Umyotsky District (russian: Умётский райо́н) is an administrative
[Law #72-Z] and municipal
[Law #232-Z] district (
raion
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), one of the
twenty-three in
Tambov Oblast
Tambov Oblast (russian: Тамбо́вская о́бласть, ''Tambovskaya oblast'') is a federal subject of Russia (an oblast). Its administrative center is the city of Tambov. As of the 2010 Census, its population was 1,091,994.
Geo ...
,
Russia
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. It is located in the east of the
oblast
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. The district borders with
Gavrilovsky District
Gavrilovsky District (russian: Гаври́ловский райо́н) is an administrativeLaw #72-Z and municipalLaw #232-Z district (raion), one of the administrative divisions of Tambov Oblast, twenty-three in Tambov Oblast, Russia. It is locat ...
in the north,
Tamalinsky District
Tamalinsky District (russian: Тамали́нский райо́н) is an administrativeLaw #774-ZPO and municipalLaw #690-ZPO district (raion), one of the twenty-seven in Penza Oblast, Russia. It is located in the southwest of the oblast. The ar ...
of
Penza Oblast
Penza Oblast (russian: Пе́нзенская о́бласть, ''Penzenskaya oblast'') is a federal subject of Russia (an oblast). Its administrative center is the city of Penza. As of the 2010 Census, its population was 1,386,186.
Geogr ...
in the east,
Inzhavinsky District
Inzhavinsky District (russian: Инжа́винский райо́н) is an administrativeLaw #72-Z and municipalLaw #232-Z district (raion), one of the twenty-three in Tambov Oblast, Russia. It is located in the east of the oblast. The district ...
in the south, and with
Kirsanovsky District
Kirsanovsky District (russian: Кирса́новский райо́н) is an administrativeLaw #72-Z and municipalLaw #232-Z district (raion), one of the twenty-three in Tambov Oblast, Russia. It is located in the east of the oblast. The distric ...
in the west. The area of the district is .
Its
administrative center
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is the
urban locality (a
work settlement) of
Umyot.
Population: 12,044 (
2010 Census);
The population of Umyot accounts for 39.4% of the district's total population.
Notable residents
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Metropolitan Benjamin (1880–1961), Orthodox missionary and bishop, born in the village of Vazhki (Ilyinka)
*
Mikhail Khozin
Mikhail Semyonovich Khozin (russian: Михаи́л Семёнович Хо́зин; 27 February 1979) was a Soviet general.
He was the commander of the Leningrad Front from October 1941 to June 1942, until he was relieved from command and rep ...
(1896–1979), Soviet general, born in the village of Skachikha
References
Notes
Sources
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Districts of Tambov Oblast