Alexandro-Nevsky District (russian: Алекса́ндро-Не́вский райо́н) is an administrative
[Law #128-ZS] and municipal
[Law #87-OZ] district (
raion
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),
one of the 25 in
Ryazan Oblast
Ryazan Oblast ( rus, Рязанская область, r=Ryazanskaya oblast, p=rʲɪˈzanskəjə ˈobləsʲtʲ) is a federal subjects of Russia, federal subject of Russia (an oblast). Its administrative center is the types of inhabited localities ...
,
Russia
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. It is located in the south of the
oblast
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. The area of the district is .
Its
administrative center
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is the
urban locality (a
work settlement) of
Alexandro-Nevsky.
Population: 11,818 (
2010 Census);
The population of the administrative center accounts for 34.0% of the district's total population.
History
Until June 18, 2012, the district was called Novoderevensky ().
[Resolution #592]
Notable residents
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Sergey Bizyukin (born 1982), activist, journalist and historian
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Fyodor Shebanov (1921–1951), Soviet flying ace during the Korean War, born in the village of Studenki
References
Notes
Sources
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Districts of Ryazan Oblast