Alexandrovsky District, Tomsk Oblast
Encyclopedia
Alexandrovsky District is an administrative and a municipal district (raion
) of Tomsk Oblast
, Russia
. It is located in the northwestern portion of the oblast and borders with the territory of the town of Strezhevoy
, with Kargasoksky District
, and with Khanty-Mansi Autonomous Okrug
. The area of the district is 30162 square kilometres (11,645.6 sq mi). The administrative center of the district is the rural locality (a selo) of Alexandrovskoye. District's population: the second least populated in Tomsk Oblast (after Teguldetsky District
). Population of Alexandrovskoye accounts for 78.7% of the district's population.
As of 2007, ethnic Russians
formed the majority with 80%, followed by Germans
at 9%, and Khant
-Selkup
s at 4.8%.
The district was established in 1923 as a part of Tobolsk Okrug of Ural Oblast
.
The Ob River
splits the district in two parts and serves as the main means of transportation. The majority of the district's inhabited localities are located along the Ob.
Twenty-two proven oil fields are located on the territory of the district, as well as natural gas and combustible peat deposits. There are no ground links to either Tomsk or the cities in Khanty-Mansi Autonomous Okrug; communication is possible via air or river transportation.
Raion
A raion is a type of administrative unit of several post-Soviet countries. The term, which is from French rayon 'honeycomb, department,' describes both a type of a subnational entity and a division of a city, and is commonly translated in English as "district"...
) of Tomsk Oblast
Tomsk Oblast
Tomsk Oblast is a federal subject of Russia . It lies in the southeastern West Siberian Plain, in the southwest of the Siberian Federal District. Its administrative center is the city of Tomsk. Population:...
, Russia
Russia
Russia or , officially known as both Russia and the Russian Federation , is a country in northern Eurasia. It is a federal semi-presidential republic, comprising 83 federal subjects...
. It is located in the northwestern portion of the oblast and borders with the territory of the town of Strezhevoy
Strezhevoy
Strezhevoy is a town in Tomsk Oblast, Russia, located on the shores of the Ob River's canal. Population: It is served by the Strezhevoy Airport.It was founded in 1966 as a settlement near the village of Strezhevaya and was granted town status in 1978...
, with Kargasoksky District
Kargasoksky District
Kargasoksky District is an administrative and municipal district of Tomsk Oblast, Russia. Its administrative center is the rural locality of Kargasok. District's population: Population of Kargasok accounts for 34.5% of the total district population.95.7% of the population are ethnic Russians...
, and with Khanty-Mansi Autonomous Okrug
Khanty-Mansi Autonomous Okrug
Khanty–Mansi Autonomous Okrug , also known as Yugra, is a federal subject of Russia . Population: The people native to the region are the Khanty and the Mansi, known collectively as Ob Ugric people...
. The area of the district is 30162 square kilometres (11,645.6 sq mi). The administrative center of the district is the rural locality (a selo) of Alexandrovskoye. District's population: the second least populated in Tomsk Oblast (after Teguldetsky District
Teguldetsky District
Teguldetsky District is an administrative and municipal district , one of the 16 in Tomsk Oblast, Russia....
). Population of Alexandrovskoye accounts for 78.7% of the district's population.
As of 2007, ethnic Russians
Russians
The Russian people are an East Slavic ethnic group native to Russia, speaking the Russian language and primarily living in Russia and neighboring countries....
formed the majority with 80%, followed by Germans
Germans
The Germans are a Germanic ethnic group native to Central Europe. The English term Germans has referred to the German-speaking population of the Holy Roman Empire since the Late Middle Ages....
at 9%, and Khant
Khanty people
Khanty / Hanti are an indigenous people calling themselves Khanti, Khande, Kantek , living in Khanty-Mansi Autonomous Okrug, a region historically known as "Yugra" in Russia, together with the Mansi. In the autonomous okrug, the Khanty and Mansi languages are given co-official status with Russian...
-Selkup
Selkup
The Selkup , until 1930s called Ostyak-Samoyeds are a people in Siberia, Russia. They live in the northern parts of Tomsk Oblast, Krasnoyarsk Krai, Yamalo-Nenets Autonomous Okrug, and Nenets Autonomous Okrug.- Outline :...
s at 4.8%.
The district was established in 1923 as a part of Tobolsk Okrug of Ural Oblast
Ural Oblast
Ural Oblast was oblast of RSFSR, USSR. It existed since 1923 to 1934, was created November 3, 1923 by association of Perm, Yekaterinburg, Chelyabinsk and Tyumen Governorates. Oblast’s centre was city Yekaterinburg...
.
The Ob River
Ob River
The Ob River , also Obi, is a major river in western Siberia, Russia and is the world's seventh longest river. It is the westernmost of the three great Siberian rivers that flow into the Arctic Ocean .The Gulf of Ob is the world's longest estuary.-Names:The Ob is known to the Khanty people as the...
splits the district in two parts and serves as the main means of transportation. The majority of the district's inhabited localities are located along the Ob.
Twenty-two proven oil fields are located on the territory of the district, as well as natural gas and combustible peat deposits. There are no ground links to either Tomsk or the cities in Khanty-Mansi Autonomous Okrug; communication is possible via air or river transportation.