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

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), one of the forty-three in

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. It is located in the southwest of the

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and is bordered by

Yeniseysky District Yeniseysky District () 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 with Turukhansky and Evenkiysky Districts i ...

in the north,

Kazachinsky District Kazachinsky District () is an administrativeLaw #10-4765 and municipalLaw #13-3013 district (raion), one of the forty-three in Krasnoyarsk Krai, Russia. It is located in the southern central part of the krai and borders with Yeniseysky and Moty ...

in the east,

Bolshemurtinsky District Bolshemurtinsky District () is an administrativeLaw #10-4765 and municipalLaw #13-2870 district (raion), one of the administrative divisions of Krasnoyarsk Krai, forty-three in Krasnoyarsk Krai, Russia. It is located in the southern central part of ...

in the southeast and south, and

Birilyussky District Birilyussky District () is an administrativeLaw #10-4765 and municipalLaw #13-2896 district (raion), one of the forty-three in Krasnoyarsk Krai, Russia. It is located in the southwest of the krai and borders with Yeniseysky District in the north, ...

in the west. The area of the district is .Official website of Krasnoyarsk Krai
Information about Pirovsky District
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Pirovskoye Pirovskoye () is a types of inhabited localities in Russia, rural locality (a ''village#Russia, selo'') and the administrative center of Pirovsky District, Krasnoyarsk Krai, Russia. Population: References Notes Sources

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. In 2010, the district's population was the population was 9,150 in 2002 ( 2002 Census) and 11,896 in 1989 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 Mikhail Vasilyevich Butashevich-Petrashevsky (; – ), commonly known as Mikhail Petrashevsky, was a Russian Utopian theorist, best known for his central role in the activities of the Petrashevsky Circle, a literary discussion group in Saint Pet ...

is buried within the bounds of Pirovsky District.

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