Podolsky District () is an abolished administrativeLaw #11/2013-OZ and municipalLaw #65/2005-OZ district (raion), one of the thirty-six in Moscow Oblast, Russia. It was located in the southwest of the oblast just south of the federal city of Moscow. The area of the district was . Its administrative center was the city of Podolsk (which is not administratively a part of the district).
History A part of Podolsky District was merged into the federal city of Moscow on July 1, 2012.Official website of the Government of Moscow. Draft of adopted measures of the capital and oblast governments with regards to the expansion of the borders of Moscow In 2015, the district has been abolished, its territory, with the city of Podolsk, was included in the City Under Oblast Jurisdiction with the administrative territory and Podolsk Urban Okrug.
Notable residents
Matvey Chizhov (1838–1916), sculptor, born in the village of Pudov
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