Bolkhovsky District (russian: Бо́лховский райо́н) is an administrative
[Law #522-OZ] and municipal
[Law #464-OZ] district (
raion
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), one of the
twenty-four in
Oryol Oblast
Oryol Oblast (russian: Орло́вская о́бласть, ''Orlovskaya oblast''), also known as Orlovshchina (russian: Орловщина) is a federal subjects of Russia, federal subject of Russia (an oblast). Its administrative center is th ...
,
Russia
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. It is located in the north of the
oblast
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. The area of the district is .
Its
administrative center
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is the
town
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Origin and use
The word "town" shares an ori ...
of
Bolkhov.
Population: 18,041 (
2010 Census);
The population of Bolkhov accounts for 63.3% of the district's total population.
Notable residents
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Yevgeni Preobrazhensky (1886–1937), revolutionary, economist and sociologist, born in Bolkhov
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Ilya Starinov
Colonel Ilya Grigoryevich Starinov (russian: Илья Григорьевич Старинов; , village of Voynovo, today's Oryol Oblast – 18 November 2000) was a Soviet military officer, the most famous Soviet saboteur.
Career
Starinov join ...
(1900–2000), military officer, noted Soviet saboteur, born in the village of Voynovo
References
Notes
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Districts of Oryol Oblast