Alexeyevsky District (russian: Алексе́евский райо́н) is an administrative
[Law #139-OD] district (
raion
A raion (also spelt rayon) is a type of administrative unit of several post-Soviet states. The term is used for both a type of subnational entity and a division of a city. The word is from the French (meaning 'honeycomb, department'), and is co ...
), one of the
thirty-three in
Volgograd Oblast
Volgograd Oblast (russian: Волгогра́дская о́бласть, ''Volgogradskaya oblast'') is a federal subjects of Russia, federal subject (an oblast) of Russia, located in the Volga region, Volga region of Southern Russia. Its adminis ...
,
Russia
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.
Municipally, it is incorporated as Alexeyevsky Municipal District.
[Law #988-OD] It is located in the northwest of the
oblast
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. The area of the district is .
Its
administrative center
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is the
rural locality
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(a ''
stanitsa
A stanitsa ( rus, станица, p=stɐˈnʲitsə; uk, станиця, stanytsya) is a village inside a Cossack host ( uk, військо, viys’ko; russian: казачье войско, kazach’ye voysko, sometimes translated as "Cossack Arm ...
'') of
Alexeyevskaya.
Population: 19,189 (
2002 Census);
The population of Alexeyevskaya accounts for 23.1% of the district's population.
People
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Alexandr Kolesov
Alexander Andreyevich Kolesov (Russian: Александр Андреевич Колесов; 1 February 1922 – 31 July 1994) was a Soviet officer and Hero of the Soviet Union. Kolesov was awarded the title for his actions during the Battle of th ...
(1922-1994)
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Districts of Volgograd Oblast