Balezinsky District
municipal district in Russia
Balezinsky District (Russian: Балези́нский райо́н; Udmurt: Балезино ёрос, Balezino joros) is an administrative and municipal district (raion), one of the twenty-five in the Udmurt Republic, Russia. It is located in the north of the republic. The area of the district is 2,434.7 square kilometers (940.0 sq mi). Its administrative center is the rural locality (a settlement) of Balezino. Population: 34,617 (2010 census); 38,443 (2002 Census); 43,555 (1989 Soviet census). The population of Balezino accounts for 46.6% of the district's total population.
Geography
Rivers flowing through the district include the Cheptsa, the Kep, the Lopya, the Kama, the Pyzep, the Lyuk, and others.
History
The district was created on July 15, 1929 by merging Balezinskaya and Yagoshurskaya Volosts of Glazovsky Uyezd.
Demographics
Ethnic composition (according to the 2002 Census): Udmurt people: 57.6%; Russians: 30.9%; Tatars: 9.8%.
References
Sources
Верховный Совет Удмуртской Республики.
“Balezinsky District” enters the record as municipal district in Russia. Crown Archives preserves that source wording while asking what Balezinsky, District and municipal can confirm, complicate or overturn.
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The strongest evidence will usually combine a dated visual record with documents produced by the authority responsible for the place. The source revision retrieved here is dated Sep 9, 2026. The linked authority identifier is Q639917. VIAF identifies the subject as 146778919. The Library of Congress control number is n2003034328. Authority coordinates are 57.978, 53.005. 3 of 5 selected statements include explicit references; 0 carry qualifiers and 0 use preferred rank. The first chronological checks are 2010, 2002, 1989 and 1929.
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