Kansky District (russian: Ка́нский райо́н) is an administrative
[Law #10-4765] and municipal
[Law #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
Dzerzhinsky District in the north,
Abansky District
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in the northeast,
Ilansky District
Ilansky District (russian: Ила́нский райо́н) is an administrativeLaw #10-4765 and municipalLaw #13-2898 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,
Irbeysky District
Irbeysky District (russian: Ирбе́йский райо́н) is an administrativeLaw #10-4765 and municipalLaw #13-3043 district (raion), one of the forty-three in Krasnoyarsk Krai, Russia. It is located in the southwest of the krai and borders ...
in the south,
Rybinsky District
Rybinsky District is the name of several administrative and municipal districts in Russia:
*Rybinsky District, Krasnoyarsk Krai, an administrative and municipal district of Krasnoyarsk Krai
* Rybinsky District, Yaroslavl Oblast, an administrative ...
in the southwest, and with
Sukhobuzimsky District
Sukhobuzimsky District (russian: Сухобу́зимский райо́н) is an administrativeLaw #10-4765 and municipalLaw #13-3037 district (raion), one of the forty-three in Krasnoyarsk Krai, Russia. It is located in the south of the krai. Th ...
in the west. The area of the district is .
[Official website of Krasnoyarsk Krai]
Information about Kansky District
Its
administrative center is the
town of
Kansk (which is not administratively a part of the district).
Population: 28,667 (
2002 Census);
Geography
The district is situated in the
Kan River valley. The
tributaries of the Kan flow through the district.
History
The district was founded on April 4, 1924.
Administrative and municipal status
Within the
framework of administrative divisions, Kansky District is one of the
forty-three in the krai.
The town of
Kansk serves as its
administrative center, despite being incorporated separately as a
krai town—an administrative unit with the status equal to that of the districts.
[Law #10-4763] The district is divided into fifteen
selsoviet
Selsoviet ( be, сельсавет, r=sieĺsaviet, tr. ''sieĺsaviet''; rus, сельсовет, p=ˈsʲelʲsɐˈvʲɛt, r=selsovet; uk, сільрада, silrada) is a shortened name for a rural council and for the area governed by such a cou ...
s.
As a
municipal division, the district is incorporated as Kansky Municipal District and is divided into fifteen rural settlements (corresponding to the administrative district's selsoviets).
The krai town of Kansk is incorporated separately from the district as Kansk Urban Okrug.
[Law #12-2372]
Economy
A part of the Kansk-Achinsk
lignite
Lignite, often referred to as brown coal, is a soft, brown, combustible, sedimentary rock formed from naturally compressed peat. It has a carbon content around 25–35%, and is considered the lowest rank of coal due to its relatively low heat ...
basin, which in the early 1980s was developed into one of the largest coal areas of the
Soviet Union, lies within the district's boundaries.
Transportation
The
Trans-Siberian Railway runs through district territory from west to east. A part of the
federal highway M53 passes through the district as well.
Notable people
*
Pyotr Slovtsov
Pyotr Ivanovich Slovtsov (russian: Пётр Ива́нович Словцо́в; 30 June 1886 – 24 February 1934) was a famous Russian tenor.
Early years
Slovtsov was born in the village of Ustyanskoye in Yeniseysk Governorate of the Ru ...
, opera tenor
References
Notes
Sources
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External links
''Kanskiye vedomosti'' website of the local newspaper
*Glinka State Central Museum of Musical Culture
List of Pyotr Slovtsov's discs
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Districts of Krasnoyarsk Krai
States and territories established in 1924