Rylsky District (Russian: Ры́льский райо́н) is an administrative[1] and municipal[5] district (raion), one of the twenty-eight in Kursk Oblast, Russia. It is located in the west of the oblast. The area of the district is 1,505.02 square kilometers (581.09 sq mi).[2] Its administrative center is the town of Rylsk.[1] Population: 29,859 (2021 Census);[7] 33,158 (2010 Russian census);[3] 40,714 (2002 Census);[8] 47,012 (1989 Soviet census).[9] The population of Rylsk accounts for 50.5% of the district's total population.[7]
Rylsky District
Рыльский район | |
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Coordinates: 51°34′N 34°41′E / 51.567°N 34.683°E | |
Country | Russia |
Federal subject | Kursk Oblast[1] |
Administrative center | Rylsk[1] |
Area | |
• Total | 1,505.02 km2 (581.09 sq mi) |
Population | |
• Total | 33,158 |
• Estimate (2018)[4] | 31,184 (−6%) |
• Density | 22/km2 (57/sq mi) |
• Urban | 47.3% |
• Rural | 52.7% |
Administrative structure | |
• Administrative divisions | 1 Towns of district significance, 27 Selsoviets |
• Inhabited localities[1] | 1 cities/towns, 131 rural localities |
Municipal structure | |
• Municipally incorporated as | Rylsky Municipal District[5] |
• Municipal divisions[5] | 1 urban settlements, 16 rural settlements |
Time zone | UTC+3 (MSK [6]) |
OKTMO ID | 38634000 |
Website | http://www.rylskraion.ru/ |
In the environs of Rylsk, two manors are of interest to the student of Russian history. The village of Ivanovskoye, 20 kilometers (12 mi) east of Rylsk, has a summer residence of Ukrainian hetman Ivan Mazepa, while Maryino, slightly to the west, used to be a seat of the princely house of Boryatinsky, who in 1815-1816 built a palace and extensive English park there.