| En Name: | Sudzhansky District | ||||||
| Ru Name: | Суджанский район | ||||||
| Image View: | Seminijenko 04.jpg | ||||||
| Coordinates: | 51.2°N 51°W | ||||||
| Image Coa: | Coat of arms of the Sudzhansky District, Russia.png | ||||||
| Federal Subject: | Kursk Oblast | ||||||
| Adm Data As Of: | January 2013 | ||||||
| Adm Ctr Type: | town | ||||||
| Adm Ctr Name: | Sudzha | ||||||
| Town Of District Significance Type: | towns of district significance | ||||||
| No Of Towns Of District Significance: | 1 | ||||||
| Selsoviet Type1: | selsoviets | ||||||
| No Of Selsoviets Type1: | 21 | ||||||
| No Of Cities Towns: | 1 | ||||||
| No Of Rural Localities: | 81 | ||||||
| Mun Data As Of: | August 2011 | ||||||
| Mun Formation1: | Sudzhansky Municipal District | ||||||
| Mun Formation1 No Of Urban Settlements: | 1 | ||||||
| Mun Formation1 No Of Rural Settlements: | 16 | ||||||
| Area Km2: | 996 | ||||||
| Area Km2 Ref: | [1] | ||||||
| Pop 2010Census: | 26964 | ||||||
| Urban Pop 2010Census: | 22.4% | ||||||
| Rural Pop 2010Census: | 77.6% | ||||||
| Established Date: | 30 July 1928 | ||||||
| Website: | http://sudgar.rkursk.ru/ | ||||||
| Date: | August 2011 | ||||||
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Sudzhansky District (Russian: Суджанский райо́н) is an administrative and municipal 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.
The area of the district is 996km2.[1] 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 city of Sudzha, the district contains over eighty villages and hamlets, including Sverdlikovo.[2]
Sudzhansky District was created on July 30, 1928.[3] It was originally an administrative division of of the Central Black Earth Oblast of the Russian SFSR before being transferred to the newly created Kursk Oblast in 1934.[4]
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.[5] [6] [7] In early August 2024 a Ukrainian offensive was launched into the region, advancing rapidly against surprised and ill-prepared defenses and resulting in the city of Suzdha and the surrounding area coming under Ukrainian occupation.[8]
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.