Berdyuzhsky District is located in the south of Tyumen Oblast, on the border with Kurgan Oblast, and near the Kazakhstan–Russia border. The terrain is flat upland of forest-steppe landscape. There are numerous lakes (approximately 256) in elongated chains that follow the general course of ancient runoff to the northeast. The largest lake is Siverga.[10] A significant portion of the district is agricultural land. The district is on the eastern extent of the inter-river region of the drainages of the Tobol River (to the west) and the Ishim River (to the east). The administrative center is the town of Berdyuzhye. Berdyuzhsky District is 384 km east of the city of Tyumen, 50 km north of the city of Petropavl, Kazakhstan, and 1,800 km east of Moscow. The area measures 75 km (north-south), 50 km (west-east); total area is 2,800 km2 (about 0.003% of Tyumen Oblast).
Before joining to Russia as part of Siberia, the area was inhabited by Tatars and nomadic herders of southern Turkic peoples. The first mention of Russian settlement is the building of a string of military strongholds in the late 1600s. Agricultural settlement followed, mostly farmers from central Russia, and the area records the arrival of conscripts who had been involved in Pugachev's Rebellion in the late 1700s. 150 residents killed during the peasant uprising in the 1920s are buried in a mass grave in the central park of Berdyuzhye.[11] Berdyuzhsky District was officially formed in July 1923 as part of the Ishimsky district of the Ural Region.
Тюменская областная Дума. Закон №53 от 4 ноября 1996 г. «Об административно-территориальном устройстве Тюменской области», в ред. Закона №47 от 7 мая 2015 г. «О внесении изменений в статьи 14 и 15 Закона Тюменской области "Об административно-территориальном устройстве Тюменской области"». Вступил в силу с момента официального опубликования. Опубликован: "Тюменские известия", №220, 12 ноября 1996 г. (Tyumen Oblast Duma. Law #53 of November 4, 1996 On the Administrative-Territorial Structure of Tyumen Oblast, as amended by the Law #47 of May 7, 2015 On Amending Articles 14 and 15 of the Law of Tyumen Oblast "On the Administrative-Territorial Structure of Tyumen Oblast". Effective as of the moment of official publication.).
Тюменская областная Дума. Закон №263 от 5 ноября 2004 г. «Об установлении границ муниципальных образований Тюменской области и наделении их статусом муниципального района, городского округа и сельского поселения», в ред. Закона №39 от 7 мая 2015 г. «Об упразднении деревни Бурмистрова Балаганского сельского поселения Викуловского муниципального района Тюменской области и внесении изменений в отдельные Законы Тюменской области». Вступил в силу 1 января 2005 г. Опубликован: "Тюменская область сегодня", №213 (без приложений), 12 ноября 2004 г. (Tyumen Oblast Duma. Law #263 of November 5, 2004 On Establishing the Borders of the Municipal Formations of Tyumen Oblast and on Granting Them the Status of a Municipal District, Urban Okrug, and Rural Settlement, as amended by the Law #39 of May 7, 2015 On Abolishing the Village of Burmistrova in Balaganskoye Rural Settlement of Vikulovsky Municipal District of Tyumen Oblast and on Amending Various Laws of Tyumen Oblast. Effective as of January 1, 2005.).
