Bolshesoldatsky District () is an administrativeResolution #489 and municipalLaw #48-ZKO district (

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), one of the twenty-eight in

Kursk Oblast Kursk Oblast (, ) is a federal subjects of Russia, federal subject of Russia (an oblast). Its administrative center is the types of inhabited localities in Russia, city of Kursk. As of the 2021 Russian census, 2021 census, Kursk Oblast had a pop ...

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. It is located in the south of the

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. The area of the district is . Its

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is the

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(a ''

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'') of

Bolshoye Soldatskoye Bolshoye Soldatskoye (, ) is a rural locality (a '' selo'') and the administrative center of Bolshesoldatsky District, Kursk Oblast, Russia. The population over time is: Climate Bolshoye Soldatskoye has a warm-summer humid continental climate ...

. Population: 14,636 ( 2002 Census); The population of Bolshoye Soldatskoye accounts for 21.1% of the district's total population.

Geography

Bolshesoldatsky District is located in the south-central region of Kursk Oblast. The terrain is hilly plain averaging above sea level; the district lies on the Orel-Kursk plateau of the

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. The main river in the district is the

Sudzha River The Sudzha () is a river in Russia, a right tributary of the Psel (river), Psel, which flows through the Bolshesoldatsky District, Bolshesoldatsky and Sudzhansky District, Sudzhansky districts (raions) of Kursk Oblast. It is long, and the basin ...

, which flows from east to west through the district into the

Psel River The Psel or Psyol (; ) is a river, a left tributary of the Dnieper, which flows through Russia and Ukraine. The Psel has a length of and a drainage basin of .

, a tributary of the

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River to the west. The Sudzha River is typically frozen from December to March. The district is southwest of the city of

Kursk Kursk (, ) is a types of inhabited localities in Russia, city and the administrative center of Kursk Oblast, Russia, located at the confluence of the Kur (Kursk Oblast), Kur, Tuskar, and Seym (river), Seym rivers. It has a population of Kursk ...

, and southwest of

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. The area measures 40 km (; north-south), and 30 km (; west-east). The administrative center is the town of Bolshoye Soldatskoye. The district is bordered on the north by

Kurchatovsky District Kurchatovsky District is the name of several administrative and municipal districts in Russia. Districts of the federal subjects * Kurchatovsky District, Kursk Oblast, an administrative and municipal district of Kursk Oblast City divisions *Kur ...

, on the east by

Medvensky District Medvensky District () is an administrativeResolution #489 and municipalLaw #48-ZKO district (raion), one of the twenty-eight in Kursk Oblast, Russia. It is located in the southern central part of the oblast. The area of the district is . Its admin ...

, on the south by Belovsky District, and on the west by

Sudzhansky District Sudzhansky District () is an administrative and municipal district (raion), one of the twenty-eight in Kursk Oblast, Russia. Its administrative center is the town of Sudzha. It has a population of 25,119. Geography The area of the district is ...

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External links

Bolshesoldatsky District on Google MapsBolshesoldatsky District on OpenStreetMap
{{Authority control Districts of Kursk Oblast