Kalachinsky District (russian: Калачинский райо́н) is an administrative
[Law #467-OZ] and municipal
[Law #548-OZ] district (
raion
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), one of the
thirty-two in
Omsk Oblast
Omsk Oblast (russian: О́мская о́бласть, ''Omskaya oblast'') is a federal subject of Russia (an oblast), located in southwestern Siberia. The oblast has an area of . Its population is 1,977,665 ( 2010 Census) with the majority, 1.12 ...
,
Russia
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. It is located in the southeast 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
Kalachinsk
Kalachinsk (russian: Кала́чинск) is a town in Omsk Oblast, Russia, located on the Om River along the busiest segment of the Trans-Siberian Railway, east of Omsk, the administrative center of the oblast. Population:
Administrative and ...
(which is not administratively a part of the district).
Population: 18,197 (
2010 Census);
Administrative and municipal status
Within the
framework of administrative divisions, Kalachinsky District is one of the
thirty-two in the oblast.
The town of
Kalachinsk
Kalachinsk (russian: Кала́чинск) is a town in Omsk Oblast, Russia, located on the Om River along the busiest segment of the Trans-Siberian Railway, east of Omsk, the administrative center of the oblast. Population:
Administrative and ...
serves as its
administrative center
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, despite being incorporated separately as a
town of oblast significance—an administrative unit with the status equal to that of the districts.
As a
municipal division, the district is incorporated as Kalachinsky Municipal District, with the town of oblast significance of Kalachinsk being incorporated within it as Kalachinsk Urban Settlement.
Notable residents
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Alexander Altunin (1921–1989), Soviet general and politician, born in the village of Steklyanka
References
Notes
Sources
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Districts of Omsk Oblast
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