Kirovsky District (Russian: Ки́ровский райо́н; Ossetian: Кировы район, Kirovy rajon) is an administrative[1] and municipal[4] district (raion), one of the eight in the Republic of North Ossetia–Alania, Russia.

The area of the district is 411 square kilometers (159 sq mi).

[2] Its administrative center is the rural locality (a selo) of Elkhotovo.

[3] On 2 December 1934, by decision of the Bureau of the Regional Committee of the All-Union Communist Party of Bolsheviks of North Ossetia, on the basis of five village councils (Elkhotovsky, Stavd-Dortsky, Zmeysky, Iransky and Illarionovsky ), the Elkhotovsky District (Russian: Эльхотовский район, romanized: El'khotovskiy rayon; Ossetian: Елхоты район, Elkhoty rajon) was formed, separated from the northwestern part of the Pravoberezhny District.

On 17 March 1935, the Elkhotovsky District was renamed the Kirovsky District by the Decree of the Central Executive Committee of the USSR.