Kalachyovsky District (russian: Калачёвский райо́н) is an administrativeLaw #139-OD district (

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), one of the thirty-three in

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. As a municipal division, it is incorporated as Kalachyovsky Municipal District.Law #994-OD It is located in the south of the

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. The area of the district is .Official website of Kalachyovsky District
General Information About the District
Its

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Kalach-na-Donu Kalach-na-Donu (russian: Кала́ч-на-Дону́), or Kalach-on-the-Don, is a town and the administrative center of Kalachyovsky District in Volgograd Oblast, Russia, located on the Don River, west of Volgograd, the administrative center o ...

. As of the 2021 Census, the total population of the district was 47,566, with the population of Kalach-na-Donu accounting for 37,1% of that number.

History

The district was established in 1928 within

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.Official website of Kalachyovsky District
History
When Lower Volga Krai was split into Stalingrad and

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s in 1934, the district remained a part of the former. In 1936, Stalingrad Krai was transformed into Stalingrad Oblast, which was renamed Volgograd Oblast in 1961.

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* * {{Use mdy dates, date=September 2012 Districts of Volgograd Oblast States and territories established in 1928 __NOTOC__