page_title: Demidovsky District
section_title: Culture and recreation
hierarchical_section_title: Demidovsky District / Culture and recreation
caption_attribution_description: Русский: Усадьба путешественника Пржевальского Н. М. (филиал музея-заповедника) (Смоленская область, Демидов, посёлок Пржевальское, Советская улица, 49) This is a photo of a cultural heritage object in Russia, number: 6710087000 This template and pages using it are maintained by the Russian WLM team. Please read the guidelines before making any changes that can affect the monuments database!
context_page_description: Demidovsky District is an administrative and municipal district, one of the twenty-five in Smolensk Oblast, Russia. It is located in the northwest of the oblast and borders with Zharkovsky District of Tver Oblast in the north, Velizhsky District in the northwest, Rudnyansky District in the southwest, Smolensky District in the south, and with Dukhovshchinsky District in the east. The area of the district is 2,514.02 square kilometers. Its administrative center is the town of Demidov. Population: 14,039; 18,167; 24,237. The population of Demidov accounts for 52.2% of the district's total population.
context_section_description: The estate formerly owned by the geographer and explorer of Central Asia Nikolay Przhevalsky in the urban-type settlement of Przhevalskoye, as well as a number of archaeological sites, are designated cultural monuments of federal significance. The Przhevalsky Estate has been converted to a memorial museum.
caption: Nikolay Przhevalsky Estate, Przhevalskoye.
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