Rivers Kulanotpes and Sonaly, and lakes Kerey, Kypshak, Kiyakty and Shoshkakol are located in the district.

[4] During the 1890s, a number of Ukrainians, Russians, and Germans began constructing settlements in the area, which was already home to approximately 330 villages of the native Kazakh people.

[5] On April 19, 1923, by order of the Kirghiz SSR, the Nurinsk Volost was created as part of the Akmola Uyezd.

[5] The 1930s saw a number of modernization programs implemented in the district, with electricity, telephones, and postal services being introduced.

[5] 16 schools were erected as part of a wider Soviet program to combat illiteracy known as likbez.