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2 unusual facts about okrug


Okrug

Until 1920s, okrugs were administrative districts in Cossack hosts such as the Don's Cossacks.

"Administrative okrugs" are such divisions in the cities of Murmansk, Omsk, and Tyumen; "city okrugs" are used in Krasnodar; "municipal okrugs" are the divisions of Nazran; "okrugs" exist in Belgorod, Kaluga, Kursk, and Novorossiysk; and "territorial okrugs" are the divisions of Arkhangelsk and Lipetsk.


Aeroport

Aeroport District, a district of Northern Administrative Okrug of Moscow, Russia

Aginsky

Aginsky District, a district of Agin-Buryat Okrug of Zabaykalsky Krai, Russia

Akademichesky

Akademichesky District, a district of South-Western Administrative Okrug of Moscow, Russia

Andra

Andra, Russia, an urban-type settlement in Khanty–Mansi Autonomous Okrug, Russia

Beloyarsky

Beloyarsky Urban Settlement, a municipal formation in Beloyarsky Municipal District which the town of okrug significance of Beloyarsky in Khanty-Mansi Autonomous Okrug, Russia is incorporated as

Chukotsky

Chukotka Autonomous Okrug (Chukotsky avtonomny okrug), a federal subject of Russia

Donskoy

Donskoy District, a district of Southern Administrative Okrug, Moscow, Russia

Filyovsky Park

Filyovsky park District, a district in Western Administrative Okrug of Moscow, Russia

Izmaylovsky

Izmaylovskoye Municipal Okrug, a municipal okrug of Admiralteysky District of St.

Karachevsky

Karachevsky Urban Administrative Okrug, an administrative division which the town of Karachev and thirty-one rural localities in Karachevsky District of Bryansk Oblast, Russia are incorporated as

Khanty-Mansiysky

Khanty-Mansi Autonomous Okrug (Khanty-Mansiysky avtonomny okrug), a federal subject of Russia

Khovrino

Khovrino District, a district of Northern Administrative Okrug, Moscow, Russia

Kryukovo

Staroye Kryukovo District, a district in Zelenograd Administrative Okrug of Moscow, Russia

Kurkino

Kurkino District, a district in the North-Western Administrative Okrug of Moscow, Russia

Kurovsky

Kurovskoy Urban Settlement, a former municipal formation in Dzerzhinsky Municipal District of Kaluga Oblast, Russia, merged into Kaluga Urban Okrug in October 2012

Luostari

Luostari (inhabited locality), an inhabited locality in Korzunovsky Territorial Okrug of Pechengsky District of Murmansk Oblast

Meshchansky

Meshchansky District, a district in Central Administrative Okrug of Moscow, Russia

Mglinsky

Mglinsky Urban Administrative Okrug, an administrative division which the town of Mglin in Mglinsky District of Bryansk Oblast, Russia is incorporated as

Nerchinsk katorga

Nerchinsk katorga (Russian: Нерчинская каторга, Nerchinskaya katorga) was a katorga system of the Russian Empire in the Nerchinsk okrug of Transbaikalia (today's Chita Oblast), between rivers Shilka and Argun, near the border to Mongolia, in the 18th to 20th centuries.

Northern Administrative Okrug

The silver eight-pointed star represents Polaris and points to the northern location of the okrug in the city of Moscow.

Novoderevensky

Novoderevenskaya, a rural locality (a village) in Okunevsky Rural Okrug of Omutinsky District of Tyumen Oblast, Russia

Nyandomsky

Nyandoma Okrug (Nyandomsky okrug, 1929–1930), an administrative division of Northern Krai of the Russian SFSR in the Soviet Union

Oleg Kozhemyako

He was elected to that post on April 15, 2005, and held it until the okrug merged with Kamchatka Oblast on June 30, 2007.

Orekhovo

Orekhovo-Borisovo Severnoye District, a district of Southern Administrative Okrug of Moscow, Russia

Orekhovo-Borisovo Yuzhnoye District, a district of Southern Administrative Okrug of Moscow, Russia

Orlovsky

Orlovsky Urban Settlement, a municipal formation which the urban-type settlement of Orlovsky and two rural localities in Aginsky District of Agin-Buryat Okrug of Zabaykalsky Krai are incorporated as

Pechatniki

Pechatniki District, a raion of the South-Eastern Administrative Okrug

Ramenki

Ramenki District, a district of Western Administrative Okrug of Moscow, Russia

Sabun

Sabun River, a river in the Khanty-Mansi Autonomous Okrug of Russia

Sevsky

Sevsky Urban Administrative Okrug, an administrative division which the town of Sevsk and four rural localities in Sevsky District of Bryansk Oblast, Russia are incorporated as

Sibirsky

Siberian Federal District (Sibirsky federalny okrug), a federal district of Russia

Solntsevo

Solntsevo District, a district in Western Administrative Okrug of Moscow, Russia

Strogino

Strogino District, a district of North-Western Administrative Okrug of Moscow, Russia

Surazhsky

Surazhsky Urban Administrative Okrug, an administrative division which the town of Surazh in Surazhsky District of Bryansk Oblast, Russia is incorporated as

Tazovsky

Taz Estuary (Tazovskaya guba), a gulf formed by the Taz River in Yamalo-Nenets Autonomous Okrug, Russia

Tazovsky District, a district of Yamalo-Nenets Autonomous Okrug, Russia

Teribersky

Teribersky District (1927–1963), an administrative division of Murmansk Okrug of Leningrad Oblast of the Russian SFSR, and later of Murmansk Oblast

Trubchevsky

Trubchevsky Urban Administrative Okrug, an administrative division which the town of Trubchevsk in Trubchevsky District of Bryansk Oblast, Russia is incorporated as

Tsaritsyno

Tsaritsyno District, a district in Southern Administrative Okrug of Moscow, Russia

Tura, Krasnoyarsk Krai

Tura was the administrative center of Evenk Autonomous Okrug before the okrug was merged into Krasnoyarsk Krai on January 1, 2007.

Uralsky

Ural Federal District (Uralsky federalny okrug), a federal district of Russia

Vasilyevsky

Vasilyevsky Municipal Okrug, a municipal okrug of Vasileostrovsky District of St.

Vostochny Okrug

Eastern Administrative Okrug (Vostochny administrativny okrug), an administrative okrug of Moscow, Russia

Yugo-Zapadny

South-Western Administrative Okrug (Yugo-Zapadny administrativny okrug), an administrative okrug of Moscow, Russia

Yuzhny Okrug

Southern Administrative Okrug (Yuzhny administrativny okrug), an administrative okrug of Moscow, Russia

Zapadny Okrug

Western Administrative Okrug (Zapadny administrativny okrug), an administrative okrug of Moscow, Russia

Zlynkovsky

Zlynkovsky Urban Administrative Okrug, an administrative division which the town of Zlynka and two rural localities in Zlynkovsky District of Bryansk Oblast, Russia are incorporated as


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