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65 United Russia9 Elected by the legislature4 No party3 Communist Party2 Appointed
Sources: Rosstat's municipal database (wages, employees, population) as mirrored by tochno.st; Federal Tax Service (register of small and medium businesses); Bank of Russia (mortgage lending by region); OECD (regional accounts to 2019); BIS (consumer prices); World Bank (national accounts, unemployment, Worldwide Governance Indicators), Natural Earth, V-Dem Institute, Transparency International, Wikidata, Wikimedia Commons; office-holders checked against the regions' and cities' official lists. CreditsPrivacy

Vasily Anokhin (United Russia) has been Governor of Smolensk Oblast since 17 Mar 2023. Smolensk Oblast's real average wage jumped 10.2% a year under Vasily Anokhin, in office since March 2023, against +7.0% for Russia. Among the 63 regions with a year or more of figures, Smolensk Oblast ranks 2nd on pay growth and 39th of 67 on jobs growth. Smolensk Oblast and Russia part most on real new mortgages, −5.9% a year against −4.1%; the gap was widest in Mar 2026, −24.4% against −16.8%. Small-business jobs are down 4.1% since day zero (1.4% a year).

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