River Ulken Kundyzdy and lake Shybyndy are located in the district.

[7] On December 28, 1940, the Supreme Soviet of the Kazakh SSR passed a decree creating the Osakarov District.

[7] At the time of the decree, the newly formed district comprised nearly 40 collective farms and a handful of villages.

[7] Upon the outbreak of World War II, over 6,000 people in the district went to fight on the Eastern Front, 7 female Komsomol brigades took up work in their absence, and the district's furniture and record factories were converted into producing various equipment parts and linens for the front line effort.

[7] As part of the Virgin Lands campaign, a number of new farms were formed in the district during the 1950s and 1960s.