Country Russia Administrative center selo of Galbshtadt Rural localities 16 Founded 1927 | Federal subject Altai Krai selsoviet 12 Area 1,432 km² | |
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Nemetsky National District (Russian: Неме́цкий национа́льный райо́н; German: Deutscher Nationalrajon), or German Ethnic District, is an administrative and municipal district (raion), one of the fifty-nine in Altai Krai, Russia. It is located in the northwest of the krai. The area of the district is 1,450 square kilometers (560 sq mi). Its administrative center is the rural locality (a selo) of Galbshtadt. Population: 17,668 (2010 Census); 20,598 (2002 Census). The population of Galbshtadt accounts for 9.9% of the district's total population.
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Map of Nemetsky National District, Altai Krai, Russia
History
The official name of that area is "Deutscher Nationaler Rayon im Altai-Gebiet" (German national rayon in the Altai District). The district was established on July 4, 1927 and abolished on November 5, 1938 by Stalin. On July 4, 1991 it was resurrected by special orders of President Boris Jeltsin. Bonn and Moscow also agreed to the foundation of another German rayon: Asowo in the district of Omsk. Halbstadt, however, had already existed as a German village between 1927 and 1938, before Stalin put an end to it.
Transportation
Through the district extends "Pavlodar - Tomsk" highway (including the section "Slavgorod - Kamen-na-Obi").