Smolninskoye Municipal Okrug

59°56′25″N 30°22′45″E / 59.94028°N 30.37917°E / 59.94028; 30.37917

Smolninskoye Municipal Okrug (Russian: муниципа́льный о́круг Смо́льнинское) is a municipal okrug of Tsentralny District of the federal city of St. Petersburg, Russia. Population: 76,259 (2010 Census);^[1] 90,337 (2002 Census).^[2]

The okrug borders the Neva River in the north and in the east, Nevsky Avenue in the south, Chernyshevskogo Avenue and Vosstaniya Street in the west.

Places of interest include the Oktyabrsky Concert Hall, Smolny Institute, Smolny Convent, Suvorov Museum, and Tauride Palace.

In September 2022, during the Russian invasion of Ukraine, the Municipal Council sent a proposal to the State Duma calling for President Putin to be removed from office and tried for high treason. Two deputies were summoned to the local police, accused of "actions aimed at discrediting the Russian government".^[3]

References

^ Russian Federal State Statistics Service (2011). Всероссийская перепись населения 2010 года. Том 1 [2010 All-Russian Population Census, vol. 1]. Всероссийская перепись населения 2010 года [2010 All-Russia Population Census] (in Russian). Federal State Statistics Service.
^ Russian Federal State Statistics Service (May 21, 2004). Численность населения России, субъектов Российской Федерации в составе федеральных округов, районов, городских поселений, сельских населённых пунктов – районных центров и сельских населённых пунктов с населением 3 тысячи и более человек [Population of Russia, Its Federal Districts, Federal Subjects, Districts, Urban Localities, Rural Localities—Administrative Centers, and Rural Localities with Population of Over 3,000] (XLS). Всероссийская перепись населения 2002 года [All-Russia Population Census of 2002] (in Russian).
^ Brugen, Isabel van (September 9, 2022). "Russian officials who plotted to overthrow Putin summoned by police". Newsweek. Retrieved September 9, 2022.