Ostrovsky District (Russian: Остро́вский райо́н) is an administrative[1] and municipal[5] district (raion), one of the twenty-four in Kostroma Oblast, Russia. It is located in the southwest of the oblast. The area of the district is 2,720 square kilometers (1,050 sq mi).[2] Its administrative center is the rural locality (a settlement of rural type) of Ostrovskoye.[1] Population: 9,110 (2021 Census);[7] 12,787 (2010 Russian census);[3] 14,758 (2002 Census);[8] 17,141 (1989 Soviet census).[9] The population of Ostrovskoye accounts for 46.3% of the district's total population.[7]
Ostrovsky District Островский район | |
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 Park Manor Shchelykovo the house-museum of Alexander Ostrovsky, Ostrovsky District | |
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 Location of Ostrovsky District in Kostroma Oblast | |
| Coordinates: 57°48′16″N 42°14′28″E / 57.80444°N 42.24111°E | |
| Country | Russia |
| Federal subject | Kostroma Oblast[1] |
| Established | 1929[2] |
| Administrative center | Ostrovskoye[1] |
| Area | |
| • Total | 2,720 km2 (1,050 sq mi) |
| Population | |
| • Total | 12,787 |
| • Density | 4.7/km2 (12/sq mi) |
| • Urban | 0% |
| • Rural | 100% |
| Administrative structure | |
| • Administrative divisions | 6 Settlements |
| • Inhabited localities[4] | 122 rural localities |
| Municipal structure | |
| • Municipally incorporated as | Ostrovsky Municipal District[5] |
| • Municipal divisions[5] | 0 urban settlements, 6 rural settlements |
| Time zone | UTC+3 (MSK  [6]) |
| OKTMO ID | 34630000 |
| Website | http://www.ostrovskoe.ru/ |
Geography
Ostrovsky District is located in the southwest of Kostroma Oblast, about 10km north of the Volga River as it runs west to east. The terrain is flat or slightly hilly, with pine-larch forests (southern taiga) covering much of the district. The terrain is flat to slightly hilly, with a glacier-formed landscape of moraines, swamps, and lakes. The Mera River runs south to the Volga. Ostrovsky District is 50 km east of the regional city of Kostroma, and about 360 km northeast of Moscow. The area measures 65 km (north-south), and 55 km (west-east); total area is 2,446 km2 (about 4% of Kostroma Oblast). The administrative center is the town of Ostrovskkoye.[2]
The district is bordered on the north by Galichsky District, on the east by Antropovsky District and Kadyysky District, on the south by Ivanovo Oblast, and on the west by Sudislavsky District.
History
Ostrovsky District was originally named Semyonovsky District on its founding in 1929. At that time it was part of the Kineshma District of the Ivanovo Industrial Region. It was transferred to Kotroma Oblast in 1944, and renamed Ostrovsky District in 1948. The central town of Ostrovskoye was originally named Semenovskoe-Lapotnoe, with the new name being effected in 1956 to mark the 70th anniversary of the death of the playwright Alexander Ostrovsky.
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- Костромская областная Дума. Закон №112-4-ЗКО от 9 февраля 2007 г. «Об административно-территориальном устройстве Костромской области», в ред. Закона №567-5-ЗКО от 24 сентября 2014 г. «О внесении изменений в Закон Костромской области "Об административно-территориальном устройстве Костромской области"». Вступил в силу со дня официального опубликования. Опубликован: "СП — нормативные документы", №10(70), 28 февраля 2007 г. (Kostroma Oblast Duma. Law #112-4-ZKO of February 9, 2007 On the Administrative-Territorial Structure of Kostroma Oblast, as amended by the Law #567-5-ZKO of September 24, 2014 On Amending the Law of Kostroma Oblast "On the Administrative-Territorial Structure of Kostroma Oblast". Effective as of the official publication date.).
- Администрация Костромской области. Постановление №133-а от 8 апреля 2014 г. «Об утверждении реестра населённых пунктов Костромской области». Вступил в силу 11 апреля 2014 г. Опубликован: "СП — нормативные документы", №15, 11 апреля 2014 г. (Administration of Kostroma Oblast. Resolution #133-a of April 8, 2014 On the Adoption of the Registry of the Inhabited Localities of Kostroma Oblast. Effective as of April 11, 2014.).
- Костромская областная Дума. Закон №237-ЗКО от 30 декабря 2004 г. «Об установлении границ муниципальных образований в Костромской области и наделении их статусом», в ред. Закона №496-5-ЗКО от 28 февраля 2014 г. «О внесении изменений в Закон Костромской области "Об установлении границ муниципальных образований в Костромской области и наделении их статусом"». Вступил в силу по истечении 10 дней со дня официального опубликования. Опубликован: "Северная Правда" ("Документы: СпецВыпуск"), №8, 26 января 2005 г. (Kostroma Oblast Duma. Law #237-ZKO of December 30, 2004 On the Establishment of the Borders of the Municipal Formations and on Granting Them Statuses, as amended by the Law #496-5-ZKO of February 28, 2014 On Amending the Law of Kostroma Oblast "On the Establishment of the Borders of the Municipal Formations and on Granting Them Statuses". Effective as of after 10 days following the official publication date.).