Country Russia Administrative center town of Rylsk Selsoviets 27 Area 1,505 km² | Federal subject Kursk Oblast Towns of district significance 1 Cities/towns 1 Founded 1928 | |
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Rylsky District (Russian: Ры́льский райо́н) is an administrative and municipal district (raion), one of the twenty-eight in Kursk Oblast, Russia. It is located in the west of the oblast. The area of the district is 1,505.02 square kilometers (581.09 sq mi). Its administrative center is the town of Rylsk. Population: 33,158 (2010 Census); 40,714 (2002 Census); 47,012 (1989 Census). The population of Rylsk accounts for 47.3% of the district's total population.
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Map of Rylsky District, Kurskaya Oblast, Russia
Attractions
In the environs of Rylsk, two manors are of interest to the student of Russian history. The village of Ivanovskoye, 20 kilometers (12 mi) east of Rylsk, has a summer residence of Ukrainian hetman Ivan Mazepa, while Maryino, slightly to the west, used to be a seat of the princely house of Boryatinsky, who in 1815-1816 built a palace and extensive English park there.