Shakhovskoy District () is an administrativeLaw #11/2013-OZ and municipalLaw #62/2005-OZ district (raion), one of the thirty-six in Moscow Oblast, Russia. It is located in the west of the oblast. The area of the district is . Its administrative center is the urban locality (a work settlement) of Shakhovskaya. Population: 25,372 (2010 Census); The population of Shakhovskaya accounts for 42.3% of the district's total population.
Notable residents
Leonīds Breikšs (1908–1942), Latvian poet, born in Yelizarovo village
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