Salsky District (russian: Са́льский райо́н) is an administrative
[Law #340-ZS] and municipal
[Law #233-ZS] district (
raion
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), one of the
forty-three in
Rostov Oblast
Rostov Oblast ( rus, Росто́вская о́бласть, r=Rostovskaya oblast, p=rɐˈstofskəjə ˈobləsʲtʲ) is a federal subject of Russia (an oblast), located in the Southern Federal District. The oblast has an area of and a populati ...
,
Russia
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. It is located in the south of the
oblast
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. The area of the district is .
Its
administrative center
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is the
town
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Origin and use
The word "town" shares an ori ...
of
Salsk
Salsk (russian: Сальск) is a town and the administrative center of Salsky District in Rostov Oblast, Russia, located on the Sredny Yegorlyk River (Don's basin), southeast of Rostov-on-Don, the administrative center of the oblast. Populat ...
.
Population: 107,795 (
2010 Census);
The population of Salsk accounts for 56.9% of the district's total population.
Notable residents
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Feofan Parkhomenko
Feofan Agapovich Parkhomenko (; 24 December 1893 – 7 June 1962) was a Soviet Army lieutenant general.
He fought in the Caucasus campaign of World War I and rose from private to ensign in the Imperial Russian Army. Parkhomenko joined the Red Army ...
(1893–1962), Soviet Army lieutenant general, born in the village of Yekaterinovka
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Stepan Rybalchenko (1903–1986), Soviet military officer, born in the settlement of Novoyegorylskoye
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{{Use mdy dates, date=November 2012
Districts of Rostov Oblast Salsky (Salskj) Region (Region) was taken by Germany on 31 07 1942.