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Mytishchinsky District

human settlement in Russia

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Record originEnglish Wikipedia
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Source revisionSep 14, 2026
Entity authorityQ2710135
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Mytishchinsky District (Russian: Мыти́щинский райо́н) is an administrative and municipal district (raion), one of the thirty-six in Moscow Oblast, Russia. It is located in the center of the oblast just north of the federal city of Moscow. The area of the district is 431.16 square kilometers (166.47 sq mi). Its administrative center is the city of Mytishchi. As of the 2010 Census, the total population of the district was 203,393, with the population of Mytishchi accounting for 85.1% of that number.

Notable residents

Nina Doroshina (1934—2018), actress, People's Artist of the RSFSR (1985)

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Московская областная Дума. Закон №11/2013-ОЗ от 31 января 2013 г. «Об административно-территориальном устройстве Московской области», в ред. Закона №249/2019-ОЗ от 29 ноября 2019 г. «О внесении изменений в Закон Московской области "Об административно-территориальном устройстве Московской области"».

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