Tutayevsky District (russian: Тутáевский райо́н) is an administrative
[Law #12-z] and municipal
[Law #65-z] district (
raion
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), one of the
seventeen
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in
Yaroslavl Oblast
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,
Russia
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. It is located in the northern central part 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
Tutayev
Tutayev (russian: Тута́ев) is a town in Yaroslavl Oblast, Russia. Population: It has previously been called Romanov-Borisoglebsk, and before that it was two towns separated by the Volga River: Romanov and Borisoglebsk.
History
Before ...
(which is not administratively a part of the district).
Population: 15,949 (
2010 Census);
Administrative and municipal status
Within the
framework of administrative divisions, Tutayevsky District is one of the
seventeen
Seventeen or 17 may refer to:
*17 (number), the natural number following 16 and preceding 18
* one of the years 17 BC, AD 17, 1917, 2017
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* ''Seventeen'' (American magazine), an American magazine
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in the oblast.
The town of
Tutayev
Tutayev (russian: Тута́ев) is a town in Yaroslavl Oblast, Russia. Population: It has previously been called Romanov-Borisoglebsk, and before that it was two towns separated by the Volga River: Romanov and Borisoglebsk.
History
Before ...
serves as its
administrative center
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, despite being incorporated separately as a
town of oblast significance—an administrative unit with the status equal to that of the districts.
As a
municipal division, the district is incorporated as Tutayevsky Municipal District, with the town of oblast significance of Tutayev being incorporated within it as Tutayev Urban Settlement.
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Districts of Yaroslavl Oblast
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