The Volga itself crosses the district from northwest to southeast, entering the Ivankovo Reservoir.

[11] During World War II, most of the area of the district was briefly occupied by German troops.

On July 4, 1956 it was abolished and split between Kalininsky, Goritsky, and Rameshkovsky Districts.

[5] The district has several industrial enterprises, producing plastic, copper alloys, and repairing the boat motors.

[12] The main agricultural specializations of the district are cattle breeding with meat and milk production and potato growing.

[13] The Moscow – Saint Petersburg Railway crosses the district from southeast to northwest, passing Tver.

All stations and platforms south of Tver on this line within the district are on the Leningradsky suburban railway line and are connected by regular passenger suburban service with both Moscow (Moscow Leningradsky railway station) and Tver.

[14] The M10 highway, which connects Moscow and St. Petersburg, crosses the district from southeast to northwest.

The federal monuments include the ensemble of the Orsha Ascension Monastery in the village of Orsha and the ensemble of churches in the selo of Ivanovskoye, as well as the Church of Our Lady of Kazan (1764) in the selo of Mednoye, several archeological sites, and a monument commemorating Polish officers who were executed in Mednoye in 1940.

[18] In Mednoye, there is a complex commemorating Polish prisoners of war who were held in the concentration cam there and executed in 1940.

[19] In the village of Knyazevo, the building of a school which the future opera tenor Sergei Lemeshev attended, is also converted into a museum.

[20] In the village of Novinki, during the Revolution of 1905, the first Soviet of Peasant Deputies in Russia was formed.