Medvedevsky District (russian: Медве́девский райо́н; mhr, Маскасола кундем, ''Maskasola kundem'') is an administrative
[Law #22-Z] and municipal
[Law #15-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
fourteen in the
Mari El Republic
The Mari El Republic (russian: Респу́блика Мари́й Эл, ''Respublika Mariy El''; Meadow Mari: ; Hill Mari: ) is a republic of Russia. It is in the European Russia region of the country, along the northern bank of the Volga Rive ...
,
Russia
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. It is located in the central and northern parts of the republic. 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
A commune is an alternative term for an intentional community. Commune or comună or ...
is the
urban locality (an
urban-type settlement
Urban-type settlementrussian: посёлок городско́го ти́па, translit=posyolok gorodskogo tipa, abbreviated: russian: п.г.т., translit=p.g.t.; ua, селище міського типу, translit=selyshche mis'koho typu, ab ...
) of
Medvedevo.
[Resolution #9] As of the
2010 Census, the total population of the district was 67,703, with the population of Medvedevo accounting for 24.9% of that number.
Administrative and municipal status
Within the
framework of administrative divisions, Medvedevsky District is one of the
fourteen in the republic.
It is divided into 2
urban-type settlements
Urban-type settlementrussian: посёлок городско́го ти́па, translit=posyolok gorodskogo tipa, abbreviated: russian: п.г.т., translit=p.g.t.; ua, селище міського типу, translit=selyshche mis'koho typu, ab ...
(administrative divisions with the
administrative center
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A commune is an alternative term for an intentional community. Commune or comună or ...
s in the
urban-type settlements
Urban-type settlementrussian: посёлок городско́го ти́па, translit=posyolok gorodskogo tipa, abbreviated: russian: п.г.т., translit=p.g.t.; ua, селище міського типу, translit=selyshche mis'koho typu, ab ...
(inhabited localities) of
Krasnooktyabrsky and
Medvedevo) and 16
rural okrugs, all of which comprise 158
rural localities.
As a
municipal division, the district is incorporated as Medvedevsky Municipal District.
The two urban-type settlements are incorporated into two urban settlements, and the sixteen rural okrugs are incorporated into sixteen rural settlements within the municipal district.
The urban-type settlement of Medvedevo serves as the administrative center of both the administrative
and municipal
district.
Notable residents
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Vladislav Vinogradov
Vladislav Petrovich Vinogradov (russian: Владислав Петрович Виноградов; 29 August 1899 in Medvedevsky District, Kuznetsovo, Kazan Governorate – 13 April 1962) was a Soviet military leader. He fought in the First W ...
(1899–1962), Soviet military leader, born in Kuznetsovo
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Districts of Mari El
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