Kirishi Municipal District is located in the south of the Leningrad Region, in the basin of the Volkhov River and its tributary the Pchyovzha. It borders the Tosnensky, Kirovsky, Volkhovsky, and Tikhvinsky municipal districts, and to the south – with the Novgorod Region. Kirishi Municipal District comprises six municipalities: Kirishi and Budogoshch urban settlements, Glazhevskoye, Kusinskoye, Pchevzhinskoye, and Pchevskoye rural settlements.
Distance to Saint Petersburg: 116 km
Administrative center: Kirishi
Area: 3,045.3 km2
Population: 58,488 people (urban population share – 88.3%, rural population – 11.7%)
Infrastructure: Transport connections are provided by road and rail to the cities of Saint Petersburg, Volkhov, Malaya Vishera, and Veliky Novgorod. The city of Kirishi is located 44 km from the Moscow – Saint Petersburg highway (M10 E105 "Russia").
On the right bank of the Volkhov River in Kirishi, there is a passenger pier built as part of a project to develop cruise navigation in the region; it has become part of the new tourist route "Staraya Ladoga — Veliky Novgorod".
Economy: Kirishi Municipal District holds an important place in the economic potential of the Leningrad Region. The share of turnover of all organizations in the total volume of the Leningrad Region is 3.5%; for manufacturing, the district's share is 59.2%. The number of organizations recorded in the Statistical Register of Rosstat as of 01.01.2025 is 1,007 units.
Kirishi Municipal District is one of the most promising and dynamically developing industrial centers of the Leningrad Region. A powerful fuel and energy complex, the largest in the North-West of the country, is located on the district's territory. The leading sector of the economy is industry.
For 2025, the turnover of large and medium-sized organizations of Kirishi Municipal District amounted to 151.6 billion rubles, or 107.6% compared to 2024. The total volume of shipped goods of own production, works and services performed by large and medium-sized organizations for 2025 amounted to 114.2 billion rubles, 114.3% compared to January-December 2024. In the total volume of shipped goods of own production, works and services, 75.3% comes from "manufacturing", 19.6% from "production and distribution of electricity, gas and water", 2.6% from "construction", and 2.5% from other sectors.
Major enterprises:
● «PO Kirishinefteorgsintez (KINEF) LLC» – production of petroleum products, production of other basic inorganic chemicals
● «Branch of OGK-2 PJSC – Kirishskaya GRES» – electricity generation by thermal power plants, electricity transmission, transmission of steam and hot water (thermal energy), production of steam and hot water (thermal energy) by thermal power plants
● «Rusjam Glass Container Holding LLC» – production of glass containers for the food and pharmaceutical industries
● «Branch of Penoplex SPb LLC» – production of rubber and plastic products
● «LORENZ SNACK-WORLD PRODUCTION KIRISHI LLC» – production of dry bakery products and long‑shelf‑life flour confectionery products
● «Polyplastik LLC» – production of plastic plates, strips, pipes and profiles
● «Travel+ LLC» – production of on‑board service products and related travel products
