Azovsky Nemetsky National District

Azovsky Nemetsky National District Азовский немецкий национальный район
District
Building in Azovo, the administrative center of Azovsky Nemetsky National District
Flag Coat of arms
Location of Azovsky Nemetsky National District in Omsk Oblast
Coordinates: 54°42′N 73°02′E / 54.700°N 73.033°E / 54.700; 73.033
Country	Russia
Federal subject	Omsk Oblast[1]
Established	17 February 1992
Administrative center	Azovo[1]
Area [2]
• Total	1,400 km2 (500 sq mi)
Population  (2010 Census)[3]
• Total	22,925
• Density	16/km2 (42/sq mi)
• Urban	0%
• Rural	100%
Administrative structure
• Administrative divisions	8 rural okrug
• Inhabited localities[1]	28 rural localities
Municipal structure
• Municipally incorporated as	Azovsky Nemetsky National Municipal District[4]
• Municipal divisions[4]	0 urban settlements, 8 rural settlements
Time zone	UTC+6 (MSK+3 [5])
OKTMO ID	52601000
Website	http://www.azov.omskportal.ru/

Azovsky Nemetsky National District (‹See Tfd›Russian: Азо́вский Неме́цкий национа́льный райо́н, romanized: Azovskiy Nemetskiy natsionalnyy rayon, lit. 'Azovo German National District'; ‹See Tfd›German: Deutscher Nationalkreis Asowo) is an administrative^[1] and municipal^[4] district (raion), one of the thirty-two in Omsk Oblast, Russia. It is located in the south of the oblast. The area of the district is 1,400 square kilometers (540 sq mi).^[2] Its administrative center is the rural locality (a selo) of Azovo.^[1] In the Russian Census of 2010, the population was 22,925.^[3] The population of Azovo accounts for 26.2% of the district's total population.^[3]

The first villages in what is now Azovsky Nemetsky National District were founded in 1893 by the Volga Germans.

Heads of the district administration were Bruno Heinrich Reuters [de] (1992-2010) and Viktor Sabelfeld (2010-present).

The population of the district as of January 1, 2007 was 22,246, of which 56% were Germans, 24% Russians, 8.3% Kazakhs, and 6.8% Ukrainians.^{[citation needed]}

Being considered cultural heritage, and in order for the Azovsky Nemetsky National District to be a refuge for the dispersed and diminished Russlanddeutsche, the German language is officially endorsed, i.e., protected, supported and promoted.^[6]

• History of Germans in Russia and the Soviet Union

• Законодательное Собрание Омской области. Закон №467-ОЗ от 15 октября 2003 г. «Об административно-территориальном устройстве Омской области и о порядке его изменения», в ред. Закона №1591-ОЗ от 10 декабря 2013 г. «О внесении изменений в отдельные Законы Омской области в связи с принятием Федерального Закона "Об образовании в Российской Федерации"». Вступил в силу через три месяца со дня официального опубликования. Опубликован: "Омский вестник", №69, 31 октября 2003 г. (Legislative Assembly of Omsk Oblast. Law #467-OZ of October 15, 2003 On the Administrative-Territorial Structure of Omsk Oblast and on the Procedures of Its Change, as amended by the Law #1591-OZ of December 10, 2013 On Amending Various Laws of Omsk Oblast Due to the Adoption of the Federal Law "On Education in the Russian Federation". Effective as of the day three months after the official publication date.).
• Законодательное Собрание Омской области. Закон №548-ОЗ от 30 июля 2004 г. «О границах и статусе муниципальных образований Омской области», в ред. Закона №1642-ОЗ от 27 июня 2014 г. «О внесении изменений в Закон Омской области "О границах и статусе муниципальных образований Омской области"». Вступил в силу со дня официального опубликования. Опубликован: "Омский вестник", №45, №47, №49, 13, 20, 27 августа 2004 г. (Legislative Assembly of Omsk Oblast. Law #548-OZ of July 30, 2004 On the Borders and Status of the Municipal Formations of Omsk Oblast, as amended by the Law #1642-OZ of June 27, 2014 On Amending the Law of Omsk Oblast "On the Borders and Status of the Municipal Formations of Omsk Oblast". Effective as of the day of the official publication.).