Alexeyevsky District () is an administrative
[Law #139-OD] district (
raion
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), one of the
thirty-three in
Volgograd Oblast
Volgograd Oblast ( rus, Волгоградская область, p=vəɫɡɐˈgratskəjə ˈobɫəsʲtʲ) is a federal subjects of Russia, federal subject (an oblast) of Russia, located in the Volga region, lower Volga region of Southern Russia ...
,
Russia
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.
Municipally, it is incorporated as Alexeyevsky Municipal District.
[Law #988-OD] It is located in the northwest of the
oblast
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. The area of the district is .
Its
administrative center
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In countries with French as the administrative language, such as Belgiu ...
is the
rural locality (a ''
stanitsa
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Etymology
The Russian word is the diminutive of the word ...
'') of
Alexeyevskaya.
Population: 19,189 (
2002 Census);
The population of Alexeyevskaya accounts for 23.1% of the district's population.
People
*
Alexandr Kolesov (1922-1994)
References
Notes
Sources
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Districts of Volgograd Oblast