Chitinsky (other)
Chitinsky (masculine), Chitinskaya (feminine), or Chitinskoye (neuter) may refer to: * Chitinsky District, a district of Zabaykalsky Krai, Russia * Chita Oblast (''Chitinskaya oblast''), a former federal subject of Russia See also *Chita (other) Chita may refer to: People * Alin Chița (born 1978), Romanian footballer * Oussama Chita (born 1996), Algerian footballer * Chita Rivera (born 1933), American actress and singer * Chita Foras (1900–1986), Italian-Argentine actress Places J ...

Chitinsky District
Chitinsky District (russian: Чити́нский райо́н) is an administrative district (raion), one of the thirty-one in Zabaykalsky Krai, Russia.Registry of the Administrative-Territorial Units and the Inhabited Localities It is located in the west of the krai, and borders with Karymsky District in the east, Duldurginsky District in the south, and with Khiloksky District in the west. The area of the district is . Its administrative center is the city of Chita. Population (excluding the administrative center): 62,221 ( 2002 Census); History The district was established on September 26, 1937. Geography The Yablonoi Mountains and the Chersky Range stretch from NE to SW across the district, one west and the other east of the city of Chita. The mountains are smooth and of moderate height. They are mainly covered by larch taiga. The Arakhley Lake is located west of Chita.Google Earth Administrative and municipal status Within the framework of administrative division ...
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Chita Oblast
Chita Oblast ( rus, Чити́нская о́бласть, r=Čitínskaja óblastj, p=tɕɪˈtʲinskəjə ˈobləsʲtʲ) was a federal subject of Russia (an oblast) in southeast Siberia, Russia. Its administrative center was the city of Chita. It had extensive international borders with China (998 km) and Mongolia (868 km) and internal borders with Irkutsk and Amur Oblasts, as well as with the republics of Buryatia and Yakutia. Its area was . Population: The oblast was established on September 26, 1937. On March 1, 2008, Chita Oblast merged with Agin-Buryat Autonomous Okrug to form Zabaykalsky Krai. The territory that made up the former Chita Oblast was first explored by Cossacks led by Pyotr Beketov in 1653. People began to move into and develop the area in order to strengthen Russia's border with China and Mongolia, extract mineral resources, and build the Trans-Siberian Railway. In 1920, Chita became the capital of the Far East Republic, which merged w ...
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