Kirov (Russian: Киров, IPA: [ˈkʲirəf] ⓘ), formerly known as Vyatka (Russian: Вя́тка, IPA: [ [ˈvʲatka]]) until 1934 and as Khlynov (Хлы́нов) from 1457 to 1780, [ 3 ][ 2 ] is the largest city and administrative center of Kirov Oblast, Russia. It is situated on the Vyatka River in European Russia, 896 kilometres (557 mi) northeast of Moscow.

Kirov Oblast (Russian: Кировская область, IPA: [ˈkʲirəfskəjə ˈobləsʲtʲ]) is a federal subject of Russia (an oblast) located in Eastern Europe. Its administrative center is the city of Kirov. As of the 2010 census, the population is 1,341,312. [12] Natural resources include forests (mostly conifers), phosphate rock, peat, furs, water and land.

The Kirov Region is located in the east of the East European Plain, with the Vyatsky Uval elevation in the central part, the Upper Kama Upland in the northeast (up to 357 m) and the Northern Uvals in the north.

Kirov, city and administrative centre of Kirov oblast (region), western Russia, on the Vyatka River. The city was founded as Khlynov in 1181 by traders from Novgorod and became the centre of the “Vyatka Lands,” settled by Russians in the 14th to the 15th century.

Kirov Oblast is a federal subject of Russia located in the central-eastern part of European Russia, part of the Volga Federal District. Kirov (former Vyatka) is the capital city of the region. The population of Kirov Oblast is about 1,235,000 (2022), the area - 120,374 sq. km.

The Kirov Region is part of the Volga–Vyatka economic district located in the central part of European Russia in the Volga and Vyatka river basins. It occupies a geographically advantageous area, 896 km to the east of Moscow. It`s the only region that borders on 9 …

Kirov, oblast (region), western Russia. The oblast occupies almost the entire basin of the Vyatka River. It is a rolling morainic plain rising from the broad, central valley of the Vyatka to the dissected limestone uplands of the Severnye Hills in the …