Dorogobuzhsky District

Dorogobuzhsky District
Дорогобужский район (Russian)

Location of Dorogobuzhsky District in Smolensk Oblast
Coordinates: 54°55′N 33°18′E / 54.917°N 33.300°E / 54.917; 33.300Coordinates: 54°55′N 33°18′E / 54.917°N 33.300°E / 54.917; 33.300
Location
Country Russia
Federal subject Smolensk Oblast[1]
Administrative structure (as of February 2013)
Administrative center town of Dorogobuzh[1]
Administrative divisions:[1]
Urban settlements (towns) 1
Urban settlements (urban-type settlements) 1
Rural settlements 12
Inhabited localities:[1]
Cities/towns 1
Urban-type settlements[2] 1
Rural localities 123
Municipal structure (as of October 2011)
Municipally incorporated as Dorogobuzhsky Municipal District[3]
Municipal divisions:[3]
Urban settlements 2
Rural settlements 12
Statistics
Area (administrative district) (February 2013) 1,771.99 km2 (684.17 sq mi)[1]
Population (2010 Census) 29,077 inhabitants[4]
 Urban 81.5%
 Rural 18.5%
Density 16.41/km2 (42.5/sq mi)[5]
Time zone MSK (UTC+03:00)[6]
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Dorogobuzhsky District (Russian: Дорогобу́жский райо́н) is an administrative[1] and municipal[3] district (raion), one of the twenty-five in Smolensk Oblast, Russia. It is located in the center of the oblast. The area of the district is 1,771.99 square kilometers (684.17 sq mi).[1] Its administrative center is the town of Dorogobuzh.[1] Population: 29,077 (2010 Census);[4] 32,672(2002 Census);[7] 36,016(1989 Census).[8] The population of Dorogobuzh accounts for 36.9% of the district's total population.[4]

Sights

The 18th-century estate of Aleksino used to be reputed for its stud-farm of Orlov stallions. The Boldin Monastery, dating from the 15th century, was renovated by the Godunov family in the late 16th century. The Godunovs commissioned a five-domed cathedral, a tented refectory, and a pillar-like bell-tower to be built there. According to Pyotr Baranovsky, the abbey represented the best-preserved 16th-century monastery complex in Eastern Europe. It was blown up by the retreating Germans in 1943 but was partly rebuilt in the 1990s.

References

Notes

  1. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Resolution #261
  2. The count of urban-type settlements may include the work settlements, the resort settlements, the suburban (dacha) settlements, as well as urban-type settlements proper.
  3. 1 2 3 Law #107-z
  4. 1 2 3 Russian Federal State Statistics Service (2011). "Всероссийская перепись населения 2010 года. Том 1" [2010 All-Russian Population Census, vol. 1]. Всероссийская перепись населения 2010 года (2010 All-Russia Population Census) (in Russian). Federal State Statistics Service. Retrieved June 29, 2012.
  5. The value of density was calculated automatically by dividing the 2010 Census population by the area specified in the infobox. Please note that this value is only approximate as the area specified in the infobox does not necessarily correspond to the area of the entity proper or is reported for the same year as the population.
  6. Правительство Российской Федерации. Федеральный закон №107-ФЗ от 3 июня 2011 г. «Об исчислении времени», в ред. Федерального закона №271-ФЗ от 03 июля 2016 г. «О внесении изменений в Федеральный закон "Об исчислении времени"». Вступил в силу по истечении шестидесяти дней после дня официального опубликования (6 августа 2011 г.). Опубликован: "Российская газета", №120, 6 июня 2011 г. (Government of the Russian Federation. Federal Law #107-FZ of June 31, 2011 On Calculating Time, as amended by the Federal Law #271-FZ of July 03, 2016 On Amending Federal Law "On Calculating Time". Effective as of after sixty days following the day of the official publication.).
  7. Russian Federal State Statistics Service (May 21, 2004). "Численность населения России, субъектов Российской Федерации в составе федеральных округов, районов, городских поселений, сельских населённых пунктов – районных центров и сельских населённых пунктов с населением 3 тысячи и более человек" [Population of Russia, Its Federal Districts, Federal Subjects, Districts, Urban Localities, Rural Localities—Administrative Centers, and Rural Localities with Population of Over 3,000] (XLS). Всероссийская перепись населения 2002 года [All-Russia Population Census of 2002] (in Russian). Retrieved August 9, 2014.
  8. Demoscope Weekly (1989). "Всесоюзная перепись населения 1989 г. Численность наличного населения союзных и автономных республик, автономных областей и округов, краёв, областей, районов, городских поселений и сёл-райцентров" [All Union Population Census of 1989: Present Population of Union and Autonomous Republics, Autonomous Oblasts and Okrugs, Krais, Oblasts, Districts, Urban Settlements, and Villages Serving as District Administrative Centers]. Всесоюзная перепись населения 1989 года [All-Union Population Census of 1989] (in Russian). Институт демографии Национального исследовательского университета: Высшая школа экономики [Institute of Demography at the National Research University: Higher School of Economics]. Retrieved August 9, 2014.

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