Krasnogvardeysky District (Russian: Красногварде́йский райо́н) is an administrative[1] and municipal[5] district (raion), one of the thirty-five in Orenburg Oblast, Russia.

It is located in the northwest of the oblast.

The area of the district is 2,800 square kilometers (1,100 sq mi).

[3] Its administrative center is the rural locality (a selo) of Pleshanovo.

[8] The ethnic composition of the population is as follows:[citation needed]