Michurinsky District (russian: Мичу́ринский 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 northwest of the
oblast
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. The district borders with
Pervomaysky District in the north,
Nikiforovsky District
Nikiforovsky District (russian: Ники́форовский 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 west and northwest of the ob ...
in the east,
Petrovsky District in the south, and with
Dobrovsky District of
Lipetsk Oblast
Lipetsk Oblast (russian: Липецкая область, Lipetskaya oblast) is a federal subject of Russia (an oblast). Its administrative center is the city of Lipetsk. As of the 2010 Census, its population was 1,173,513.
Geography
Lipe ...
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
Michurinsk
Michurinsk (russian: Мичу́ринск) is the second most populous town in Tambov Oblast, Russia. Population:
History
Originally known as Kozlov (), it was founded in 1635 at the northern end of the emerging Belgorod Line, a frontier defe ...
(which is not administratively a part of the district).
Population: 34,245 (
2010 Census);
Administrative and municipal status
Within the
framework of administrative divisions, Michurinsky District is one of the
twenty-three in the oblast.
The town of
Michurinsk
Michurinsk (russian: Мичу́ринск) is the second most populous town in Tambov Oblast, Russia. Population:
History
Originally known as Kozlov (), it was founded in 1635 at the northern end of the emerging Belgorod Line, a frontier defe ...
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 Michurinsky Municipal District.
The town of oblast significance of Michurinsk is incorporated separately from the district as Michurinsk Urban Okrug.
Notable residents
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Afanasy Grigoriev
Afanasy Grigorievich Grigoriev (russian: Афанасий Григорьевич Григорьев) (21 January 1782 – 13 May 1868) was a Russian Neoclassical architect, who worked in Moscow and its suburbs. Grigoriev is remembered for his r ...
(1782–1868), Neoclassical architect, born in Vasilievskaya
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Afanasiy Remnyov Afanasiy Remnyov (russian: Афанасий Ремнёв, 1890–1919) was a Soviet soldier during the Russian Civil War. Remnyov played roles in the 1917 July Days in Petrograd, the establishing of the Soviet regime in Minsk and organizing military ...
(1890–1919), Soviet soldier during the Russian Civil War
See also
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Glazok
References
Sources
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Districts of Tambov Oblast
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