Pozharsky District (russian: Пожа́рский райо́н) is an administrativeLaw #161-KZ and municipalLaw #191-KZ district (

raion A raion (also spelt rayon) is a type of administrative unit of several post-Soviet states. The term is used for both a type of subnational entity and a division of a city. The word is from the French (meaning 'honeycomb, department'), and is co ...

), one of the twenty-two in

Primorsky Krai Primorsky Krai (russian: Приморский край, r=Primorsky kray, p=prʲɪˈmorskʲɪj kraj), informally known as Primorye (, ), is a federal subject (a krai) of Russia, located in the Far East region of the country and is a part of t ...

Russia Russia (, , ), or the Russian Federation, is a transcontinental country spanning Eastern Europe and Northern Asia. It is the largest country in the world, with its internationally recognised territory covering , and encompassing one-eig ...

. It is located in the northern and northwestern parts of the

krai A krai or kray (; russian: край, , ''kraya'') is one of the types of federal subjects of modern Russia, and was a type of geographical administrative division in the Russian Empire and the Russian SFSR. Etymologically, the word is relat ...

and borders with Khabarovsk Krai in the north, Terneysky District in the east and southeast, Krasnoarmeysky District in the south,

Dalnerechensky District Dalnerechensky District (russian: Дальнере́ченский райо́н) is an administrativeLaw #161-KZ and municipalLaw #190-KZ district (raion), one of the twenty-two in Primorsky Krai, Russia. It is located in the central and western p ...

in the southwest, and with China in the west. The area of the district is .
(Official website of the Legislative Assembly of Primorsky Krai. ''Municipal Formations of Primorsky Krai'') Its

administrative center An administrative center is a seat of regional administration or local government, or a county town, or the place where the central administration of a commune is located. In countries with French as administrative language (such as Belgium, Lu ...

is the urban locality (an

urban-type settlement Urban-type settlementrussian: посёлок городско́го ти́па, translit=posyolok gorodskogo tipa, abbreviated: russian: п.г.т., translit=p.g.t.; ua, селище міського типу, translit=selyshche mis'koho typu, ab ...

) of

Luchegorsk Luchegorsk (russian: Лучего́рск) is an urban locality (an urban-type settlement) and the administrative center of Pozharsky District of Primorsky Krai, Russia. Population: History It was founded in 1966 on the bank of the Kontrovod R ...

. Population: The population of Luchegorsk accounts for 67.6% of the district's total population.

History

The district was established on September 14, 1939 and is named after Ivan Pozharsky, a

Hero of the Soviet Union The title Hero of the Soviet Union (russian: Герой Советского Союза, translit=Geroy Sovietskogo Soyuza) was the highest distinction in the Soviet Union, awarded together with the Order of Lenin personally or collectively for ...

who died during the

Battle of Lake Khasan The Battle of Lake Khasan (29 July – 11 August 1938), also known as the Changkufeng Incident (russian: Хасанские бои, Chinese and Japanese: ; Chinese pinyin: ; Japanese romaji: ) in China and Japan, was an attempted military incu ...

in 1938.Official website of Pozharsky District
About the district

Population

Ethnic composition (2010): *

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– 91.6% *

Ukrainians Ukrainians ( uk, Українці, Ukraintsi, ) are an East Slavic ethnic group native to Ukraine. They are the seventh-largest nation in Europe. The native language of the Ukrainians is Ukrainian. The majority of Ukrainians are Eastern Ort ...

– 3.5% * Udege – 1.7% * Nanai – 0.8% * Others – 2.4%

Notable residents

Viktor Barannikov Viktor Pavlovich Barannikov (russian: Виктор Павлович Баранников, October 20, 1940 — July 21, 1995) was the Soviet Interior Minister in 1991 and Russian Interior Minister from 1992 to 1993. Career He was the interi ...

(1940–1995, born in Fedosyevka), Soviet and Russian Interior Minister 1991–1993 *

Pavel Sulyandziga Pavel Vasilievich Sulyandziga (russian: Павел Васильевич Суляндзига born 20 February 1962 in Olon, Pozharsky District, Primorsky Kray) is a Russian indigenous rights activist of Udege nationality. He is a member of th ...

(born 1962 in Olon), Udege indigenous rights activist

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* * {{Use mdy dates, date=March 2013 Districts of Primorsky Krai States and territories established in 1939 __NOTOC__