Skopinsky District (Russian: Скопи́нский райо́н) is an administrative[1] and municipal[7] district (raion), one of the twenty-five in Ryazan Oblast, Russia. It is located in the southwest of the oblast. The area of the district is 1,720 square kilometers (660 sq mi).[3] Its administrative center is the town of Skopin[2] (which is not administratively a part of the district).[1] Population: 27,080 (2010 Census);[4]31,142 (2002 Census);[9] 40,965 (1989 Census).[10]
Skopinsky District
Скопинский район | |
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Coordinates: 53°49′N 39°33′E / 53.817°N 39.550°E | |
Country | Russia |
Federal subject | Ryazan Oblast[1] |
Established | 12 July 1929 |
Administrative center | Skopin[2] |
Area | |
• Total | 1,720 km2 (660 sq mi) |
Population | |
• Total | 27,080 |
• Estimate (2018)[5] | 25,024 (−7.6%) |
• Density | 16/km2 (41/sq mi) |
• Urban | 12.6% |
• Rural | 87.4% |
Administrative structure | |
• Administrative divisions | 2 Work settlements, 27 Rural okrugs |
• Inhabited localities[2] | 2 Urban-type settlements[6], 126 rural localities |
Municipal structure | |
• Municipally incorporated as | Skopinsky Municipal District[7] |
• Municipal divisions[7] | 2 urban settlements, 7 rural settlements |
Time zone | UTC+3 (MSK [8]) |
OKTMO ID | 61644000 |
Website | http://skopin-adm.ru/ |
Within the framework of administrative divisions, Skopinsky District is one of the twenty-five in the oblast.[1] The town of Skopin serves as its administrative center,[2] despite being incorporated separately as a town of oblast significance—an administrative unit with the status equal to that of the districts.[1]
As a municipal division, the district is incorporated as Skopinsky Municipal District.[7] The town of oblast significance of Skopin is incorporated separately from the district as Skopin Urban Okrug.[11]
On 7 October 2020, a grass fire reached ammunition in open storage at Military Unit Number 55443 (once maybe the GRAU’s 97th Arsenal) near Zheltukhino (ru:Желтухино (деревня, Рязанская область)) in Skopinsky District, Ryazan Oblast, igniting munitions.[12][13] Whether GRAU or the Western Military District was responsible for the depot was not clear. Interfaks-AVN wrote that there were 113 warehouses and bunkers with 75,000 tons of missiles, rockets, and artillery shells (including 152-mm) at the site. A women died from injuries and there were at least another 15 victims in stable condition; the fire and explosions "damaged 430 structures, public facilities, apartment buildings, and private homes."