{{Infobox Russian district |en_name=Belyovsky District |ru_name=Белёвский район |image_map={{Russia district OSM map}} |map_caption=Location of Belyovsky District in Tula Oblast |image_view=Church of the Intercession (Temryan) 2.jpg |image_caption=Ruins of a church in the ''selo'' of [[Temryan]] in Belyovsky District |coordinates = {{coord|53|48|N|36|08|E|type:adm2nd_region:RU|display=inline,title}} |image_flag=Flag of Belyov (Tula oblast).png |image_coa= |anthem= |anthem_ref= |holiday= |holiday_ref= |federal_subject=[[Tula Oblast]] |federal_subject_ref=<ref name="TulaO_adm" /> |adm_ctr_name=[[Belyov]] |adm_ctr_ref=<ref name="TulaO_adm" /> |town_of_district_significance_type=Towns under district jurisdiction |no_of_towns_of_district_significance=1 |selsoviet_type1=Rural okrugs |no_of_selsoviets_type1=16 |no_of_cities_towns=1 |no_of_rural_localities=170 |counts_ref=<ref name="TulaOBelyovskyD_admmun" /> |mun_formation1=Belyovsky Municipal District |mun_formation1_ref=<ref name="TulaOBelyovskyD_admmun" /> |mun_formation1_no_of_urban_settlements=1 |mun_formation1_no_of_rural_settlements=4 |mun_formation1_counts_ref=<ref name="TulaOBelyovskyD_admmun" /> |mun_formation1_leader_title= |mun_formation1_leader_title_ref= |mun_formation1_leader_name= |mun_formation1_leader_name_ref= |mun_formation1_representative_body= |mun_formation1_representative_body_ref= |area_km2=1190 |area_km2_ref=<ref name='about'/> |pop_2010census=20952 |urban_pop_2010census=66.4% |rural_pop_2010census=33.6% |pop_2010census_ref=<ref name="2010Census" /> |pop_latest= |pop_latest_date= |pop_latest_ref= |established_date= |established_date_ref= |website=http://belev.tularegion.ru/ }} '''Belyovsky District ''' ({{langx|ru|Белёвский райо́н}}) is an administrative district ([[raion]]), one of the [[administrative divisions of Tula Oblast|twenty-three]] in [[Tula Oblast]], [[Russia]].<ref name="TulaO_adm">Law #954-ZTO</ref> Within the [[subdivisions of Russia#Municipal divisions|framework of municipal divisions]], it is incorporated as '''Belyovsky Municipal District'''.<ref name="TulaOBelyovskyD_admmun">Law #543-ZTO</ref> It is located in the west of the [[oblast]].<!-- and borders with [[ District]] in the north, [[ District]] in the east, [[ District]] in the south, and with [[ District]] in the west.--> The area of the district is {{convert|1190|km2|sp=us}}.<ref name='about'>{{cite web|title=General Information|url=http://belev.tularegion.ru/city/administrativno-territorialnoe-ustroystvo/geograficheskoe-raspolozhenie/|publisher=Belyovsky District|language=russian|access-date=November 27, 2016}}</ref> Its [[administrative center]] is the [[types of inhabited localities in Russia|town]] of [[Belyov]].<ref name="TulaO_adm" /> Population: 20,952 ([[Russian Census (2010)|2010 Census]]);<ref name="2010Census">{{ru-pop-ref|2010Census}}</ref> {{ru-census|p2002=24,912|p1989=30,124}} The population of Belyov accounts for 66.4% of the district's total population.<ref name="2010Census" />

==Geography== Belyovsky District is located in the west of Tula Oblast, on hilly terrain in the central [[East European Plain|Russian Plain]]. The district is 80&nbsp;km southwest of the city of [[Tula, Russia|Tula]], and about 200&nbsp;km southwest of [[Moscow]]. A highway runs directly from the district's central city of Belyov to the city of Tula, and another highway runs north-south through the middle of the district along the [[Oka River]]. The area measures 40&nbsp;km (north-south), and 42.5&nbsp;km (west-east). The administrative center is the town of Belyov.<ref name='about'/>

The district is bordered on the north by [[Suvorovsky District]], on the east by [[Odoyevsky District]], on the south by [[Arsenyevsky District]], and on the west by [[Kozelsky District]] (Kaluga Oblast), [[Ulyanovsky District, Kaluga Oblast|Ulyanovsky District]]) (Kaluga Oblast), and [[Bolkhovsky District]] (Oryol Oblast).

==History== The district's history is centered on the city of Belyov, one of the oldest cities in Russia. Because it was on the southwest frontier of the central Russian area for several centuries, it changed hands frequently and saw much fighting. The earliest recorded inhabitants were the [[Vyatichi]] tribe of the Eastern Slavs, at least through the 10th century. Located on the upper reaches of the Oka River, the area grew economically on trade and the production of handicrafts.

During the times of [[Kievan Rus']], it was part of the [[Principality of Chernigov]]. In the 14th and 15th centuries, it was part of Lithuania. <ref>{{cite EB1911|wstitle=Byelev |volume= 04 |short=x}}</ref> [[Ivan III of Russia|Ivan III]] ("the Great") attached the area to Russia by the end of the 15th century. The region was attacked by the [[Tatars|Tatar]]s in 1507, 1512, 1530, 1536 and 1544. During this time, Belyev became both a fortress in the defensive line of Russia and a major religious center with two monasteries founded.<ref name='district'>{{cite web|title=History of Belyovsky District|url=http://belev.tularegion.ru/city/general_information/|publisher=Belyovsky District Official Website|language=ru|accessdate=December 11, 2016}}</ref> In 1777, by decree of [[Catherine the Great]], the district was officially formed as part of Tula Province.<ref name='district'/> The Russian poet [[Vasily Zhukovsky]] was born in the village of Mishenskoe in Belyovsky District in 1783.

==References== ===Notes=== {{Reflist}}

===Sources=== *{{RussiaAdmMunRef|tul|adm|law}} *{{RussiaAdmMunRef|tul|mun|list|belyovsky}}

===External links=== * {{cite EB1911|wstitle=Byelev |volume= 04 |short= x}} *[https://www.google.com/maps/place/Belyovsky+District,+Tula+Oblast,+Russia/ Belyovsky District on Google Maps] *[http://www.openstreetmap.org/relation/1748969#map=10/53.7621/36.2096 Belyovsky District on OpenStreetMap]

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[[Category:Districts of Tula Oblast]]