Pirovsky District


Pirovsky District is an administrative and municipal district, 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, 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. Its administrative center is the rural locality of Pirovskoye. Population: 9,150 ; 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.