Oktyabrsky District (russian: Октя́брьский райо́н) is an administrativeLaw #1370/276-IV-OZ and municipalLaw #2367/495-IV-OZ 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 thirty-five in

Orenburg Oblast Orenburg Oblast (russian: Оренбургская область, ''Orenburgskaya oblast'') is a federal subject of Russia (an oblast). Its administrative center is the city of Orenburg. From 1938 to 1957, it bore the name ''Chkalov Oblast'' () ...

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. It is located in the center of the

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and borders

Kuyurgazinsky District Kuyurgazinsky District (russian: Куюргазинский райо́н; ba, Көйөргәҙе районы, ''Köyörgäźe rayonı'') is an administrativeConstitution of the Republic of Bashkortostan, Article 64 and municipalLaw #126-z d ...

of the

Republic of Bashkortostan The Republic of Bashkortostan or Bashkortostan ( ba, Башҡортостан Республикаһы, Bashqortostan Respublikahy; russian: Республика Башкортостан, Respublika Bashkortostan),; russian: Респу́блик� ...

and

Sharlyksky District Sharlyksky District (russian: Шарлыкский райо́н) is an administrativeLaw #1370/276-IV-OZ and municipalLaw #2367/495-IV-OZ district (raion), one of the thirty-five in Orenburg Oblast, Russia. It is located in the northwest of the ob ...

in the north,

Tyulgansky District Tyulgansky District (russian: Тюльга́нский райо́н) is an administrativeLaw #1370/276-IV-OZ and municipalLaw #2367/495-IV-OZ district (raion), one of the thirty-five in Orenburg Oblast, Russia. The area of the district is . Its ...

in the east,

Sakmarsky District Sakmarsky District (russian: Сакмарский райо́н) is an administrativeLaw #1370/276-IV-OZ and municipalLaw #2367/495-IV-OZ district (raion), one of the thirty-five in Orenburg Oblast, Russia. It is located in the center of the oblast ...

in the south, and Alexandrovsky and Perevolotsky Districts in the west. The area of the district is . Its

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is the

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(a '' selo'') of Oktyabrskoye. As of the 2010 Census, the total population of the district was 20,018, with the population of Oktyabrskoye accounting for 38.5% of that number.

History

Kashirinsky District () was established on May 30, 1927, when

Orenburg Governorate Orenburg Governorate (russian: Оренбургская губерния) was an administrative division (a '' guberniya'') of the Russian Empire with the center in the city of Orenburg, Ufa (1802-1865). The governorate was created in 1744 from ...

was divided into districts. In 1935, the district was given its present name. On January 12, 1965, Belozersky District was merged into Oktyabrsky District, thus establishing it in its modern borders.

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