Sverdlovsky District, Oryol Oblast

Sverdlovsky District (Свердло́вский райо́н) is an administrative and municipal district (raion), one of the twenty-four in Oryol Oblast, Russia. It is located in the center of the oblast. The area of the district is 1061.4 km2. Its administrative center is the urban locality (an urban-type settlement) of Zmiyovka. Population: 16,311 (2010 Census); The population of Zmiyovka accounts for 36.6% of the district's total population.

Notable residents

 * Nikolai Leskov (1831–1895), writer, born in Gorokhovo
 * Aleksey Zhadov (1901–1977), Red Army officer, born in the village of Nikolskoye