Leninsky District () is an administrativeLaw #982-OZ and municipalLaw #231-OZ district (

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), one of the five in the

Jewish Autonomous Oblast The Jewish Autonomous Oblast (JAO) is a federal subject of Russia in the far east of the country, bordering Khabarovsk Krai and Amur Oblast in Russia and Heilongjiang province in China. Its administrative center is the town of Birobidzhan. ...

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. It is located in the south and center of the

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. The area of the district is . Its

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is the rural locality (a '' selo'') of Leninskoye. Population: 20,684 ( 2010 Census); The population of Leninskoye accounts for 29.5% of the district's total population.

Geography

Leninsky District is located in the south central region of the Jewish Autonomous Oblast. About 132 km of the

Amur River The Amur River () or Heilong River ( zh, s=黑龙江) is a perennial river in Northeast Asia, forming the natural border between the Russian Far East and Northeast China (historically the Outer and Inner Manchuria). The Amur ''proper'' is ...

runs along the southern border of Leninsky. The district is about 160 km west of the city of

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, and the area measures 90 km (north-south) by 100 km (west-east). About 60% of the district is on the Middle Plain of the Amur River, with the remainder on the northern foothills of the

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mountains. The area has commercial deposits of building materials: granite, sandstone, clay and gravel. The district is bordered on the north by Obluchensky District, on the west by Oktyabrsky District, on the east by

Birobidzhansky District Birobidzhansky District (, ) is an administrativeLaw #982-OZ and municipalLaw #227-OZ district (raion), one of the five in the Jewish Autonomous Oblast, Russia. It is located in the center of the autonomous oblast. The area of the district is . ...

, on the south across the Amur is

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History

After the area came under the official control of Russia in 1858, after the

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with China, the Russian government resettled Trans-Baikal Cossacks into the district to provide a military presence. Volunteers were insufficient, so settlers were selected by lot and relocated down the Amur River on rafts with their families. District was officially constituted in 1934.

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External links

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{{Jewish Autonomous Oblast Districts of Jewish Autonomous Oblast