Nesterovsky District

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Nesterovsky District (Russian: Не́стеровский райо́н) is a district (raion) of Kaliningrad Oblast, Russia. The district's administrative center is Nesterov. District's population: 17,250 (2002 Census).

The district is situated in the far southeast of the oblast, at the border to Lithuania and Poland. It is populated sparsely.

In Nesterov, there is a border train station to Lithuania on the line from Kaliningrad to Moscow. In Chernyshevskoye, an important border crossing point on the principal road connecting Kaliningrad to Moscow is located.

Near the settlement of Yasnaya Polyana the former stable of the Trakehner horse breed is located, as well as a museum for the breed.