Chkalovsky District () was an administrativeOrder #3-od; revision prior to May 22, 2015 and municipalResolution #670; revision as of August 28, 2014 district (

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) in

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. It was located in the west of the

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. The area of the district was . Its

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was the

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of Chkalovsk. As of the 2010 Census, the total population of the district was 21,963, with the population of Chkalovsk accounting for 56.3% of that number.

History

The district was established in 1936 as Vasilyevsky District (), but was renamed in 1937 in honor of

Valery Chkalov Valery Pavlovich Chkalov (; ; – 15 December 1938) was a test pilot awarded the title Hero of the Soviet Union (1936). Early life Chkalov was born to a Russian family in 1904 in the upper Volga region, the town of Chkalovsk, Russia, Vasi ...

. Per Law #67-Z of May 13, 2015, the district was transformed into a town of oblast significance of Chkalovsk.Law #67-Z In a similar manner, Law #59-Z of May 8, 2015 abolished Chkalovsky Municipal District and transformed it into Chkalovsk Urban Okrug.Law #59-Z

Administrative and municipal divisions

As of May 2015, the district was administratively divided into 1

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( Chkalovsk) and 8

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s (comprising 228 rural localities). Municipally, Chkalovsky Municipal District was divided into one urban settlement and eight rural settlements.

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