Sudzhansky District
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Sudzhansky District ({{langx|ru|Суджанский райо́н}}) is an administrative{{RussiaAdmMunRef|krs|adm|list}} and municipal{{RussiaAdmMunRef|krs|mun|list0}} district (raion), one of the twenty-eight in Kursk Oblast, Russia. Its administrative center is the town of Sudzha. It has a population of 25,119.{{Ru-pop-ref|2021Census}}
Geography
The area of the district is {{convert|996|km2|sp=us}}. It is located in the southwest of the oblast, and borders with Korenevsky District in the west, Lgovsky District in the north, Belovsky District and Bolshesoldatsky District in the east, and Sumy Oblast of Ukraine in the south.
It is located in the southwest part of the Central Russian Upland. The most important rivers that flow through Sudzhansky District are the Psel and the Sudzha. The district has a temperate continental climate.
Aside from the town of Sudzha, the district contains over eighty villages and hamlets, including Sverdlikovo.[https://web.archive.org/web/20210521122619/https://kurskstat.gks.ru/storage/mediabank/%D0%9F%D0%BE%D1%81%D1%82%D0%B0%D0%BD%D0%BE%D0%B2%D0%BB%D0%B5%D0%BD%D0%B8%D0%B5+%D0%BE%D1%82+6+%D0%BD%D0%BE%D1%8F%D0%B1%D1%80%D1%8F+2008%D0%B3+%E2%84%96+489.pdf Register of Administrative-Territorial Units and Settlements of the Kursk Region] (in Russian), 2008. Archived in 2021.
History
Sudzhansky District was created on July 30, 1928.{{Cite encyclopedia |title=Суджанский район |encyclopedia=Малая Курская Энциклопедия |url=https://www.mke.su/doc/SUDZhANSKII%20RAION.html |access-date=10 January 2024 |trans-title=Sudzhansky District|url-status=live|archive-date=11 January 2024|language=ru|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240111210051/https://www.mke.su/doc/SUDZhANSKII%20RAION.html}} It was originally an administrative division of {{ill|Lgov Okrug|ru|Льговский округ}} of the Central Black Earth Oblast of the Russian SFSR before being transferred to the newly created Kursk Oblast in 1934.{{Cite web |title=Суджанский район – Совет муниципальных образований Курской области |url=https://kursksmo.ru/municipalitet/sudzhanskij-rajon/ |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230608012734/https://kursksmo.ru/municipalitet/sudzhanskij-rajon/ |archive-date=8 June 2023 |access-date=2024-01-10 |language=ru-RU}}
Following the full-scale Russian invasion of Ukraine that began in 2022, Sudzhansky District has repeatedly been a site of attacks on Russian soil due to proximity to the border with Ukraine.{{Cite news |title=Russian border guards came under fire on Ukraine border - officials |url=https://www.reuters.com/world/russian-border-guards-came-under-fire-region-bordering-ukraine-official-says-2022-04-06/ |access-date=2024-01-10 |work=Reuters}}{{Cite news |date=2022-12-20 |title=Woman injured as 4 Ukrainian shells land in Russia's Kursk region, governor says |url=https://edition.cnn.com/europe/live-news/russia-ukraine-war-news-12-20-22/h_48e8199890d5415087a8fabe24f31edf |access-date=2024-01-10 |language=en}}{{Cite news |work=The Moscow Times |date=2024-01-09 |title=Woman Killed in Ukrainian Shelling of Russian Village |url=https://www.themoscowtimes.com/2024/01/09/woman-killed-in-ukrainian-shelling-of-russian-village-a83671 |access-date=2024-01-10 |language=en}} In early August 2024 a Ukrainian offensive was launched into the region, advancing rapidly against surprised and ill-prepared defenses and resulting in the town of Sudzha and the surrounding area coming under Ukrainian occupation.{{cite news |author= |date=8 August 2024 |title=Russia bringing in more troops to Kursk |url=https://p.dw.com/p/4jI5b |work=Deutsche Welle|location= |access-date=14 August 2024}} By February 2025, Ukraine had lost control of about 60% of the occupied territory.{{cite web|work=The New York Times|date=12 February 2025|title=The Fiercest Fighting of the Ukraine War May Be in Russia|first1=Nanna|last1=Heitmann|last2=Kurmanaev|last3=Bodyagina|first3=Ekaterina|first2=Anatoly|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2025/02/12/world/europe/kursk-russia-war-ukraine.html}}
Demographics
The population of the district has decreased over the past few decades, declining from 34,438 in 1989 to 25,119 in 2021. As of 2021, the population of Sudzha accounts for 20.4% of the district's population.
{{Historical populations
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| 1989 | 34438{{ru-pop-ref|1989census}}
| 2002 | 31466{{ru-pop-ref|2002Census}}
| 2010 | 26964{{ru-pop-ref|2010Census}}
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Villages
In Sudzhansky district there is one city and 81 rural settlements.
See also
References
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{{Kursk Oblast}}
{{Settlements in Sudzhansky District}}
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Category:1928 establishments in Russia