Spassky District () is an administrativeLaw #161-KZ and municipalLaw #163-KZ district (

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), one of the twenty-two in

Primorsky Krai Primorsky Krai, informally known as Primorye, is a federal subjects of Russia, federal subject (a krais of Russia, krai) of Russia, part of the Far Eastern Federal District in the Russian Far East. The types of inhabited localities in Russia, ...

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. It is located in the west of the

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. The area of the district is .
(Official website of the Legislative Assembly of Primorsky Krai. ''Municipal Formations of Primorsky Krai'') Its

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is the

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Spassk-Dalny Spassk-Dalny (), sometimes called simply Spassk, is a types of inhabited localities in Russia, town in Primorsky Krai, Russia, situated on the Prikhankayskaya Flatland on the coast of Khanka Lake. Geography The relief of the territory is flat, w ...

(which is not administratively a part of the district). Population:

History

The district was established on January 4, 1926.Official website of Spassky District
History of the district
On February 1, 1963, it was transformed into Spassky Rural District, but reverted to the original status on January 12, 1965.

Administrative and municipal status

Within the framework of administrative divisions, Spassky District is one of the twenty-two in the krai. The town of

serves as its

, despite being incorporated separately as a town under krai jurisdiction—an administrative unit with the status equal to that of the districts. As a municipal division, the district is incorporated as Spassky Municipal District. Spassk-Dalny Town Under Krai Jurisdiction is incorporated separately from the district as Spassk-Dalny Urban Okrug.Law #185-KZ

Economy

The Knorringskoye, or Khankayskoye, deposit of

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is located in the district—one of are only three such deposits in the world. Various souvenirs are produced from this marble. Spassky District is one of the leading agricultural regions of the krai. Due to the unique

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of the Prikhankayskaya Flatland, vegetables, fruits, and berries ripen here earlier than elsewhere in the krai. Spassk-Dalny Airfield was a longtime Soviet Air Defence Force base in the area, part of the 11th Independent Air Defence Army. It was closed in the late 1990s or 2004-07.

Notable residents

Valentin Dubinin Valentin Stepanovich Dubinin (; born January 15, 1946) is a deputy of the Legislative Assembly of Primorsky Krai, Legislative Assembly of Primorsky Krai, Russia,Official website of the Legislative Assembly of Primorsky Krai. Deputies.Valentin Ste ...

(born 1946 in Spasskoye), politician *

Roman Yevgenyev Roman Alekseyevich Yevgenyev (; born 23 February 1999) is a Russian football player who plays as a center back for Krylia Sovetov Samara. A former Russian youth international, Yevgenyev was included in the senior squad by Russia at UEFA Euro 202 ...

(born 1999 in Spasskoye), football player

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* * * {{Use mdy dates, date=March 2013 Districts of Primorsky Krai States and territories established in 1926