Novosibirsk Oblast

Novosibirsk Oblast (, "Novosibirskaya oblast") is a federal subject of Russia. Specifically it is an oblast. It is in southwestern Siberia. Its administrative center (capital city) is the city of Novosibirsk. The population was 2,797,176 as of the 2021 Census.
Geography.
Novosibirsk Oblast is in the south of the West Siberian Plain, between the Ob and Irtysh Rivers. The oblast borders Omsk Oblast in the west, Kazakhstan (Pavlodar Province) in the southwest, Tomsk Oblast in the north, Kemerovo Oblast in the east, and Altai Krai in the south. The territory of the oblast extends for more than from west to east, and for over from north to south.
Demographics.
Population: 
According to the 2010 Census, the ethnic composition of the oblast was 93.1% Russians; 1.2% Germans; 0.9% Ukrainians; 0.9% Tatars; 0.4% Kazakhs; 0.2% Belarusians; 0.4% Armenians; 0.3% Azeris; and 0.5% Uzbeks.