Mikhaylovsky District () is an administrative district (

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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 ...

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.Law #139-OD As a municipal division, it is a part of

Mikhaylovka Urban Okrug Mikhaylovka Urban Okrug () is a municipal formation (an urban okrug) in Volgograd Oblast, Russia,Law #1033-OD one of the six urban okrugs in the oblast. Its territory comprises the territories of two administrative divisions Administrative di ...

.Law #1033-OD It is located in the northwestern central part of the

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. The area of the district is . Its

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is the

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of Mikhaylovka (which is not administratively a part of the district). Population: 25,978 ( 2002 Census);

Administrative and municipal status

Within the framework of administrative divisions, Mikhaylovsky District is one of the thirty-three in the oblast. The town of Mikhaylovka serves as its

, despite being incorporated separately as a town of oblast significance—an administrative unit with the status equal to that of the districts. As a municipal division, the territory of the administrative district and the territory of the town of oblast significance of Mikhaylovka are incorporated together as

. The district used to be incorporated as Mikhaylovsky Municipal District, but effective July 10, 2012, the municipal district was merged into Mikhaylovka Urban Okrug and abolished.Law #65-OD

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