Znamensky District, Oryol Oblast

The Znamensky District (Russian: Знаменский район) is an administrative unit in the north-west of Oryol Oblast (Orel Oblast) in Russia. Its administrative center is the village of Znamenskoye. The district was organized in 1985.

The district's area is 817.1 km². The main rivers in the district are the Nugra and the Vytebet, a tributary of the Zhizdra. The district's average height above sea level is 216 meters, with a high point of 255 meters and a low point of 176 meters. The time zone offset is UTC+3 (UTC+4 in summer).

There are 77 towns and villages, with a total population of 5,900 people (2008). The district is divided into 7 rural settlements:

  1. Glotovskoe rural settlement
  2. Zhdimirskoe rural settlement
  3. Znamenskoye rural settlement
  4. Koptevskaya rural settlement
  5. Krasnikovsky rural settlement
  6. Selihovskoe rural settlement
  7. Uzkinskoe rural settlement

The Orlovskoye Polesye national park is partly located in the district.[1]

The noted actor Ivan Pereverzev (1914–1978), made a People's Artist of USSR in 1975, was born in the district, in the village of Kusminki.[2]

References

  1. ^ Orlovskoye Polesye, a profile (Russian)
  2. ^ Ivan Pereverzev at the Internet Movie Database