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Kaluga Oblast lies in the central part of the East European Plain. [16] The oblast's territory is located between the Central Russian Upland (with and average elevation of above 200 metres (660 ft) and a maximum elevation of 275 metres (902 ft) in the southeast), the Smolensk–Moscow Upland, and the Dnieper–Desna watershed.
Kaluga, founded in the mid-14th century as a border fortress on the southwestern borders of the Grand Duchy of Moscow, first appears in the historical record in chronicles in the 14th century as Koluga; the name comes from Old Russian kaluga is "bog, quagmire". [15] During the period of Tartar raids it was the western end of the Oka bank ...
Map of Russia with Kaluga Oblast highlighted. This is a list of rural localities in Kaluga Oblast. Kaluga Oblast (Russian: Калу́жская о́бласть, Kaluzhskaya oblast) is a federal subject of Russia (an oblast). Its administrative center is the city of Kaluga. Population: 1,010,930 (2010 Census). [1
Kaluga Oblast, Russia: Administrative center: Kaluga: As of 2013: [1] Number of districts (районы) 24 Number of cities/towns (города) 19 Number of urban-type settlements (посёлки городского типа) 10 Number of selsovets, rural okrugs, and territorial okrugs
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Tarussky District (Russian: Тарусский райо́н) is an administrative [1] and municipal [4] district , one of the twenty-four in Kaluga Oblast, Russia. It is located in the east of the oblast. The area of the district is 714.6 square kilometers (275.9 sq mi). [2] Its administrative center is the town of Tarusa. [2]
Meshchovsky District (Russian: Мещо́вский райо́н) is an administrative [1] and municipal [4] district , one of the twenty-four in Kaluga Oblast, Russia. It is located in the center of the oblast. The area of the district is 1,237.54 square kilometers (477.82 sq mi). [3] Its administrative center is the town of Meshchovsk. [6]
Kozelsk (Russian: Козе́льск) is a town and the administrative center of Kozelsky District in Kaluga Oblast, Russia, located on the Zhizdra River (a tributary of the Oka), 72 kilometers (45 mi) southwest of Kaluga, the administrative center of the oblast.