Oktyabrsky District (russian: Октя́брьский райо́н) is an administrativeResolution #489 and municipalLaw #48-ZKO district (

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), one of the twenty-eight in

Kursk Oblast Kursk Oblast ( rus, Курская область, r=Kurskaya oblast, p=ˈkurskəjə ˈobləsʲtʲ) is a federal subjects of Russia, federal subject of Russia (an oblast). Its administrative center is the types of inhabited localities in Russia, ...

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. It is located in the center of the

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. The area of the district is . Its

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is the urban locality (a work settlement) of Pryamitsyno. Population: 23,877 ( 2002 Census); The population of Pryamitsyno accounts for 22.6% of the district's total population.

Geography

Oktyabrsky District is located in the central region of Kursk Oblast. The terrain is hilly plain on the

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. The main river in the district is the

Seym River The Seim (also transcribed as Seym and Sejm, in ; ) is a west-flowing river in Russia and Ukraine. Its length is (250 km within Ukraine) and its basin area about . It is the largest tributary of the Desna. Places on the river are: Kursk, Kurch ...

(which from the district flows west to the

Dnieper River } The Dnieper () or Dnipro (); , ; . is one of the major transboundary rivers of Europe, rising in the Valdai Hills near Smolensk, Russia, before flowing through Belarus and Ukraine to the Black Sea. It is the longest river of Ukraine and B ...

basin) and the Bolshaya Kuritsa, a small tributary of the Seym. The district is 10 km west of the city of

Kursk Kursk ( rus, Курск, p=ˈkursk) is a city and the administrative center of Kursk Oblast, Russia, located at the confluence of the Kur, Tuskar, and Seym rivers. The area around Kursk was the site of a turning point in the Soviet–German stru ...

and 460 km southwest 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 40 km (north-south), and 15 km (west-east). The administrative center is the town of Pryamitsyno. The district is bordered on the north by

Fatezhsky District Fatezhsky District (russian: Фате́жский райо́н) is an administrativeResolution #489 and municipalLaw #48-ZKO district (raion), one of the twenty-eight in Kursk Oblast, Russia. It is located in the north of the oblast. The area of t ...

, on the east by

Kursky District Kursky District is the name of several administrative and municipal districts in Russia: *Kursky District, Kursk Oblast, an administrative and municipal district of Kursk Oblast Kursk Oblast ( rus, Курская область, r=Kurskaya ob ...

, on the south by

Medvensky District Medvensky District (russian: Ме́двенский райо́н) is an administrativeResolution #489 and municipalLaw #48-ZKO district (raion), one of the twenty-eight in Kursk Oblast, Russia. It is located in the southern central part of the ob ...

, and on the west by

Kurchatovsky District Kurchatovsky District is the name of several administrative and municipal districts in Russia. Districts of the federal subjects *Kurchatovsky District, Kursk Oblast, an administrative and municipal district of Kursk Oblast City divisions * Kurc ...

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Oktyabrsky District on Google MapsOktyabrsky District on OpenStreetMap
{{Authority control Districts of Kursk Oblast