Kirsanovsky District (russian: Кирса́новский райо́н) is an administrative
[Law #72-Z] and municipal
[Law #232-Z] district (
raion
A raion (also spelt rayon) is a type of administrative unit of several post-Soviet states. The term is used for both a type of subnational entity and a division of a city. The word is from the French (meaning 'honeycomb, department'), and is co ...
), one of the
twenty-three in
Tambov Oblast
Tambov Oblast (russian: Тамбо́вская о́бласть, ''Tambovskaya oblast'') is a federal subject of Russia (an oblast). Its administrative center is the city of Tambov. As of the 2010 Census, its population was 1,091,994.
Ge ...
,
Russia
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. It is located in the east of the
oblast
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. The district borders with
Gavrilovsky District
Gavrilovsky District (russian: Гаври́ловский райо́н) is an administrativeLaw #72-Z and municipalLaw #232-Z district (raion), one of the twenty-three in Tambov Oblast, Russia. It is located in the east of the oblast. The distric ...
in the north,
Umyotsky District in the east,
Inzhavinsky District
Inzhavinsky District (russian: Инжа́винский райо́н) is an administrativeLaw #72-Z and municipalLaw #232-Z district (raion), one of the twenty-three in Tambov Oblast, Russia. It is located in the east of the oblast. The district ...
in the south, and with
Rasskazovsky District in the west. The area of the district is .
Its
administrative center
An administrative center is a seat of regional administration or local government, or a county town, or the place where the central administration of a commune is located.
In countries with French as administrative language (such as Belgium, Lu ...
is the
town
A town is a human settlement. Towns are generally larger than villages and smaller than cities, though the criteria to distinguish between them vary considerably in different parts of the world.
Origin and use
The word "town" shares an ori ...
of
Kirsanov
Kirsanov (russian: Кирса́нов) is a town in Tambov Oblast, Russia, located on the Vorona River at its confluence with the Pursovka River east of Tambov. Population:
History
It was founded in the first half of the 17th century as a sett ...
(which is not administratively a part of the district).
Population: 21,756 (
2010 Census);
Administrative and municipal status
Within the
framework of administrative divisions, Kirsanovsky District is one of the
twenty-three in the oblast.
The town of
Kirsanov
Kirsanov (russian: Кирса́нов) is a town in Tambov Oblast, Russia, located on the Vorona River at its confluence with the Pursovka River east of Tambov. Population:
History
It was founded in the first half of the 17th century as a sett ...
serves as its
administrative center
An administrative center is a seat of regional administration or local government, or a county town, or the place where the central administration of a commune is located.
In countries with French as administrative language (such as Belgium, Lu ...
, 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 Kirsanovsky Municipal District.
The town of oblast significance of Kirsanov is incorporated separately from the district as Kirsanov Urban Okrug.
Notable residents
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Yevgeny Baratynsky
Yevgeny Abramovich Baratynsky (russian: Евге́ний Абра́мович Бараты́нский, p=jɪvˈɡʲenʲɪj ɐˈbraməvʲɪtɕ bərɐˈtɨnskʲɪj, a=Yevgyeniy Abramovich Baratynskiy.ru.vorb.oga; 11 July 1844) was lauded by Alexan ...
(1800–1844), elegiac poet, born in Vyazhlya
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Districts of Tambov Oblast
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