Podolsky District

Not to be confused with Podilskyi District in Kyiv.

Podolsky District (Russian: Подо́льский райо́н) is an abolished administrative^[1] and municipal^[2] district (raion), one of the thirty-six in Moscow Oblast, Russia. It was located in the southwest of the oblast just south of the federal city of Moscow. The area of the district was 281.45 square kilometers (108.67 sq mi).^[2] Its administrative center was the city of Podolsk (which is not administratively a part of the district).^[1]

Podolsky District Подольский район
District
View of Podolsk, Podolsky District
Flag Coat of arms
Location of Podolsky District in Moscow Oblast
Coordinates: 55°25′N 37°33′E
Country	Russia
Federal subject	Moscow Oblast[1]
Established	12 July 1929
Administrative center	Podolsk[1]
Area [2]
• Total	281.45 km2 (108.67 sq mi)
Population  (2010 Census)[3]
• Total	82,488
• Density	290/km2 (760/sq mi)
• Urban	13.2%
• Rural	86.8%
Administrative structure
• Administrative divisions	1 Work settlements, 3 Rural settlements
• Inhabited localities[4]	1 urban-type settlements[5], 75 rural localities
Municipal structure
• Municipally incorporated as	Podolsky Municipal District[2]
• Municipal divisions[2]	1 urban settlements, 3 rural settlements

History

A part of Podolsky District was merged into the federal city of Moscow on July 1, 2012.^[6] In 2015, the district has been abolished, its territory, with the city of Podolsk, was included in the City Under Oblast Jurisdiction with the administrative territory and Podolsk Urban Okrug.^[7]

Notable residents

• Matthew Chizhov (1838–1916), sculptor, born in the village of Pudov