title: Krasnogvardeysky District, Orenburg Oblast
text: # Krasnogvardeysky District, Orenburg Oblast
  
  Krasnogvardeysky District (Russian: Красногварде́йский райо́н) is an administrative and municipal district (raion), one of the thirty-five in Orenburg Oblast, Russia. It is located in the northwest of the oblast. The area of the district is 2,800 square kilometers (1,100 sq mi). Its administrative center is the rural locality (a selo) of Pleshanovo. Population: 21,097 (2010 Census). The population of Pleshanovo accounts for 16.5% of the district's total population.
  
  ## Demographics
  
  Population: 21,097 (2010 Census); 25,451 (2002 Census); 27,776 (1989 Census).
  
  The ethnic composition of the population is as follows:
  
  * Russians: 54.0%
  * Bashkirs: 25.7%
  * Tatars: 6.8%
  * Germans: 4.3%
  * Ukrainians: 4.1%
  
  ## Notable people
  
  * Gabdulla Amantay was a Bashkir poet, writer and playwright. The village where he was born, is in that area today.
  