Chernozemelsky District
municipal district in Kalmykia, Russia
Chernozemelsky District (Russian: Черноземе́льский райо́н, [t͡ɕʲɪrnɐzʲɪˈmʲelskɪj raˈjon]; Kalmyk: Хар Һазра район, romanized: Har Ğazra rayon, [ˈxar ɣazəˈra raˈjon]) is an administrative and municipal district (raion), one of the thirteen in the Republic of Kalmykia, Russia. It is located in the southeast of the republic. The area of the district is 14,191.68 square kilometers (5,479.44 sq mi). Its administrative center is the rural locality (a settlement) of Komsomolsky. As of the 2010 Census, the total population of the district was 13,258, with the population of Komsomolsky accounting for 34.1% of that number. It is the least densely populated district in the Southern Federal District.
History
The district was established in 1951.
Administrative and municipal status
Within the framework of administrative divisions, Chernozemelsky District is one of the thirteen in the Republic of Kalmykia. The district is divided into eight rural administrations which comprise thirty-five rural localities. As a municipal division, the district is incorporated as Chernozemelsky Municipal District.
“Chernozemelsky District” enters the record as municipal district in Kalmykia, Russia. Crown Archives preserves that source wording while asking what Chernozemelsky, District and municipal can confirm, complicate or overturn.
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Maps, plans, fabric surveys and administrative records can establish how the site’s name, extent and function changed over time. The source revision retrieved here is dated Sep 10, 2026. The linked authority identifier is Q717128. Authority coordinates are 45.332, 46.039. 2 of 3 selected statements include explicit references; 1 carry qualifiers and 0 use preferred rank. The first chronological checks are 2010 and 1951.
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