title: Bolkhovsky District
text: # Bolkhovsky District
  
  Bolkhovsky District (Russian: Бо́лховский райо́н) is an administrative and municipal district (raion), one of the twenty-four in Oryol Oblast, Russia. It is located in the north of the oblast. The area of the district is 1,182.2 square kilometers (456.4 sq mi). Its administrative center is the town of Bolkhov. Population: 18,041 (2010 Census); 20,417 (2002 Census); 23,921 (1989 Census). The population of Bolkhov accounts for 63.3% of the district's total population.
  
  ## Notable residents
  
  * Yevgeni Preobrazhensky (1886–1937), revolutionary, economist and sociologist, born in Bolkhov
  * Ilya Starinov (1900–2000), military officer, noted Soviet saboteur, born in the village of Voynovo
  