Belovsky District () is an administrativeResolution #489 and municipalLaw #48-ZKO district (

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), one of the twenty-eight in

Kursk Oblast Kursk Oblast (, ) is a federal subjects of Russia, federal subject of Russia (an oblast). Its administrative center is the types of inhabited localities in Russia, city of Kursk. As of the 2021 Russian census, 2021 census, Kursk Oblast had a pop ...

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. It is located in the south of the

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. The area of the district is . Its

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is the rural locality (a ''

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'') of Belaya. Population: 22,182 ( 2002 Census); The population of Belaya accounts for 14.5% of the district's total population.

History

On 11 August 2024, Russian authorities ordered the evacuation of civilians in Belovsky District as a result of a major Ukrainian incursion during the

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. Later on the night of August 11, the

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entered the Belovsky District, as confirmed by the head of the district head and acting governor. The head of the district recommended that those who had already evacuated not return.

Geography

Belovsky District is located on the south-central edge of Kursk Oblast, on the border with

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to the south. The terrain is a hilly plain averaging above sea level; the district lies on the Orel-Kursk plateau of the

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. The main river in the district is the

Psel River The Psel or Psyol (; ) is a river, a left tributary of the Dnieper, which flows through Russia and Ukraine. The Psel has a length of and a drainage basin of .

, which flows southwest from the district into Ukraine, where it empties into the

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River. The Psel is typically frozen from December to early March. Belovsky District is south of the city of

Kursk Kursk (, ) is a types of inhabited localities in Russia, city and the administrative center of Kursk Oblast, Russia, located at the confluence of the Kur (Kursk Oblast), Kur, Tuskar, and Seym (river), Seym rivers. It has a population of Kursk ...

, and south of

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. The area measures 40 km (; north-south), and 38 km (; west-east); total area is 950 km2 (about 3.2% of Kursk Oblast). The administrative center is the town of Belaya. The district is bordered on the north by

Bolshesoldatsky District Bolshesoldatsky District () is an administrativeResolution #489 and municipalLaw #48-ZKO district (raion), one of the twenty-eight in Kursk Oblast, Russia. It is located in the south of the oblast. The area of the district is . Its administrative ...

, on the east by Oboyansky District, on the south by

Krasnoyaruzhsky District Krasnoyaruzhsky District () is an administrative district (raion), one of the twenty-one in Belgorod Oblast, Russia.Law #248 Municipally, it is incorporated as Krasnoyaruzhsky Municipal District.Law #159 It is located in the west of the oblast, o ...

Rakityansky District Rakityansky District () is an administrative district (raion), one of the twenty-one in Belgorod Oblast, Russia.Law #248 As a municipal division, it is incorporated as Rakityansky Municipal District.Law #159 It is located in the west of the oblas ...

, and Ivnyansky District of Belgorod Oblast, and on the west by

Sudzhansky District Sudzhansky District () is an administrative and municipal district (raion), one of the twenty-eight in Kursk Oblast, Russia. Its administrative center is the town of Sudzha. It has a population of 25,119. Geography The area of the district is ...

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{{Authority control Districts of Kursk Oblast