Pushkinsky District () is an administrativeLaw #11/2013-OZ and municipalLaw #37/2005-OZ district (

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), one of the thirty-six in

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. It is located in the northern 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 Pushkino. Population: 177,510 ( 2010 Census); The population of Pushkino accounts for 58.0% of the district's total population.

Notable residents

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(born 1962), politician and former diplomat *

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Notable residents

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