Pokrovsky District

Pokrovsky District (Покро́вский райо́н) is an administrative and municipal district (raion), one of the twenty-four in Oryol Oblast, Russia. It is located in the southeastern central part of the oblast. The area of the district is 1411 km2. Its administrative center is the urban locality (an urban-type settlement) of Pokrovskoye. Population: 14,782 (2010 Census); The population of Pokrovskoye accounts for 30.0% of the district's total population.

Notable residents

 * Antonina Fedorovna Sofronova (1892–1966), artist and illustrator, born in Droskovo