Dzerzhinsky District (russian: Дзержи́нский райо́н) is an administrativeLaw #10-4765 and municipalLaw #13-2902 district (

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), one of the forty-three in

Krasnoyarsk Krai Krasnoyarsk Krai ( rus, Красноя́рский край, r=Krasnoyarskiy kray, p=krəsnɐˈjarskʲɪj ˈkraj) is a federal subject of Russia (a krai), with its administrative center in the city of Krasnoyarsk, the third-largest city in Siber ...

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. It is located in the southeast of the

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and borders with Taseyevsky District in the north,

Abansky District Abansky District (russian: А́банский райо́н) is an administrativeLaw #10-4765 and municipalLaw #13-2755 district (raion), one of the forty-three in Krasnoyarsk Krai, Russia. It is located in the southeast of the krai and borders wit ...

in the east,

Kansky District Kansky District (russian: Ка́нский райо́н) is an administrativeLaw #10-4765 and municipalLaw #13-3015 district (raion), one of the forty-three in Krasnoyarsk Krai, Russia. It is located in the southeast of the krai and borders with ...

in the south, and with Sukhobuzimsky District in the west. The area of the district is .Official website of Krasnoyarsk Krai
Information About Dzerzhinsky District
Its

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is the

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(a '' selo'') of Dzerzhinskoye. Population: 17,028 ( 2002 Census); The population of Dzerzhinskoye accounts for 50.7% of the district's total population.

Geography

The district is situated in the

Kan River The Kan (russian: Кан) river is a right tributary of the Yenisey in Krasnoyarsk Krai, Siberia, Russia. It is long and drains a basin of . Its valley forms the southern boundary of the Yenisey Range.

basin.

History

The district was founded on December 7, 1934.

Government

The Head of the District and the Chairman of the District Council is Dmitry N. Ashayev.

Economy

Transportation

The

Trans-Siberian Railway The Trans-Siberian Railway (TSR; , , ) connects European Russia to the Russian Far East. Spanning a length of over , it is the longest railway line in the world. It runs from the city of Moscow in the west to the city of Vladivostok in the ea ...

runs through the district.

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* * {{Use mdy dates, date=February 2013 Districts of Krasnoyarsk Krai States and territories established in 1934