Dorogobuzhsky District
Дорогобужский район | |
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Trinity Monastery, Dorogobuzhsky District | |
Location of Dorogobuzhsky District in Smolensk Oblast | |
Coordinates: 54°55′N 33°18′E / 54.917°N 33.300°E | |
Country | Russia |
Federal subject | Smolensk Oblast [1] |
Established | 1929
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Administrative center | Dorogobuzh [1] |
Area | |
• Total | 1,771.99 km2 (684.17 sq mi) |
Population | |
• Total | 29,077 |
• Density | 16/km2 (42/sq mi) |
• Urban | 81.5% |
• Rural | 18.5% |
Administrative structure | |
• Administrative divisions | 1 Urban settlements (towns), 1 Urban settlements (urban-type settlements), 12 Rural settlements |
• Inhabited localities [1] | 1 cities/towns, 1 Urban-type settlements [3], 123 rural localities |
Municipal structure | |
• Municipally incorporated as | Dorogobuzhsky Municipal District [4] |
• Municipal divisions [4] | 2 urban settlements, 12 rural settlements |
Time zone |
UTC+3 (
MSK
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OKTMO ID | 66614000 |
Website | http://dorogobyzh.admin-smolensk.ru/ |
Dorogobuzhsky District ( Russian: Дорогобу́жский райо́н) is an administrative [1] and municipal [4] 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); [6] 36,016 ( 1989 Soviet census). [7] The population of Dorogobuzh accounts for 36.9% of the district's total population. [2]
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.
Dorogobuzhsky District
Дорогобужский район | |
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Trinity Monastery, Dorogobuzhsky District | |
Location of Dorogobuzhsky District in Smolensk Oblast | |
Coordinates: 54°55′N 33°18′E / 54.917°N 33.300°E | |
Country | Russia |
Federal subject | Smolensk Oblast [1] |
Established | 1929
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Administrative center | Dorogobuzh [1] |
Area | |
• Total | 1,771.99 km2 (684.17 sq mi) |
Population | |
• Total | 29,077 |
• Density | 16/km2 (42/sq mi) |
• Urban | 81.5% |
• Rural | 18.5% |
Administrative structure | |
• Administrative divisions | 1 Urban settlements (towns), 1 Urban settlements (urban-type settlements), 12 Rural settlements |
• Inhabited localities [1] | 1 cities/towns, 1 Urban-type settlements [3], 123 rural localities |
Municipal structure | |
• Municipally incorporated as | Dorogobuzhsky Municipal District [4] |
• Municipal divisions [4] | 2 urban settlements, 12 rural settlements |
Time zone |
UTC+3 (
MSK
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OKTMO ID | 66614000 |
Website | http://dorogobyzh.admin-smolensk.ru/ |
Dorogobuzhsky District ( Russian: Дорогобу́жский райо́н) is an administrative [1] and municipal [4] 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); [6] 36,016 ( 1989 Soviet census). [7] The population of Dorogobuzh accounts for 36.9% of the district's total population. [2]
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.