Mikhaylovsky District (russian: Миха́йловский райо́н) is an administrativeLaw #161-KZ and municipalLaw #130-KZ district (

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), one of the twenty-two in

Primorsky Krai Primorsky Krai (russian: Приморский край, r=Primorsky kray, p=prʲɪˈmorskʲɪj kraj), informally known as Primorye (, ), is a federal subject (a krai) of Russia, located in the Far East region of the country and is a part of t ...

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. It is located in the southwest of the

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. The area of the district is .
(Official website of the Legislative Assembly of Primorsky Krai. ''Municipal Formations of Primorsky Krai'') Its

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is the

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(a '' selo'') of Mikhaylovka. Population: The population of Mikhaylovka accounts for 26.6% of the district's total population.

History

The district was formed on January 4, 1926.Official website of Mikhaylovsky District
History

Notable residents

* Alexander Kabiskoy (1920–1950), Soviet flying ace, Hero of the Soviet Union, born in Mikhaylovka *

Boris Silayev Boris Ivanovich Silayev (russian: Борис Иванович Силаев; born February 28, 1946 in Lyalichi, Mikhaylovsky District, Primorsky Krai, Mikhaylovsky District, Primorsky Krai) is a former Kyrgyz people, Kyrgyz politician. He is an e ...

(born 1946 in Lyalichi), Kyrgyz politician

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