Suvorov (russian: Суво́ров) is a
town
A town is a human settlement. Towns are generally larger than villages and smaller than cities, though the criteria to distinguish between them vary considerably in different parts of the world.
Origin and use
The word "town" shares an ori ...
and the
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
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of
Suvorovsky District
Suvorovsky District (russian: Суво́ровский райо́н) is an administrative district (raion), one of the twenty-three in Tula Oblast, Russia.Law #954-ZTO Within the framework of municipal divisions, it is incorporated as Suvorovsky ...
in
Tula Oblast
Tula Oblast (russian: Ту́льская о́бласть, ''Tulskaya oblast'') is a federal subjects of Russia, federal subject (an Oblasts of Russia, oblast) of Russia. It is geographically in the European Russia region of the country and is p ...
,
Russia
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, located west of
Tula
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Geography
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, the administrative center of the
oblast
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. Population:
History
The village of Suvorova () has been known since the 15th–16th centuries. It was granted town status in 1954.
Administrative and municipal status
Within the
framework of administrative divisions, Suvorov serves as the
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
A commune is an alternative term for an intentional community. Commune or comună or ...
of
Suvorovsky District
Suvorovsky District (russian: Суво́ровский райо́н) is an administrative district (raion), one of the twenty-three in Tula Oblast, Russia.Law #954-ZTO Within the framework of municipal divisions, it is incorporated as Suvorovsky ...
.
[Law #954-ZTO] As an administrative division, it is incorporated within Suvorovsky District as Suvorov
Town Under District Jurisdiction.
[Law #954-ZTO defines a town under district jurisdiction as a town which is a part of one of the districts of the oblast. OKATO lists the town of Suvorov as a part of Suvorovsky District and separately from other administrative divisions of the district.] As a
municipal division, Suvorov Town Under District Jurisdiction is incorporated within Suvorovsky Municipal District as Suvorov Urban Settlement.
[Law #558-ZTO]
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Cities and towns in Tula Oblast