Kostromskoy District (russian: Костромско́й райо́н) is an administrativeLaw #112-4-ZKO and municipalLaw #237-ZKO district (

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), one of the twenty-four in

Kostroma Oblast Kostroma Oblast (russian: Костромска́я о́бласть, ''Kostromskaya oblast'') is a federal subject of Russia (an oblast). Its administrative center is the city of Kostroma and its population as of the 2021 Census is 580,97 ...

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. It is located in the southwest of the

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. The area of the district is . Its

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is the

city A city is a human settlement of notable size.Goodall, B. (1987) ''The Penguin Dictionary of Human Geography''. London: Penguin.Kuper, A. and Kuper, J., eds (1996) ''The Social Science Encyclopedia''. 2nd edition. London: Routledge. It can be def ...

Kostroma Kostroma ( rus, Кострома́, p=kəstrɐˈma) is a historic city and the administrative center of Kostroma Oblast, Russia. A part of the Golden Ring of Russian cities, it is located at the confluence of the rivers Volga and Kostroma. Popu ...

(which is not administratively a part of the district). Population: 43,904 ( 2002 Census);

Geography

Kostromskoy District is located on the western edge of Kostroma Oblast, on the border with

Yaroslavl Oblast Yaroslavl Oblast (russian: Яросла́вская о́бласть, ''Yaroslavskaya oblast'') is a federal subject of Russia (an oblast), which is located in the Central Federal District, surrounded by Tver, Moscow, Ivanovo, Vladimir, Kostroma ...

. The

Volga River The Volga (; russian: Во́лга, a=Ru-Волга.ogg, p=ˈvoɫɡə) is the List of rivers of Europe#Rivers of Europe by length, longest river in Europe. Situated in Russia, it flows through Central Russia to Southern Russia and into the Cas ...

runs from west to east through the southern section of the district, and the

Kostroma River The Kostroma (russian: Кострома́) is a river in the European part of Russia. It flows through the Kostroma and Yaroslavl Oblasts, and becomes a left tributary of the Volga, which it enters at the Gorky Reservoir, at the city of Kostroma ...

enters from the north through the

Gorky Reservoir Gorky Reservoir (russian: Го́рьковское водохрани́лище), known colloquially as Gorky Sea (russian: Го́рьковское мо́ре), is an artificial lake in the central part of the Volga River in Russia, formed by a ...

. 44% of the district is in agricultural production, 32% is forested, and about 10% is a dense network of lakes, swamps, and rivers. Kostromskoy District surrounds the regional city of

, and is 270 km northeast of

Moscow Moscow ( , US chiefly ; rus, links=no, Москва, r=Moskva, p=mɐskˈva, a=Москва.ogg) is the capital and largest city of Russia. The city stands on the Moskva River in Central Russia, with a population estimated at 13.0 million ...

. The area measures 80 km (north-south), and 40 km (west-east); total area is 2,032 km2 (about 3% of Kostroma Oblast). The administrative center is the town of Kostroma. The district is bordered on the north by

Buysky District Buysky District (russian: Бу́йский райо́н) is an administrativeLaw #112-4-ZKO and municipalLaw #237-ZKO district (raion), one of the twenty-four in Kostroma Oblast, Russia. It is located in the west of the oblast. The area of the di ...

, on the east by

Susaninsky District Susaninsky District (russian: Суса́нинский райо́н) is an administrativeLaw #112-4-ZKO and municipalLaw #237-ZKO district (raion), one of the twenty-four in Kostroma Oblast, Russia. It is located in the west of the oblast. The are ...

, Sudislavsky, and

Krasnoselsky District Krasnoselsky District is the name of several administrative and municipal districts in Russia. *Krasnoselsky District, Moscow, a district in Central Administrative Okrug of the federal city of Moscow * Krasnoselsky District, Saint Petersburg, an ...

; and on the south by

Nerekhtsky District Nerekhtsky District (russian: Не́рехтский райо́н) is an administrativeLaw #112-4-ZKO and municipalLaw #237-ZKO district (raion), one of the twenty-four in Kostroma Oblast, Russia. It is located in the west of the oblast. The area ...

History

Kostromskoy District was formally created in 1928 out of Kostroma Uyezd. In 1929 it became part of Ivanovo Industrial Oblast. In 1932 it was liquidated and attached to the City of Kostroma, then reconstituted in 1935. It became part of Yaroslavl Oblast in 1936, before finally becoming part of Kostroma Oblast in 1944.

Administrative and municipal status

Within the framework of administrative divisions, Kostromskoy District is one of the twenty-four in the oblast. The city of

serves as its

, despite being incorporated separately as a city of oblast significance—an administrative unit with the status equal to that of the districts. As a municipal division, the district is incorporated as Kostromskoy Municipal District. The city of oblast significance of Kostroma is incorporated separately from the district as Kostroma Urban Okrug.

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