Biysky District () is an administrativeLaw #28-ZS and municipalLaw #42-ZS district (

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), one of the fifty-nine in

Altai Krai Altai Krai (, ) is a federal subject of Russia (a krai). It borders, clockwise from the west, Kazakhstan ( East Kazakhstan Region, Abai Region and Pavlodar Region), Novosibirsk and Kemerovo, and the Altai Republic. The krai's administrative ce ...

, Russia. It is located in the east of the

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and borders with Zonalny, Tselinny, Soltonsky, Krasnogorsky, Sovetsky, and Smolensky Districts, as well as with the territory of the

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Biysk Biysk ( rus, Бийск, p=bʲijsk; , ) is a city in Altai Krai, Russia, located on the Biya River not far from its confluence with the Katun River. It is the second largest city of the krai (after Barnaul, the administrative center of the krai ...

. The area of the district is . Its

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is the

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(which is not administratively a part of the district). District's population:

Geography

Biysky District is located in the eastern part of the krai, in the southern part of Biysko-Chumyshskaya Highland. The terrain is rugged and people extract sand and gravel. The Biya, Katun, Bekhtemir, Shubenka, and Nenya Rivers flow through the district. Pines, birches, aspens, alders, sorbus, viburnum, bird cherries, and poplar grow in this area.

History

The district was established on May 27, 1924 as one of the eighteen districts comprising Biysky Uyezd of Altai Governorate. The district was abolished and merged into newly formed Zonalny District on October 5, 1939. On February 1, 1963, Zonalny District was abolished, merged with Krasnogorsky and Soltonsky Districts, as well as with the parts of Marushensky District, and established once more as Biysky District.

Administrative and municipal status

Within the framework of administrative divisions, Biysky District is one of the fifty-nine in the krai. The city of

serves as its

, despite being incorporated separately as a city of krai significance—an administrative unit with the status equal to that of the districts. As a municipal division, the district is incorporated as Biysky Municipal District. The city of krai significance of Biysk is incorporated separately from the district as Biysk Urban Okrug.Law #115-ZS

Economy

The basic economy in the district is farming, including the production of grain, sugar beets, milk, meat, and livestock.

Climate

The climate is continental with the average January temperature being and the average July temperature being . The annual

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is .

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