Shkotovsky District () is an administrativeLaw #161-KZ and municipalLaw #192-KZ district (raion), one of the twenty-two in Primorsky Krai, Russia. It is located in the south of the krai. The area of the district is . (Official website of the Legislative Assembly of Primorsky Krai. Municipal Formations of Primorsky Krai) Its administrative center is the urban locality (an urban-type settlement) of Smolyaninovo. Population: The population of Smolyaninovo accounts for 27.4% of the district's total population.
Etymology Shkotovsky District is named for Nikolay Shkot, a war veteran of the Crimean War who participated in the Siege of Sevastopol, and later an early explorer of Primorsky Krai where he was one of the co-founders of Vladivostok.
Notable residents
Igor Klimov (born 1989 in Smolyaninovo), footballer Andrei Kolkoutine (born 1957 in Smolyaninovo), artist
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