Medvedevsky District (; , Maskasola kundem) is an administrativeLaw #22-Z and municipalLaw #15-Z district (raion), one of the fourteen in the Mari El Republic, Russia. It is located in the central and northern parts of the republic. The area of the district is . Its administrative center is the urban locality (an urban-type settlement) of Medvedevo.Resolution #9 As of the 2010 Census, the total population of the district was 67,703, with the population of Medvedevo accounting for 24.9% of that number.
Administrative and municipal status Within the framework of administrative divisions, Medvedevsky District is one of the fourteen in the republic. It is divided into 2 urban-type settlements (administrative divisions with the administrative centers in the urban-type settlements (inhabited localities) of Krasnooktyabrsky and Medvedevo) and 16 rural okrugs, all of which comprise 158 rural localities. As a municipal division, the district is incorporated as Medvedevsky Municipal District. The two urban-type settlements are incorporated into two urban settlements, and the sixteen rural okrugs are incorporated into sixteen rural settlements within the municipal district. The urban-type settlement of Medvedevo serves as the administrative center of both the administrative and municipal district.
Notable residents
Vladislav Vinogradov (1899–1962), Soviet military leader, born in Kuznetsovo
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