Kulebaksky District (russian: Кулеба́кский райо́н) was an administrativeOrder #3-od; revision prior to May 22, 2015 and municipalResolution #670; revision as of August 28, 2014 district (

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) in

Nizhny Novgorod Oblast Nizhny Novgorod Oblast (russian: link=no, Нижегородская область, ''Nizhegorodskaya oblast''), is a federal subjects of Russia, federal subject of Russia (an oblast). Its administrative center is the types of inhabited localiti ...

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. It was located in the southwest of the

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. The area of the district was . Its

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was the

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Kulebaki Kulebaki (russian: Кулеба́ки) is a town in Nizhny Novgorod Oblast, Russia, located southwest of Nizhny Novgorod, the administrative center of the oblast. As of the 2010 Census, its population was 35,759. History The village of K ...

. As of the 2010 Census, the total population of the district was 52,377, with the population of Kulebaki accounting for 68.3% of that number.

History

The district was established in 1929. Per Law #65-Z of May 12, 2015, the district was transformed into a town of oblast significance of

.Law #65-Z In a similar manner, Law #60-Z of May 8, 2015 abolished Kulebaksky Municipal District and transformed it into Kulebaki Urban Okrug.Law #60-Z

Administrative and municipal divisions

As of May 2015, the district was administratively divided into one

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(

), two work settlements ( Gremyachevo and Veletma), and four

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s (comprising twenty-four rural localities). Municipally, Kulebaksky Municipal District was divided into three urban settlements and four rural settlements.

Notable residents

Yelena Afanasyeva Yelena Aleksandrovna Vlasova-Afanasyeva (russian: Елена Александровна Афанасьева; born March 1, 1967 in Kulebaki) is a former Russian athlete who competed in the 800 metres. Her greatest achievements include a European ...

(born 1967 in Kulebaki), athlete *

Yakov Tryapitsyn Yakov Ivanovich Tryapitsyn (russian: Яков Иванович Тряпицын) (25 April 1897 – 9 July 1920) was a Russian and Soviet military and political figure. A wartime officer holding the rank of ''Praporshchik'' in the Imperia ...

(1897–1920), Soviet military and political figure

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* * * * {{Use mdy dates, date=August 2012 Districts of Nizhny Novgorod Oblast States and territories established in 1929 States and territories disestablished in 2015 Kulebaki Urban Okrug