Kalachinsky District

Kalachinsky District (Russian: Калачинский райо́н) is an administrative^[1] and municipal^[4] district (raion), one of the thirty-two in Omsk Oblast, Russia. It is located in the southeast of the oblast. The area of the district is 2,800 square kilometers (1,100 sq mi).^{[citation needed]} Its administrative center is the town of Kalachinsk (which is not administratively a part of the district).^[1] Population: 18,197 (2010 Census);^[3] 21,810 (2002 Census);^[6] 22,812 (1989 Soviet census).^[7]

Kalachinsky District Калачинский район
District
Memorial wall in Kalachinsk
Flag Coat of arms
Location of Kalachinsky District on the map of Omsk Oblast
Coordinates: 55°03′N 74°35′E
Country	Russia
Federal subject	Omsk Oblast[1]
Administrative center	Kalachinsk[1]
Area [2]
• Total	2,800 km2 (1,100 sq mi)
Population  (2010 Census)[3]
• Total	18,197
• Density	6.5/km2 (17/sq mi)
• Urban	0%
• Rural	100%
Administrative structure
• Administrative divisions	12 rural okrug
• Inhabited localities[1]	54 rural localities
Municipal structure
• Municipally incorporated as	Kalachinsky Municipal District[4]
• Municipal divisions[4]	1 urban settlements, 12 rural settlements
Time zone	UTC+6 (MSK+3 [5])
OKTMO ID	52618000
Website	http://www.kalachinsk.ru/

Administrative and municipal status

Within the framework of administrative divisions, Kalachinsky District is one of the thirty-two in the oblast.^[1] The town of Kalachinsk serves as its administrative center, 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 Kalachinsky Municipal District, with the town of oblast significance of Kalachinsk being incorporated within it as Kalachinsk Urban Settlement.^[4]

Notable residents

• Alexander Altunin (1921–1989), Soviet general and politician, born in the village of Steklyanka