Rylsky District
Rylsky District is an administrative and municipal district, one of the twenty-eight in Kursk Oblast, Russia. It is located in the west of the oblast. The area of the district is. Its administrative center is the town of Rylsk. Population: 40,714 ; The population of Rylsk accounts for 47.3% of the district's total population.Attractions
In the environs of Rylsk, two manors are of interest to the student of Russian history. The village of Ivanovskoye, east of Rylsk, has a summer residence of Ukrainian hetman Ivan Mazepa, while Maryino, slightly to the west, used to be a seat of the princely house of Boryatinsky, who in 1815-1816 built a palace and extensive English park there.
