▁district ▁was   1 6 , 9 9 7 , ▁with ▁the ▁population ▁of ▁Kh ak ur in ok hab l ▁account ing ▁for ▁ 2 3 . 8 % ▁of ▁that ▁number . ▁ ▁History ▁History ▁of ▁Sh ov gen ov sky ▁District ▁dates ▁back ▁to ▁July   2 7 , ▁ 1 9 2 2 , ▁when ▁Ad yg he ▁( Ch erk ess ) ▁Aut onom ous ▁O blast ▁was ▁established ▁within ▁the ▁Russian ▁S FS R . ▁At ▁that ▁time , ▁the ▁autonom ous ▁ob last ▁consisted ▁of ▁three ▁ok ru gs , ▁one ▁of ▁which , ▁F ars sky , ▁covered ▁the ▁territory ▁of ▁modern ▁Sh ov gen ov sky ▁District . ▁On ▁August   5 , ▁ 1 9 2 4 , ▁F ars sky ▁Ok rug ▁was ▁renamed ▁Kh ak ur in ok hab l sky ▁District ▁( ). ▁On ▁December   7 , ▁ 1 9 5 6 , ▁Kh ak ur in ok hab l sky ▁District ▁was ▁abol ished , ▁and ▁its ▁territory ▁distributed ▁among ▁Kos he k hab l sky , ▁Gi agin sky , ▁and ▁K ras nog var de y sky ▁District s . ▁On ▁January   1 2 , ▁ 1 9 6 5 , ▁however , ▁the ▁district ▁was ▁re - est ab lished ▁under ▁the ▁name ▁of ▁Sh ov gen ov sky . ▁During ▁all ▁of ▁the ▁district ' s ▁history , ▁the ▁a ul ▁of ▁Kh ak ur in ok hab l ▁served ▁as ▁the ▁district