Olginsky District (russian: О́льгинский райо́н) is an administrativeLaw #161-KZ and municipalLaw #145-KZ 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-two in

Primorsky Krai Primorsky Krai (russian: Приморский край, r=Primorsky kray, p=prʲɪˈmorskʲɪj kraj), informally known as Primorye (, ), is a federal subject (a krai) of Russia, located in the Far East region of the country and is a part of the ...

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. It is located in the southeast of the

krai A krai or kray (; russian: край, , ''kraya'') is one of the types of federal subjects of modern Russia, and was a type of geographical administrative division in the Russian Empire and the Russian SFSR. Etymologically, the word is relate ...

and borders with

Kavalerovsky District Kavalerovsky District (russian: Кавале́ровский райо́н) is an administrativeLaw #161-KZ and municipalLaw #180-KZ district (raion), one of the twenty-two in Primorsky Krai, Russia. It is located in the central western portion of ...

in the north, the

Sea of Japan The Sea of Japan is the marginal sea between the Japanese archipelago, Sakhalin, the Korean Peninsula, and the mainland of the Russian Far East. The Japanese archipelago separates the sea from the Pacific Ocean. Like the Mediterranean Sea, it h ...

in the east, southeast, and south,

Lazovsky District Lazovsky District (russian: Лазо́вский райо́н) is an administrativeLaw #161-KZ and municipalLaw #136-KZ district (raion), one of the twenty-two in Primorsky Krai, Russia. It is located in the southeast of the krai on the eastern s ...

in the southwest, and with

Chuguyevsky District Chuguyevsky District (russian: Чугу́евский райо́н) is an administrativeLaw #161-KZ and municipalLaw #147-KZ district (raion), one of the administrative divisions of Primorsky Krai, twenty-two in Primorsky Krai, Russia. It is loca ...

in the west. The area of the district is .
(Official website of the Legislative Assembly of Primorsky Krai. ''Municipal Formations of Primorsky Krai'') 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 Olga. Population: The population of Olga accounts for 37.6% of the district's total population.

Geography

Slopes of south

Sikhote-Alin The Sikhote-Alin (russian: Сихотэ́-Али́нь, , , ) is a mountain range in Primorsky and Khabarovsk Krais, Russia, extending about to the northeast of the Russian Pacific seaport of Vladivostok. The highest summits are Tordoki Yani at ...

and narrow coastline of the

are the most prominent features of the district territory's landscape. The largest bay is the

Olga Bay Olga Bay (russian: Залив Ольги, ) is a small (11x4 km) mainly ice-free bay in the Sea of Japan on the east coast of Primorsky Krai. In July 1856 Captain Charles Codrington Forsyth of HMS ''Hornet'' named the bay "Port Michael Seymour ...

. The highest point is Mount Perevalnaya, at .

History

The district was established in 1926Приморский краевой центр народной культуры
About Olginsky District
and originally encompassed the territories of modern Lazovsky and Kavalerovsky Districts and the territory presently subordinated to

Dalnegorsk Dalnegorsk (russian: Дальнего́рск, lit. ''far in the mountains'') is a town in Primorsky Krai, Russia. Population: Name It was formerly known from its founding in 1897 as Tetyukhe (russian: Те́тюхе; ; literally meaning "river ...

Town Under Krai Jurisdiction.

Notable residents

Valentin Parinov Valentin Olegovich Parinov (russian: Валентин Олегович Паринов; born 16 June 1959) is a retired Russian swimmer who won a silver medal in the 1500 m freestyle at the 1977 European Aquatics Championships, behind Vladimir Saln ...

(born 1959), swimmer, born in Olga *

Ivan Stolbovoy Ivan Aleksandrovich Stolbovoy (russian: Иван Александрович Столбовой; born 11 August 1986) is a Russian former professional football player. Career Club career He made his Russian Football National League debut for F ...

(born 1986), football player, born in Olga

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