Klepikovsky District (russian: Клепико́вский райо́н) is an administrative
[Law #128-ZS] and municipal
[Law #83-OZ] 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-five
Twenty-Five or 25 may refer to:
*25 (number), the natural number following 24 and preceding 26
* one of the years 25 BC, AD 25, 1925, 2025
Music
* ''Twenty Five'' (album), a 2006 greatest hits album by George Michael
** ''Twenty Five'' (DVD), rel ...
in
Ryazan Oblast
Ryazan Oblast ( rus, Рязанская область, r=Ryazanskaya oblast, p=rʲɪˈzanskəjə ˈobləsʲtʲ) is a federal subjects of Russia, federal subject of Russia (an oblast). Its administrative center is the types of inhabited localities ...
,
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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A commune is an alternative term for an intentional community. Commune or comună or ...
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
Spas-Klepiki
Spas-Klepiki (russian: Спас-Кле́пики) is a town and the administrative center of Klepikovsky District in Ryazan Oblast, Russia, located on the Pra River (Oka's tributary) northeast of Ryazan, the administrative center of the oblast. ...
.
Population: 25,476 (
2010 Census);
The population of Spas-Klepiki accounts for 23.2% of the district's total population.
Economy and transportation
The
Mesherskoye peat narrow gauge railway
The Mesherskoye peat railway is located in Ryazan Oblast, Russia. The peat railway was opened in 1952, and has a total length of is currently operational; the track gauge is .
Current status
Mesherskoye peat railway emerged in the 1952s, in ...
serves a
peat
Peat (), also known as turf (), is an accumulation of partially decayed vegetation or organic matter. It is unique to natural areas called peatlands, bogs, mires, moors, or muskegs. The peatland ecosystem covers and is the most efficien ...
factory which became operational in 2013.
Notable residents
*
Abram Arkhipov
Abram Efimovich Arkhipov (russian: Абра́м Ефи́мович Архи́пов; – 25 September 1930) was a Russian realist artist, who was a member of the art collective The Wanderers as well as the Union of Russian Artists.
Biogr ...
(1862–1930), realist artist, born in the village of Yegorovo
References
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Districts of Ryazan Oblast