Vadinsky District (russian: Ва́динский райо́н) is an administrative
[Law #774-ZPO] and municipal
[Law #690-ZPO] district (
raion), one of the
twenty-seven in
Penza Oblast,
Russia. It is located in the northwest of the
oblast. The area of the district is .
Its
administrative center is the
rural locality (a ''
selo'') of
Vadinsk
Vadinsk (russian: Ва́динск) is a rural locality (a '' selo'') and the administrative center of Vadinsky District, Penza Oblast, Russia
Russia (, , ), or the Russian Federation, is a transcontinental country spanning Eastern Eur ...
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Population: 9,807 (
2010 Census);
The population of Vadinsk accounts for 49.9% of the district's total population.
Notable residents
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Ivan Mokrousov
Ivan Timofeyevich Mokrousov (; 4 August 1919 – November 1972) was a Red Army soldier during World War II and Hero of the Soviet Union. Mokrousov was awarded the title Hero of the Soviet Union and the Order of Lenin for his actions during the Che ...
(1919–1972), Red Army soldier during World War II, Hero of the Soviet Union, born in the village of Rakhmanivka
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Georg Myasnikov (1926–1996), politician and historian
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Districts of Penza Oblast