High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles! Priozersky District (Russian: Приозе рский райо н) is a district (raion) of Leningrad Oblast, Russia. The area of the district is 3,597.57 km . Its administrative center is the town of Priozersk. District's population: 42,859 (2002 Census); 40,231 (1989 Census). Administratively, the district is divided into twelve volosts: Bogatyryovskaya, Borisovskaya, Gromovskaya, Zaporozhskaya, Krasnoozyornaya, Larionovskaya, Melnikovskaya, Michurinskaya, Otradnenskaya, Petrovskaya, Romashkinskaya, and Sosnovskaya. The district was settled by Karelians, who is native people of it, approximately in AD 1st century. It was part of Kievan Rus principality from 9th century to 12th one. After dissolution of the principality, it was bounded to Novgorod Republic in 1143. Most of Karelians were converted to Russian Orthodox faith during Russian rule. Russians built a fortress of Korela, where nucleus of Priozersk.

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