[1] As a municipal division, it is a part of Mikhaylovka Urban Okrug.

The area of the district is 3,660 square kilometers (1,410 sq mi).

[7] Within the framework of administrative divisions, Mikhaylovsky District is one of the thirty-three in the oblast.

[1] The town of Mikhaylovka serves as its administrative center,[2] despite being incorporated separately as a town of oblast significance—an administrative unit with the status equal to that of the districts.

[1] As a municipal division, the territory of the administrative district and the territory of the town of oblast significance of Mikhaylovka are incorporated together as Mikhaylovka Urban Okrug.