Bratsky District (russian: Бра́тский райо́н) is an administrative district, one of the
thirty-three in
Irkutsk Oblast
Irkutsk Oblast (russian: Ирку́тская о́бласть, Irkutskaya oblast; bua, Эрхүү можо, Erkhüü mojo) is a federal subject of Russia (an oblast), located in southeastern Siberia in the basins of the Angara, Lena, and Nizh ...
,
Russia
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.
[Charter of Irkutsk Oblast] Municipally, it is incorporated as Bratsky Municipal District.
[Law #76-oz] It is located in the northwest of the oblast. The area of the district is .
Its
administrative center
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is the
city
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of
Bratsk
Bratsk ( rus, Братск, p=bratsk) is a types of inhabited localities in Russia, city in Irkutsk Oblast, Russia, located on the Angara River near the vast Bratsk Reservoir.
Etymology
The name sounds like the Russian word for "brother" ("", '' ...
[Law #49-OZ] (which is not administratively a part of the district).
Population: 65,240 (
2002 Census);
Administrative and municipal status
Within the
framework of administrative divisions, Bratsky District is one of the
thirty-three in the oblast.
The city of
Bratsk
Bratsk ( rus, Братск, p=bratsk) is a types of inhabited localities in Russia, city in Irkutsk Oblast, Russia, located on the Angara River near the vast Bratsk Reservoir.
Etymology
The name sounds like the Russian word for "brother" ("", '' ...
serves as its
administrative center
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,
despite being incorporated separately as an
administrative unit with the status equal to that of the districts.
As a
municipal division, the district is incorporated as Bratsky Municipal District.
The City of Bratsk is incorporated separately from the district as Bratsk Urban Okrug.
[Law #66-oz]
References
Notes
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Registry of the Administrative-Territorial Formations of Irkutsk Oblast'
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Districts of Irkutsk Oblast
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