Kashirsky District, Moscow Oblast

Kashirsky District (Каши́рский райо́н) is an administrative and municipal district (raion), one of thirty-six in Moscow Oblast, Russia. It is located in the south of the oblast.

Geography
The area of the district is 646.09 km2. Its administrative center is the town of Kashira.

The population was 70,774 (2002 Census);  The population of Kashira accounts for 59.6% of the district's total population.

Notable residents

 * Fyodor Astakhov (1892–1966), Soviet Marshal of Aviation, born in Ledovskie Vyselki village
 * Dmitri Vishnevsky (born 1990), ice hockey player