Sanchursky District (russian: Са́нчурский райо́н) is an administrative
[Law #203-ZO] and municipal
[Law #284-ZO] district (
raion), one of the
thirty-nine in
Kirov Oblast
Kirov Oblast (russian: Ки́ровская о́бласть, ''Kirovskaya oblast'') is a federal subject of Russia (an oblast) in Eastern Europe. Its administrative center is the city of Kirov. Population: 1,341,312 ( 2010 Census).
Geography
Na ...
,
Russia. It is located in the southwest of the
oblast. The area of the district is .
Its
administrative center is the
urban locality (an
urban-type settlement) of
Sanchursk
Sanchursk (russian: Санчурск) is an urban locality (an urban-type settlement) in Sanchursky District of Kirov Oblast, Russia
Russia (, , ), or the Russian Federation, is a List of transcontinental countries, transcontinental cou ...
.
Population: 14,063 (
2002 Census);
The population of Sanchursk accounts for 46.9% of the district's total population.
People
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Konstantin Vershinin
Chief marshal of the aviation Konstantin Andreevich Vershinin (russian: Константин Андреевич Вершинин; 3 June 1900 – 30 December 1973) was commander-in-chief of the Soviet Air Force from 1946 to 1949 and from 195 ...
(1900-1973)
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Districts of Kirov Oblast