Zherdevsky District (russian: Же́рдевский 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 south of the
oblast
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. The district borders with
Rzhaksinsky District
Rzhaksinsky District (russian: Ржаксинский 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 south of the oblast. The district bo ...
in the north,
Uvarovsky District
Uvarovsky District (russian: Ува́ровский 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 southeast of the oblast. The district ...
in the east,
Ternovsky District
Ternovsky District (russian: Терновский райо́н) is an administrativeLaw #87-OZ and municipalLaw #63-ZO district (raion), one of the thirty-two in Voronezh Oblast, Russia. It is located in the northeast of the oblast. The area of t ...
of
Voronezh Oblast
Voronezh Oblast (russian: Воронежская область, Voronezhskaya oblast) is a federal subject of Russia (an oblast). Its administrative center is the city of Voronezh. Its population was 2,308,792 as of the 2021 Census.
Geography
V ...
in the south, and with
Tokaryovsky District
Tokaryovsky District (russian: Токарёвский 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 southwest of the oblast. The distri ...
in the west. 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
Zherdevka.
Population: 30,331 (
2010 Census);
The population of Zherdevka accounts for 50.1% of the district's total population.
Notable residents
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Ivan Fioletov
Ivan Timofeevich Fioletov (Russian: Иван Тимофеевич Фиолетов; 1884 – 20 September 1918) was a Russian revolutionary activist and one of the Bolshevik Party leaders in Azerbaijan during the Russian Revolution.
Biography
F ...
(1884–1918), revolutionary activist, born in Tugolukovo
*
Hennadiy Lysenchuk (born 1947), football player and coach, born in Chibizovka
References
Notes
Sources
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Districts of Tambov Oblast