Ust-Ishimsky District (russian: Усть-Иши́мский райо́н) is an administrative
[Law #467-OZ] and municipal
[Law #548-OZ] district (
raion), one of the
thirty-two in
Omsk Oblast
Omsk Oblast (russian: О́мская о́бласть, ''Omskaya oblast'') is a federal subject of Russia (an oblast), located in southwestern Siberia. The oblast has an area of . Its population is 1,977,665 ( 2010 Census) with the majority, 1.12 ...
,
Russia. It is located in the northwest of the
oblast. The area of the district is .
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administrative center is the
rural locality (a ''
selo'') of
Ust-Ishim
Ust-Ishim (russian: Усть-Иши́м) is a types of inhabited localities in Russia, rural locality (a ''village#Russia, selo'') and the administrative center of Ust-Ishimsky District, Omsk Oblast, Russia. Population:
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,
which, as its name indicates, is located at the confluence of the
Ishim River with the
Irtysh.
Population: 13,480 (
2010 Census);
The population of Ust-Ishim accounts for 35.6% of the district's total population.
The
Ust'-Ishim man, an ancient skeleton dated to 45,000 years before present, was discovered on the bank of the
Irtysh River
The Irtysh ( otk, 𐰼𐱅𐰾:𐰇𐰏𐰕𐰏, Ertis ügüzüg, mn, Эрчис мөрөн, ''Erchis mörön'', "erchleh", "twirl"; russian: Иртыш; kk, Ертіс, Ertis, ; Chinese: 额尔齐斯河, pinyin: ''É'ěrqísī hé'', Xiao'erj ...
in Ust-Ishimsky District.
Notable residents
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Vilis Krištopans
Vilis Krištopans (born 13 June 1954 in Omsk Oblast, Russian SFSR) is a Latvian politician. He was the Prime Minister of Latvia from 26 November 1998 to 15 July 1999.
As a prime minister he was a member of the Latvian Way political party. ...
(born 1954), Latvian politician, Prime Minister of Latvia 1998–1999
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Districts of Omsk Oblast