Dolzhansky District () is an administrative
[Law #522-OZ] and municipal
[Law #445-OZ] district (
raion
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), one of the
twenty-four in
Oryol Oblast
Oryol Oblast (), also known as Orlovshchina (), 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 Oryol. Population:
Geography
It is loc ...
,
Russia
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. It is located in the southeast of the
oblast
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. The area of the district is .
Its
administrative center
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In countries with French as the administrative language, such as Belgiu ...
is the
urban locality (an
urban-type settlement
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) of
Dolgoye.
Population: 11,984 (
2010 Census);
The population of Dolgoye accounts for 37.1% of the district's total population.
Attractions
* Sports and recreation complex (FOC)
* Convent of St. Mary Magdalene
Notable residents
*
Ivan Ilich Dolgikh (1904–1961), Soviet police officer and politician, head of the Gulag labour camps 1951–1954
*
Anatoly Yakunin (born 1964), Moscow Police Commissioner 2012–2016, born in the village of Krivtsovo-Plota
References
Notes
Sources
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Districts of Oryol Oblast