Leninsky Administrative Okrug, Murmansk
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Leninsky Administrative Okrug () is an
okrug An okrug is a type of administrative division in some Slavic-speaking states. The word ''okrug'' is a loanword in English, alternatively translated as area, district, county, or region. Etymologically, ''okrug'' literally means ' circuit', der ...
(territorial division) of the
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of
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in
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,
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.Charter of Murmansk, Article 3.1 Population:


History

It was established for the first time by the Decree of the
Presidium of the Supreme Soviet of the Russian SFSR The Presidium of the Supreme Soviet of the Russian Soviet Federative Socialist Republic was the collective head of state of the Russian SFSR and the permanent body of the Supreme Soviet of the Russian SFSR that was accountable to the Supreme Sovi ...
of April 20, 1939 and abolished together with the other two city districts on June 2, 1948.''Administrative-Territorial Division of Murmansk Oblast'', pp. 62–63 All three city districts, including Leninsky, were restored on June 23, 1951, but on September 30, 1958 were again abolished. On June 10, 1957, two city districts were created in Murmansk, including Leninsky District. When the Charter of the Hero City of Murmansk was adopted on December 17, 1995, all city districts started to be referred to as administrative okrugs.


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