Karachevsky District (russian: Кара́чевский райо́н) is an administrative
[Law #13-Z] and municipal
[Law #3-Z] district (
raion
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), one of the
twenty-seven in
Bryansk Oblast
Bryansk Oblast (russian: Бря́нская о́бласть, ''Bryanskaya oblast''), also known as Bryanshchina (russian: Брянщина, ) 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 east 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
Karachev
Karachev (russian: Карачев) is an ancient town and the administrative center of Karachevsky District in Bryansk Oblast, Russia. Population:
History
First chronicled in 1146, it was the capital of one of the Upper Oka Principalities in t ...
.
Population: 37,857 (
2002 Census);
The population of Karachev accounts for 54.1% of the district's total population.
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Districts of Bryansk Oblast