Dorogobuzhsky District
Дорогобужский район
District
Trinity Monastery, Dorogobuzhsky District
Trinity Monastery, Dorogobuzhsky District
Coat of arms of Dorogobuzhsky District
Coat of arms
Map
Location of Dorogobuzhsky District in Smolensk Oblast
Coordinates: 54°55′N 33°18′E / 54.917°N 33.300°E / 54.917; 33.300
CountryRussia
Federal subjectSmolensk Oblast[1]
Established1929Edit this on Wikidata
Administrative centerDorogobuzh[1]
Area
[1]
 • Total1,771.99 km2 (684.17 sq mi)
Population
 (2010 Census)[2]
 • Total29,077
 • Estimate 
(2018)[3]
25,979 (−10.7%)
 • Density16/km2 (42/sq mi)
 • Urban
81.5%
 • Rural
18.5%
Administrative structure
 • Administrative divisions1 Urban settlements (towns), 1 Urban settlements (urban-type settlements), 12 Rural settlements
 • Inhabited localities[1]1 cities/towns, 1 Urban-type settlements[4], 123 rural localities
Municipal structure
 • Municipally incorporated asDorogobuzhsky Municipal District[5]
 • Municipal divisions[5]2 urban settlements, 12 rural settlements
Time zoneUTC+3 (MSK Edit this on Wikidata[6])
OKTMO ID66614000
Websitehttp://dorogobyzh.admin-smolensk.ru/

Dorogobuzhsky District (Russian: Дорогобу́жский райо́н) is an administrative[1] and municipal[5] district (raion), one of the twenty-five in Smolensk Oblast, Russia. It is located in the center of the oblast. The area of the district is 1,771.99 square kilometers (684.17 sq mi).[1] Its administrative center is the town of Dorogobuzh.[1] Population: 29,077 (2010 Census);[2] 32,672 (2002 Census);[7] 36,016 (1989 Census).[8] The population of Dorogobuzh accounts for 36.9% of the district's total population.[2]

Sights

The 18th-century estate of Aleksino used to be reputed for its stud-farm of Orlov stallions. The Boldin Monastery, dating from the 15th century, was renovated by the Godunov family in the late 16th century. The Godunovs commissioned a five-domed cathedral, a tented refectory, and a pillar-like bell-tower to be built there. According to Pyotr Baranovsky, the abbey represented the best-preserved 16th-century monastery complex in Eastern Europe. It was blown up by the retreating Germans in 1943 but was partly rebuilt in the 1990s.

References

Notes

  1. ^ a b c d e f g Resolution #261
  2. ^ a b c Russian Federal State Statistics Service (2011). Всероссийская перепись населения 2010 года. Том 1 [2010 All-Russian Population Census, vol. 1]. Всероссийская перепись населения 2010 года [2010 All-Russia Population Census] (in Russian). Federal State Statistics Service.
  3. ^ "26. Численность постоянного населения Российской Федерации по муниципальным образованиям на 1 января 2018 года". Federal State Statistics Service. Retrieved January 23, 2019.
  4. ^ The count of urban-type settlements may include the work settlements, the resort settlements, the suburban (dacha) settlements, as well as urban-type settlements proper.
  5. ^ a b c Law #107-z
  6. ^ "Об исчислении времени". Официальный интернет-портал правовой информации (in Russian). June 3, 2011. Retrieved January 19, 2019.
  7. ^ Russian Federal State Statistics Service (May 21, 2004). Численность населения России, субъектов Российской Федерации в составе федеральных округов, районов, городских поселений, сельских населённых пунктов – районных центров и сельских населённых пунктов с населением 3 тысячи и более человек [Population of Russia, Its Federal Districts, Federal Subjects, Districts, Urban Localities, Rural Localities—Administrative Centers, and Rural Localities with Population of Over 3,000] (XLS). Всероссийская перепись населения 2002 года [All-Russia Population Census of 2002] (in Russian).
  8. ^ Всесоюзная перепись населения 1989 г. Численность наличного населения союзных и автономных республик, автономных областей и округов, краёв, областей, районов, городских поселений и сёл-райцентров [All Union Population Census of 1989: Present Population of Union and Autonomous Republics, Autonomous Oblasts and Okrugs, Krais, Oblasts, Districts, Urban Settlements, and Villages Serving as District Administrative Centers]. Всесоюзная перепись населения 1989 года [All-Union Population Census of 1989] (in Russian). Институт демографии Национального исследовательского университета: Высшая школа экономики [Institute of Demography at the National Research University: Higher School of Economics]. 1989 – via Demoscope Weekly.

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