Kashirsky District () is an administrative
[Law #11/2013-OZ] and municipal
[Law #71/2005-OZ] district (
raion
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), one of
thirty-six in
Moscow Oblast
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,
Russia
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. It is located in the south of the
oblast
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.
Geography
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
town
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of
Kashira
Kashira () is a types of inhabited localities in Russia, town and the administrative center of Kashirsky District, Moscow Oblast, Kashirsky District in Moscow Oblast, located on the Oka River south of Moscow. Population:
History
It was first ...
.
The population was 70,774 (
2002 Census);
The population of Kashira accounts for 59.6% of the district's total population.
Notable residents
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Fyodor Astakhov
Fyodor Alekseyevich Astakhov (; 9 October 1966) was a Soviet Marshal of Aviation.
From the start of the German-Soviet War, he commanded the Air Force of the Soviet Southwestern Front. Then, from May 1942, he was chief of the Main Civil Aviation ...
(1892–1966), Soviet Marshal of Aviation, born in Ledovskie Vyselki village
*
Dmitri Vishnevsky (born 1990), ice hockey player
References
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Districts of Moscow Oblast