Yelerinsk Oblast

Yelerinsk (: Ыелеринск), officially the Yelerinsk Oblast (: Ыелеринск область), is a in Yarova. The oblast has a total population of 2,030,924 and the state capital is Abaksamir, which is the country's 18th largest city with a population of 520,754. Yelerinsk is commonly nicknamed the "Long Grass Oblast."

Historically, Yelerinsk Oblast was populated by the (Trukhmens) and virtually all of the oblast's territory formed Trukhmenskaya, which was annexed by the Vojiskiy Empire in 1714 during the Dzyunakaz Wars. Today, the federally-recognised Trukhmen minority within the boundaries of Yelerinsk Oblast have an independent, sovereign relationship with the federal government and a territorial reservation:


 * Trukhmen Free Nation, Trukhmenskaya Reservation

In the 2010 national census, 60.4% of the population identified as, 19.4% Yelerinsk Turkmen (Trukhmen), 0.6% and 19.6% Other.

Yelerinsk Oblast's unicameral is located at the Yelerinsk District Assembly in Abaksamir and currently houses a total of 102 members, approximately one representative per 20,000 people. The People of Yarova hold the majority, with 73 seats. Annagül Ibragimova is Yelerinsk's incumbent, having assumed office in 2019. Ibragimova, who is from a Trukhmen background, is Yelerinsk's first female chancellor.

Etymology
The name traces its origins from the ýelli meaning “windy” and is accompanied with the common Yarovan -sk suffix. The region has been traditionally referred to Trukhmenskaya and is now often observed in romantic usage.