Taldomsky District (russian: Талдомский район) was an administrativeLaw #11/2013-OZ and municipalLaw #42/2005-OZ district (

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) in

Moscow Oblast Moscow Oblast ( rus, Моско́вская о́бласть, r=Moskovskaya oblast', p=mɐˈskofskəjə ˈobləsʲtʲ), or Podmoskovye ( rus, Подмоско́вье, p=pədmɐˈskovʲjə, literally "under Moscow"), is a federal subject of Rus ...

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. At 2019, it was located in the north of the

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and bordered with

Tver Oblast Tver Oblast (russian: Тверска́я о́бласть, ''Tverskaya oblast'', ), from 1935 to 1990 known as Kalinin Oblast (), is a federal subject of Russia (an oblast). Its administrative center is the city of Tver. It was named after Mikhai ...

in the north,

Vladimir Oblast Vladimir Oblast (russian: Влади́мирская о́бласть, ''Vladimirskaya oblast'') is a federal subjects of Russia, federal subject of Russia (an oblast). Its closest border 66 Meter, km east of central Moscow, the administrative cen ...

in the northeast, and with Dmitrovsky and

Sergiyevo-Posadsky District Sergiyevo-Posadsky District (russian: Се́ргиево-Поса́дский райо́н) is an administrativeLaw #11/2013-OZ and municipalLaw #60/2005-OZ district (raion), one of the thirty-six in Moscow Oblast, Russia. It is located in the nor ...

s in the south and west. The area of the district is . Its

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is the

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Taldom Taldom (russian: Та́лдом) is a town in Moscow Oblast, Russia, located north of Moscow, on a suburban railway connecting Moscow to Savyolovo. Population: It was previously known as ''Taldom'' (until 1918), ''Leninsk'' (until 1929). Histo ...

. Population: 48,553 ( 2010 Census); As of 2010, the population of Taldom accounted for 28.5% of the district's total population.

Geography

Average elevation of the district was about

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with the highest point of . Main rivers included the

Dubna Dubna ( rus, Дубна́, p=dʊbˈna) is a town in Moscow Oblast, Russia. It has a status of ''naukograd'' (i.e. town of science), being home to the Joint Institute for Nuclear Research, an international nuclear physics research center and one o ...

and the Khotcha; both are right

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of the

Volga The Volga (; russian: Во́лга, a=Ru-Волга.ogg, p=ˈvoɫɡə) is the List of rivers of Europe#Rivers of Europe by length, longest river in Europe. Situated in Russia, it flows through Central Russia to Southern Russia and into the Cas ...

Moscow Canal The Moscow Canal (russian: Кана́л и́мени Москвы́), named the Moskva–Volga Canal until 1947, is a canal in Russia that connects the Moskva River with the Volga River. It is located in Moscow itself and in the Moscow ...

which connects the

Moskva River The Moskva (russian: река Москва, Москва-река, ''Moskva-reka'') is a river running through western Russia. It rises about west of Moscow and flows roughly east through the Smolensk and Moscow Oblasts, passing through centra ...

with the Volga River formed the western border of the district. Main lakes included Kuznetsovskoye, Salkovskoye, and Zolotaya Veshka, which were located in the north of the district. The district had the second largest reserve of

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in Moscow Oblast.

History

Taldomsky Municipal District was abolished on May 28, 2018, with its territory reorganized as Taldom Urban Okrug.Law #70/2018-OZ Within the framework of administrative divisions, on May 28, 2018 the inhabited localities of the low-level administrative divisions (the urban and rural settlements) were subordinated to the

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of Taldom, which remained the only subdivision of the administrative district. The administrative district itself was abolished on July 17, 2018, with its territory reorganized as Taldom Town Under Oblast Jurisdiction.122/2018-OZ

Administrative and municipal divisions

As an

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, the district was divided into one

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(

), three urban-type settlements ( Severny,

Verbilki Verbilki (russian: Вербилки) is an urban locality (an urban-type settlement) under the administrative jurisdiction of the town of oblast significance of Taldom in Moscow Oblast, Russia. As a municipal division, Verbilki, together with th ...

, and

Zaprudnya Zaprudnya (russian: Запрудня) is an urban locality (an urban-type settlement) under the administrative jurisdiction of the town of oblast significance of Taldom in Moscow Oblast, Russia. As a municipal division, Zaprudnya, together with ...

), and four

selsoviet Selsoviet ( be, сельсавет, r=sieĺsaviet, tr. ''sieĺsaviet''; rus, сельсовет, p=ˈsʲelʲsɐˈvʲɛt, r=selsovet; uk, сільрада, silrada) is a shortened name for a rural council and for the area governed by such a cou ...

s. As a municipal division, the district was incorporated as Taldomsky Municipal District.

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