Bessonovsky District (russian: Бессо́новский райо́н) is an administrative
[Law #774-ZPO] and municipal
[Law #690-ZPO] district (
raion
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), one of the
twenty-seven in
Penza Oblast
Penza Oblast (russian: Пе́нзенская о́бласть, ''Penzenskaya oblast'') is a federal subject of Russia (an oblast). Its administrative center is the city of Penza. As of the 2010 Census, its population was 1,386,186.
Geogr ...
,
Russia
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. It is located in the center 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 ''
selo'') of
Bessonovka.
Population: 45,296 (
2010 Census);
The population of Bessonovka accounts for 25.2% of the district's total population.
Notable residents
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Vasily Sergeevich Nemchinov
Vasily Sergeevich Nemchinov (russian: Василий Cергеевич Немчинов (2 January 1894 – 5 November 1964) was a Soviet economist and mathematician. Nemchinov is credited with introducing mathematical methods into Soviet economic ...
(1894–1964), Soviet economist and mathematician, born in the village of Grabovo
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Districts of Penza Oblast