The area is known for a protected forest (Sinitsinsky Bor) with recreational facilities and mineral springs.

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.

[9] Ishimsky District was officially formed in November 1923 as part of the Ural Region.

[9] Within the framework of administrative divisions, Ishimsky District is one of the twenty-two in the oblast.