Pirovsky District

Pirovsky District (Russian: Пи́ровский райо́н) is an administrative[1] and municipal[6] district (raion), one of the forty-three in Krasnoyarsk Krai, Russia.

It is located in the southwest of the krai and is bordered by Yeniseysky District in the north, Kazachinsky District in the east, Bolshemurtinsky District in the southeast and south, and Birilyussky District in the west.

The area of the district is 6,241 square kilometers (2,410 sq mi).

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

[2] Russian revolutionary Mikhail Petrashevsky is buried within the bounds of Pirovsky District.