Sosnovsky District () 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 () 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 Tambov. As of the Russian Census (2010), 2010 Census, its population was&n ...
,
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
Tambovsky District (Russian: Тамбо́вский райо́н) is the name of several administrative and municipal districts in Russia:
* Tambovsky District, Amur Oblast, an administrative and municipal district of Amur Oblast
*Tambovsky Distr ...
in the south, and with
Staroyuryevsky District in the west. 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 (a
work settlement) of
Sosnovka
Sosnovka () is the name of several inhabited localities in Russia.
Modern localities Altai Krai
As of 2012, six rural localities in Altai Krai bear this name:
* Sosnovka, Charyshsky District, Altai Krai, a '' selo'' in Mayaksky Selsoviet of Cha ...
.
Population: 31,641 (
2010 Census);
The population of Sosnovka accounts for 29.0% of the district's total population.
Notable residents
*
Oleg Pashinin (born 1974), Uzbekistani football player and coach, born in Degtyanka
*
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