Ishimsky District is located in the southeast of Tyumen Oblast. The terrain is rolling plain with a forest-steppe landscape. The Ishim River runs south-northeast through the district. About 30% of the area is forested, and about 20% is agricultural cropland. The area is known for a protected forest (Sinitsinsky Bor) with recreational facilities and mineral springs. The district is centrally located in Tymen, with the Trans-Siberian Railway running west–east through the middle, and major highways running west–east and north–south.
Ishimsky District is 220 km southeast of the city of Tyumen, 230 km northwest of the city of Omsk, and 1,900 km east of Moscow. The area measures 90 km (north-south), 75 km (west-east); total area is 5,500 km2 (about 0.4% of Tyumen Oblast).
The first permanent inhabitants are believed to be cattle-herders some 4,000 years ago. Turkic tribes appeared in the 9th century, blending in the people generally referred to as Siberian Tatars. Russians appeared in the 1600s, when Tobolsk sponsored agricultural colonists to the Ishimsky area, and the military outposts to defend them from the Tatars. The black soil (chernozem) was more fertile than that around Tobolsk, and more settlers were drawn in.[9]
Ishimsky District was officially formed in November 1923 as part of the Ural Region. After a brief move to Chelyabinsk region in 1934 and then to Omsk Oblast for 1934-1944, the district was finally transferred to Tymen Oblast in 1944.[9]
As a municipal division, the district is incorporated as Ishimsky Municipal District.[5] The Town of Ishim is incorporated separately from the district as Ishim Urban Okrug.[5]
^ ab"History of the District". Ishimsky District (official district website). Ishimsky District. Retrieved March 12, 2017.
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Тюменская областная Дума. Закон №53 от 4 ноября 1996 г. «Об административно-территориальном устройстве Тюменской области», в ред. Закона №47 от 7 мая 2015 г. «О внесении изменений в статьи 14 и 15 Закона Тюменской области "Об административно-территориальном устройстве Тюменской области"». Вступил в силу с момента официального опубликования. Опубликован: "Тюменские известия", №220, 12 ноября 1996 г. (Tyumen Oblast Duma. Law #53 of November 4, 1996 On the Administrative-Territorial Structure of Tyumen Oblast, as amended by the Law #47 of May 7, 2015 On Amending Articles 14 and 15 of the Law of Tyumen Oblast "On the Administrative-Territorial Structure of Tyumen Oblast". Effective as of the moment of official publication.).
Тюменская областная Дума. Закон №263 от 5 ноября 2004 г. «Об установлении границ муниципальных образований Тюменской области и наделении их статусом муниципального района, городского округа и сельского поселения», в ред. Закона №39 от 7 мая 2015 г. «Об упразднении деревни Бурмистрова Балаганского сельского поселения Викуловского муниципального района Тюменской области и внесении изменений в отдельные Законы Тюменской области». Вступил в силу 1 января 2005 г. Опубликован: "Тюменская область сегодня", №213 (без приложений), 12 ноября 2004 г. (Tyumen Oblast Duma. Law #263 of November 5, 2004 On Establishing the Borders of the Municipal Formations of Tyumen Oblast and on Granting Them the Status of a Municipal District, Urban Okrug, and Rural Settlement, as amended by the Law #39 of May 7, 2015 On Abolishing the Village of Burmistrova in Balaganskoye Rural Settlement of Vikulovsky Municipal District of Tyumen Oblast and on Amending Various Laws of Tyumen Oblast. Effective as of January 1, 2005.).