Suvorovsky District () is an administrative district (
raion
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), one of the
twenty-three in
Tula Oblast
Tula Oblast () is a federal subjects of Russia, federal subject (an Oblasts of Russia, oblast) of Russia. It is geographically located in European Russia and is administratively part of the Central Federal District, covering an area of . It has a ...
,
Russia
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.
[Law #954-ZTO] Within the
framework of municipal divisions, it is incorporated as Suvorovsky Municipal District.
[Law #558-ZTO] It is located in the west 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
town
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of
Suvorov
Count Alexander Vasilyevich Suvorov-Rymniksky, Prince of Italy () was a Russian general and military theorist in the service of the Russian Empire.
Born in Moscow, he studied military history as a young boy and joined the Imperial Russian ...
.
Population: 37,637 (
2010 Census);
The population of Suvorov accounts for 50.4% of the district's total population.
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Districts of Tula Oblast