It is elongated from the southwest to northeast, along the Volga, and the total area of the district belongs to its drainage basin.

[12] The western part of the district belonged to Klinsky Uyezd of Moscow Governorate.

[12] Uyezds were abolished as well, and Kuznetsovsky District, with the administrative center in the town of Korcheva, was established within Kimry Okrug of Moscow Oblast.

The administrative center of the district was transferred to Konakovo, which was granted town status.

[10][14] In 1941, during World War II, the western part of the district was occupied by German troops.

On July 12, 1929 Zavidovsky District with the administrative center in the urban-type settlement of Novozavidovsky was created as well.

[12] In Zavidovo, a hunting ground was established in the 1960s for use by VIPs, including the heads of state.

[15] The Moscow – Saint Petersburg Railway crosses the district from south to north.

The main stations within the district are Zavidovo (in the urban-type settlement of Novozavidovsky) and Redkino.

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

The federal monuments are the ensemble of the travel palace and the Church of the Nativity of the Theotokos in the selo of Gorodnya, the Poroshin House in the selo of Zavidovo, as well as a monument commemorating the Kalinin Front active during World War II.