Spassky District () is an administrativeLaw #774-ZPO and municipalLaw #690-ZPO district (

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), one of the twenty-seven in

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. It is located in the northwest of the

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. The area of the district is . Its

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is the

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of Spassk. Population: 13,008 ( 2010 Census); The population of Spassk accounts for 57.2% of the district's total population.

History

Until March 14, 2006, the district was called Bednodemyanovsky ().Resolution #132

Notable residents

* Viktor Rodin (1928–2011), Soviet Strategic Missile Forces colonel general, born in the village of Dubrovka

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* * * {{Use mdy dates, date=October 2012 Districts of Penza Oblast __NOTOC__