Mytishchinsky District (russian: Мыти́щинский райо́н) is an administrative
[Law #11/2013-OZ] and municipal
[Law #198/2004-OZ] district (
raion
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), one of the
thirty-six in
Moscow Oblast
Moscow Oblast ( rus, Моско́вская о́бласть, r=Moskovskaya oblast', p=mɐˈskofskəjə ˈobləsʲtʲ), or Podmoskovye ( rus, Подмоско́вье, p=pədmɐˈskovʲjə, literally "under Moscow"), is a federal subject of Rus ...
,
Russia
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. It is located in the center of the
oblast
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just north of the
federal city
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Germany
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of
Moscow
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. The area of the district is .
Its
administrative center
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is the
city
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of
Mytishchi
Mytishchi ( rus, Мыти́щи, p=mɨˈtʲiɕːɪ) is a city and the administrative center of Mytishchinsky District in Moscow Oblast, Russia, which lies 19 km northeast of Russia's capital Moscow on the Yauza River and the Moscow–Yarosla ...
.
As of the
2010 Census, the total population of the district was 203,393, with the population of Mytishchi accounting for 85.1% of that number.
Notable residents
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Nina Doroshina
Nina Mikhaylovna Doroshina (russian: Нина Михайловна Дорошина; 3 December 1934 — 21 April 2018) was a Soviet and Russian actress of theater and cinema, People's Artist of the RSFSR (1985).
Personal life
Doroshina was bor ...
(1934—2018), actress,
People's Artist of the RSFSR
People's Artist of the RSFSR (russian: Народный артист РСФСР, ''Narodnyj artist RSFSR'') was an honorary title granted to Soviet Union artists, including theatre and film directors, choreographers, music performers, and orchest ...
(1985)
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Districts of Moscow Oblast