область | |
|  | |
| Anthem: Anthem of Smolensk Oblast | |
| Coordinates: 55°00′N 33°00′E / 55.000°N 33.000°E | |
| Country | Russia | 
| Federal district | Central | 
| Economic region | Central | 
| Administrative center | Smolensk | 
| Government | |
| • Body | Oblast Duma | 
| • Governor | Vasily Anokhin (acting) | 
| Area | |
|  • Total | 49,779 km2 (19,220 sq mi) | 
| • Rank | 53rd | 
| Population | |
|  • Total | 888,421 | 
|  • Estimate  (2018) | 949,348 | 
| • Rank | 57th | 
| • Density | 18/km2 (46/sq mi) | 
| • Urban | 72.6% | 
| • Rural | 27.4% | 
| Time zone | UTC+3 (MSK ) | 
| ISO 3166 code | RU-SMO | 
| License plates | 67 | 
| OKTMO ID | 66000000 | 
| Official languages | Russian | 
| Website | admin-smolensk.ru | 
Smolensk Oblast (Russian: Смоленская область, romanized: Smolenskaya oblastʹ), informally also called Smolenshchina (Смоленщина), is a federal subject of Russia (an oblast). Its administrative centre is the city of Smolensk. As of the 2021 Census, its population was 888,421.