Ryazansky District (russian: Ряза́нский райо́н) is an administrativeLaw #128-ZS and municipalLaw #74-OZ district (

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), one of the

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Ryazan Oblast Ryazan Oblast ( rus, Рязанская область, r=Ryazanskaya oblast, p=rʲɪˈzanskəjə ˈobləsʲtʲ) is a federal subject of Russia (an oblast). Its administrative center is the city of Ryazan, which is the oblast's largest city. Geo ...

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. It is located in the northwest of the

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. The area of the district is . Its

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is the

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Ryazan Ryazan ( rus, Рязань, p=rʲɪˈzanʲ, a=ru-Ryazan.ogg) is the largest city and administrative center of Ryazan Oblast, Russia. The city is located on the banks of the Oka River in Central Russia, southeast of Moscow. As of the 2010 Census ...

(which is not administratively a part of the district). Population: 56,869 ( 2010 Census);

Administrative and municipal status

Within the framework of administrative divisions, Ryazansky District is one of the

in the oblast. The city of

serves as its

, despite being incorporated separately as a city of oblast significance—an administrative unit with the status equal to that of the districts. As a municipal division, the district is incorporated as Ryazansky Municipal District. The city of oblast significance of Ryazan is incorporated separately from the district as Ryazan Urban Okrug.Law #75-OZ

Economy and transportation

The

Solotchinskoye peat narrow gauge railway The Solotchinskoye peat railway is located in Ryazan Oblast, Russia. The peat railway was opened in 2010, has a total length of and is currently operational. The track gauge is . Current status Solotchinskoye peat railway emerged in the 1950s ...

serves a

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factory which became operational in 2010.

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* {{Use mdy dates, date=November 2012 Districts of Ryazan Oblast __NOTOC__