Sosnovsky District (russian: Сосно́вский райо́н) is an administrative
[Law #72-Z] and municipal
[Law #232-Z] district (
raion
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), one of the
twenty-three in
Tambov Oblast
Tambov Oblast (russian: Тамбо́вская о́бласть, ''Tambovskaya oblast'') is a federal subject of Russia (an oblast). Its administrative center is the city of Tambov. As of the 2010 Census, its population was 1,091,994.
Ge ...
,
Russia
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. It is located in the north of the
oblast
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. The district borders with
Morshansky District in the north,
Pichayevsky District in the east,
Tambovsky District in the south, and with
Staroyuryevsky District in the west. The area of the district is .
Its
administrative center
An administrative center is a seat of regional administration or local government, or a county town, or the place where the central administration of a commune is located.
In countries with French as administrative language (such as Belgium, L ...
is the
urban locality (a
work settlement) of
Sosnovka.
Population: 31,641 (
2010 Census);
The population of Sosnovka accounts for 29.0% of the district's total population.
Notable residents
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Oleg Pashinin (born 1974), Uzbekistani football player and coach, born in Degtyanka
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Aleksey Polosin (1924–1943), Red Army sergeant, Hero of the Soviet Union, born in the village of Kazinka
References
Sources
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Districts of Tambov Oblast