[5] The area of the district is elongated from north to south and is split into two roughly equal parts by the divide between the basins of the Arctic Ocean and the Caspian Sea.

The lake, as well as the rivers in the northern part of the district, belongs to the basin of the Onega.

In 1397, St. Cyril of Beloozero, a monk and a disciple of St. Sergius of Radonezh, founded the Kirillo-Belozersky Monastery on the shore of Lake Siverskoye.

In 1398, St. Therapont of Beloozero, who arrived with Cyril, moved to a separate location, which later became the Ferapontov Monastery.

It also helped that the Sheksna River was one of the most heavily used waterways connecting central and northern Russia.

Vasily III, the Grand Prince of Moscow, and Ivan the Terrible, the Tsar, visited the monastery on several occasions.

On September 23, 1937, Kirillovsky District was transferred to newly established Vologda Oblast.

[4] The agriculture of the district is essentially limited to crop growing and cattle breeding, resulting and meat and milk production.

[4] Kirillov is connected by all-seasonal roads with Vologda, Cherepovets, Belozersk, and Vytegra.

In the 19th century, the canal was the main waterway connecting the Volga with the White Sea.

The canal is still in operation, serving cargo traffic and occasional cruise ships, which move from the Sheksna to Lake Kubenskoye.

Kirillovsky District preserves a number of medieval ensembles which are considered among the best monuments of art and architecture in Russia.

The Cathedral of Nativity of the Virgin (1490) in the monastery is the only remaining Russian church with fully painted walls.