Pirovsky District (russian: Пи́ровский райо́н) is an administrativeLaw #10-4765 and municipalLaw #13-2900 district (

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), one of the forty-three in

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and borders with

Yeniseysky District Yeniseysky District (russian: Енисе́йский райо́н) is an administrativeLaw #10-4765 and municipalLaw #13-3140 district (raion), one of the forty-three in Krasnoyarsk Krai, Russia. It is located in the west of the krai and borders w ...

in the north, Kazachinsky District in the east, Bolshemurtinsky District in the southeast and south, and with Birilyussky District in the west. The area of the district is .Official website of Krasnoyarsk Krai
Information about Pirovsky District
Its

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(a '' selo'') of Pirovskoye. Population: 9,150 ( 2002 Census); The population of Pirovskoye accounts for 39.7% of the district's total population.

History

The district was founded on April 4, 1924.

Government

As of 2013, the Head of the district and the Chairman of the District Council is Alexander I. Yevseyev.

Notable people

Russian revolutionary Mikhail Petrashevsky is buried on the district's territory.

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* * * {{Use mdy dates, date=February 2013 Districts of Krasnoyarsk Krai States and territories established in 1924