Yaroslavsky District is an administrative and municipal district (raion), one of the seventeen in Yaroslavl Oblast, Russia. It is located in the east of the oblast. The area of the district is 1,936.7 square kilometers (747.8 sq mi). Its administrative center is the city of Yaroslavl. Population: 52,328 ; 53,579 (2002 census); 55,636 (1989 Soviet census).