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Voskresensky District (russian: Воскресе́нский райо́н) is an administrative district (
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), one of the
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in
Nizhny Novgorod Oblast Nizhny Novgorod Oblast (russian: link=no, Нижегородская область, ''Nizhegorodskaya oblast''), is a federal subject of Russia (an oblast). Its administrative center is the city of Nizhny Novgorod. It has a population of 3,310,5 ...
,
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.Order #3-od Municipally, it is incorporated as Voskresensky Municipal District.Resolution #670 It is located in the east of the
oblast An oblast (; ; Cyrillic (in most languages, including Russian and Ukrainian): , Bulgarian: ) is a type of administrative division of Belarus, Bulgaria, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Russia, and Ukraine, as well as the Soviet Union and the Kingdo ...
. The area of the district is . Its
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is the urban locality (a work settlement) of Voskresenskoye. Population: 21,645 ( 2010 Census); The population of Voskresenskoye accounts for 28.6% of the district's total population.


History

The district was established in 1929.


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* * {{Use mdy dates, date=August 2012 Districts of Nizhny Novgorod Oblast States and territories established in 1929 __NOTOC__