Kirovsky District, North Ossetia–Alania


Kirovsky District is an administrative and municipal district, one of the eight in the Republic of North Ossetia–Alania, Russia. It is located in the north of the republic. The area of the district is. Its administrative center is the rural locality of Elkhotovo. Population: 26,571 ; The population of Elkhotovo accounts for 45.4% of the district's total population.
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History

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, the Elkhotovsky District 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.

Notable residents