Rzhaksinsky District
district in Tambov Oblast, Russia
Rzhaksinsky District (Russian: Ржаксинский райо́н) is an administrative and municipal district (raion), one of the twenty-three in Tambov Oblast, Russia. It is located in the south of the oblast. The district borders with Rasskazovsky District in the north, Inzhavinsky District in the east, Uvarovsky District in the south, and with Sampursky District in the west. The area of the district is 1,415 square kilometers (546 sq mi). Its administrative center is the urban locality (a work settlement) of Rzhaksa. Population: 18,565 (2010 Census); 21,981 (2002 census); 26,111 (1989 Soviet census). The population of Rzhaksa accounts for 28.0% of the district's total population.
Notable residents
Vladimir Semyonov (1911–1992), Soviet diplomat
See also
Inokovka
References
Notes
Sources
Тамбовская областная Дума. Закон №72-З от 21 июня 1996 г. «Об административно-территориальном устройстве Тамбовской области», в ред.
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