Aleksinsky District

Aleksinsky District (Russian: Але́ксинский райо́н) is an administrative district (raion), one of the twenty-three in Tula Oblast, Russia.^[1] It is located in the northwest of the oblast. The area of the district is 982.5 square kilometers (379.3 sq mi).^[2] Its administrative center is the town of Aleksin.^[1] Population: 74,326 (2010 Census);^[3] 13,350 (2002 Census);^[7] 14,727 (1989 Soviet census).^[8] The population of Aleksin accounts for 83.1% of the district's total population.^[3]

Aleksinsky District Алексинский район
District
Church of St. Nicholas, Aleksinsky District
Flag Coat of arms
Location of Aleksinsky District in Tula Oblast
Coordinates: 54°30′N 37°04′E
Country	Russia
Federal subject	Tula Oblast[1]
Established	15 August 1924
Administrative center	Aleksin[1]
Area [2]
• Total	982.5 km2 (379.3 sq mi)
Population  (2010 Census)[3]
• Total	74,326
• Density	76/km2 (200/sq mi)
• Urban	87.9%
• Rural	12.1%
Administrative structure
• Administrative divisions	1 Towns under district jurisdiction, 1 Urban-type settlements, 13 Rural okrugs
• Inhabited localities[4][5]	1 cities/towns, 1 urban-type settlements[6], 154 rural localities
Municipal structure
• Municipally incorporated as	Aleksin Urban Okrug[4][5]
Website	http://www.aleksin.tula.ru/

History

On the night of 8–9 November 2024, during the Russo-Ukrainian War, Ukraine launched a drone attack on the Aleksin Chemical Plant—part of the state corporation Rostec—in the Aleksinsky District, about 190 km (120 mi) south of Moscow, causing a series of explosions and fires at the plant which manufactures ammunition and explosives for the Russian military. Russian sources did not acknowledge the attack's success, "as is common following a reported attack by Ukraine on one of [Russia's] military sites."^[9][10]

Administrative and municipal status

Within the framework of administrative divisions, Aleksinsky District is one of the twenty-three in the oblast.^[1] The town of Aleksin serves as its administrative center.^[1]

As a municipal division, the territory of the district is split between two municipal formations—Aleksin Urban Okrug,^[4] to which the town of Aleksin and 154 of the administrative district's rural localities belong,^[5] and Novogurovsky Urban Okrug,^[11] which covers the rest of the administrative district's territory, including the work settlement of Novogurovsky.^[12]