Kamensky District, Rostov Oblast
District in Rostov Oblast, Russia
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Kamensky District (Russian: Ка́менский райо́н) is an administrative[1] and municipal[5] district (raion), one of the forty-three in Rostov Oblast, Russia. It is located in the west of the oblast. The area of the district is 2,570 square kilometers (990 sq mi).[2] Its administrative center is the urban locality (a work settlement) of Gluboky.[1] Population: 47,696 (2010 Census);[3] 51,757 (2002 census);[7] 53,291 (1989 Soviet census).[8] The population of Gluboky accounts for 20.7% of the district's total population.[3]
Kamensky District
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Urochishe Proboscis, Kamensky District | |
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 Location of Kamensky District in Rostov Oblast | |
| Coordinates: 48°31′25″N 40°19′15″E | |
| Country | Russia |
| Federal subject | Rostov Oblast[1] |
| Established | 7 March 1923 |
| Administrative center | Gluboky[1] |
| Area | |
• Total | 2,570 km2 (990 sq mi) |
| Population | |
• Total | 47,696 |
| • Density | 18.6/km2 (48.1/sq mi) |
| • Urban | 20.7% |
| • Rural | 79.3% |
| Administrative structure | |
| • Administrative divisions | 1 Urban settlements, 11 Rural settlements |
| • Inhabited localities[1] | 1 urban-type settlements[4], 77 rural localities |
| Municipal structure | |
| • Municipally incorporated as | Kamensky Municipal District[5] |
| • Municipal divisions[5] | 1 urban settlements, 11 rural settlements |
| Time zone | UTC+3 (MSK [6]) |
| OKTMO ID | 60623000 |
| Website | http://kamray.donland.ru/ |
2024 oil infrastructure attack
The Kamenski District in Rostov Oblast is the site of the Atlas oil depot, near the village of Molodezhnyi, a large petroleum tank farm installation of the Russian State Reserve.[9] The Atlas facility is a "division of the Federal Agency for State Reserves in the Southern Federal District, [specializing] in supplying petroleum products to the Russian Armed Forces."[10]
On the morning of 28 August 2024, during the Russian invasion of Ukraine, it was set ablaze by a Ukrainian Armed Forces drone strike.[11][10] The attack was officially confirmed by the Ukrainian general staff the next day, and Russian sources reported a second attack on the depot occurred late in the day on the 28th, renewing the "powerful blaze."[9]