Krasnozorensky District () is an administrative
[Law #522-OZ] and municipal
[Law #417-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 east 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
rural locality (a ''
selo'') of
Krasnaya Zarya.
Population: 6,504 (
2010 Census);
The population of Krasnaya Zarya accounts for 24.1% of the district's total population.
Notable residents
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Viktor Kulikov
Viktor Georgiyevich Kulikov (; 5 July 1921 – 28 May 2013) was the Warsaw Pact commander-in-chief from 1977 to 1989. He was awarded the rank of the Marshal of the Soviet Union on 14 January 1977.
Kulikov was born into a peasant family and jo ...
(1921–2013), Warsaw Pact commander-in-chief 1977–1989, born in the village of Verkhnyaya Lyubovsha
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Districts of Oryol Oblast