Zolotukhinsky District (russian: Золоту́хинский райо́н) is an administrativeResolution #489 and municipalLaw #48-ZKO district (

raion A raion (also spelt rayon) is a type of administrative unit of several post-Soviet states. The term is used for both a type of subnational entity and a division of a city. The word is from the French (meaning 'honeycomb, department'), and is co ...

), one of the twenty-eight in

Kursk Oblast Kursk Oblast ( rus, Курская область, r=Kurskaya oblast, p=ˈkurskəjə ˈobləsʲtʲ) is a federal subjects of Russia, federal subject of Russia (an oblast). Its administrative center is the types of inhabited localities in Russia, ...

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. It is located in the north 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 Kingdom of ...

. The area of the district is . Its

administrative center An administrative center is a seat of regional administration or local government, or a county town, or the place where the central administration of a commune A commune is an alternative term for an intentional community. Commune or comună or ...

is the urban locality (a work settlement) of Zolotukhino. Population: 26,800 ( 2002 Census); The population of Zolotukhino accounts for 21.2% of the district's total population.

Geography

Zolotukhinsky District is located in the north central region of Kursk Oblast, on the border with

Oryol Oblast Oryol Oblast (russian: Орло́вская о́бласть, ''Orlovskaya oblast''), also known as Orlovshchina (russian: Орловщина) is a federal subjects of Russia, federal subject of Russia (an oblast). Its administrative center is th ...

. The terrain is hilly plain; the district lies on the Orel-Kursk plateau of the

Central Russian Upland The Central Russian Upland (also Central Upland and East European Upland) is an upland area of the East European Plain and is an undulating plateau with an average elevation of . Its highest peak is measured at . The southeastern portion of the u ...

. The main river in the district is the

Tuskar River Tuskar is a river in the Kursk Oblast of Russia and the third largest tributary of the Seym. Part of the greater Dnieper basin, the mouth of the river is located in the city of Kursk. The small river Kur The ancient Mesopotamian underworld ...

, a tributary of the

Seym River The Seim (also transcribed as Seym and Sejm, in ; ) is a west-flowing river in Russia and Ukraine. Its length is (250 km within Ukraine) and its basin area about . It is the largest tributary of the Desna. Places on the river are: Kursk, Kurch ...

and part of the

Dnieper River } The Dnieper () or Dnipro (); , ; . is one of the major transboundary rivers of Europe, rising in the Valdai Hills near Smolensk, Russia, before flowing through Belarus and Ukraine to the Black Sea. It is the longest river of Ukraine and B ...

Basin. The district is 20 km northeast of the city of

Kursk Kursk ( rus, Курск, p=ˈkursk) is a city and the administrative center of Kursk Oblast, Russia, located at the confluence of the Kur, Tuskar, and Seym rivers. The area around Kursk was the site of a turning point in the Soviet–German stru ...

, and 420 km southwest of

Moscow Moscow ( , US chiefly ; rus, links=no, Москва, r=Moskva, p=mɐskˈva, a=Москва.ogg) is the capital and largest city of Russia. The city stands on the Moskva River in Central Russia, with a population estimated at 13.0 million ...

. The area measures 44 km (north-south), and 40 km (west-east); total area of 1,150 km2 (3.7% of Kursk Oblast). The district is bordered on the north by

Ponyrovsky District Ponyrovsky District (russian: Поныро́вский райо́н) is an administrativeResolution #489 and municipalLaw #48-ZKO district (raion), one of the twenty-eight in Kursk Oblast, Russia. It is located in the north of the oblast. The area ...

and a portion of Oryol Oblast, on the east by

Shchigrovsky District Shchigrovsky District (russian: Щигро́вский райо́н) is an administrativeResolution #489 and municipalLaw #48-ZKO district (raion), one of the twenty-eight in Kursk Oblast, Russia. It is located in the north of the oblast An ob ...

, on the south by

Belovsky District Belovsky District is the name of several administrative and municipal districts in Russia. * Belovsky District, Kemerovo Oblast, an administrative and municipal district of Kemerovo Oblast * Belovsky District, Kursk Oblast, an administrative and ...

, and on the west by

Fatezhsky District Fatezhsky District (russian: Фате́жский райо́н) is an administrativeResolution #489 and municipalLaw #48-ZKO district (raion), one of the twenty-eight in Kursk Oblast, Russia. It is located in the north of the oblast. The area of t ...

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Zolotukhinsky District on Google MapsZolotukhinsky District on OpenStreetMap
{{Use mdy dates, date=April 2013 Districts of Kursk Oblast