Isetsky District (russian: Исе́тский райо́н) is an administrative district (
raion
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), one of the
twenty-two in
Tyumen Oblast
Tyumen Oblast (russian: Тюме́нская о́бласть, ''Tyumenskaya oblast'') is a federal subject (an oblast) of Russia. It is geographically located in the Western Siberia region of Siberia, and is administratively part of the Urals ...
,
Russia
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.
[Law #53] As a
municipal division, it is incorporated as Isetsky Municipal District.
[Law #263] It is located in the west of the
oblast
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. The area of the district is .
Its
administrative center
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In countries with French as administrative language (such as Belgium, Lu ...
is the
rural locality
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(a ''
selo'') of
Isetskoye.
Population: 26,061 (
2010 Census);
The population of Isetskoye accounts for 28.7% of the district's total population.
Geography
Isetsky District is located in the southwest of Tyumen Oblast, on the border with
Kurgan Oblast and
Sverdlovsk Oblast. The terrain is flat plain with a forest-steppe landscape. It is in the basin of the
Iset River
The river Iset (russian: Исеть) in Russia flows from the Urals through the Sverdlovsk and Kurgan Oblasts, then through Tyumen Oblast in Western Siberia into the river Tobol. The city of Yekaterinburg is on the upper part of the river.
Th ...
, which meanders from west to east through the middle of the district. The Iset meets the south-north flowing
Tobol River
The Tobol (russian: Тобол, kk, Тобыл ''Tobyl'') is a river in Western Siberia (in Kazakhstan and Russia) and the main (left) tributary of the Irtysh. Its length is , and the area of its drainage basin is .
History
The Tobol River wa ...
about 20km east of the district. The administrative center is the town of Isetskoye, which is in the middle of the district at the intersection of a north-south highway ("Tyumen-Kurgan") and a west-east highway ("Yekaterinburg-Shadrinsk-Isetskoye-Yalutorovsk").
Isetsky District is 40 km south of the city of
Tyumen
Tyumen ( ; rus, Тюмень, p=tʲʉˈmʲenʲ, a=Ru-Tyumen.ogg) is the administrative center and largest city of Tyumen Oblast, Russia. It is situated just east of the Ural Mountains, along the Tura River. Fueled by the Russian oil and gas in ...
, 260 km east of the city of
Yekaterinburg
Yekaterinburg ( ; rus, Екатеринбург, p=jɪkətʲɪrʲɪnˈburk), alternatively romanized as Ekaterinburg and formerly known as Sverdlovsk ( rus, Свердло́вск, , svʲɪrˈdlofsk, 1924–1991), is a city and the administra ...
, and 1,650 km east of
Moscow
Moscow ( , US chiefly ; rus, links=no, Москва, r=Moskva, p=mɐskˈva, a=Москва.ogg) is the capital and largest city of Russia. The city stands on the Moskva River in Central Russia, with a population estimated at 13.0 millio ...
. The area measures 60 km (north-south), 60 km (west-east); total area is 2751 km2 (about 0.003% of Tyumen Oblast).
The district is bordered on the north by
Tyumensky District
Tyumensky District (russian: Тюме́нский райо́н) is an administrative district (raion), one of the twenty-two in Tyumen Oblast, Russia.Law #53 Within the framework of municipal divisions, it is incorporated as Tyumensky Municipal ...
and
Yalutorovsky District
Yalutorovsky District (russian: Ялу́торовский райо́н) is an administrative district (raion), one of the twenty-two in Tyumen Oblast, Russia.Law #53 Within the framework of municipal divisions, it is incorporated as Yalutorovsk ...
, on the east by
Uporovsky District, on the south and west by
Shatrovsky District of Kurgan Oblast, and on the northwest by
Tugulymsky District of Sverdlovsk Oblast.
History
The area has been inhabited since prehistoric times, with the oldest artifacts dated to the Mesolithic (7th-8th century BCE). In fact, a notable feature of the area is the extensive series of archaeological sites that run through the Iset River area. Over 500 archaeological sites, representing Stone, Bronze and Iron Age settlements, and others through the Middle Ages, have been mapped into a historic region known collectively known as the
Ingala Valley.
The first settlers from Russia arrived in 1650 as part of a military line of defensive forts, including one on the Iset River. Early activity centered on the military uses, but also an early a monastery and a prison. In the 1700s, the fertile agricultural soil attracted colonists from central Russia, and woodworking industries developed around the timber and water-power resources. The first bridge across the Iset River in the district was specially constructed in 1837 for the drive-through visit of the Grand Duke Alexander Nikolayevich (the future
Alexander II of Russia).
The area was part of Tobolsk Province from 1650 to 1738, but was merged into Isetsky Orenburg Province in 1738, and then in 1782 into Yalutavorsk Province until 1923.
Isetsky District was officially formed in November 1923 as part of the Ishimsky district 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.
See also
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Ingala Valley
References
Sources
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Districts of Tyumen Oblast