In 1918 Zheleznodorozhny and Pletenyovski districts were created as party-territorial units.
In 1919, the first of them was renamed Zabulachny; in 1920 both district were merged into Zabulachno-Pletenyovski District (Russian: Забулачно-Плетенёвский район; Tatar: Болак аръягы-Пеләтән райуны).
In 1926 the district's name was changed to Nizhne-Gorodskoy, and in 1931 to Stalinsky. In 1942, northern part of the district was ceded to the newly formed Dzerzhinsky District [ru]. 12 years later, major part of Sverdlovsky District [ru] was annexed to the district; later that same year, it was renamed Privolzhsky District.
^Государственный Совет Республики Татарстан. Закон №116-ЗРТ от 7 декабря 2005 г. «Об административно-территориальном устройстве Республики Татарстан», в ред. Закона №54-ЗРТ от 2 июля 2015 г. «О внесении изменения в статью 14 Закона Республики Татарстан "Об административно-территориальном устройстве Республики Татарстан"». Вступил в силу через три месяца со дня официального опубликования, за исключением части второй статьи 31, которая вступает в силу со дня официального опубликования. Опубликован: "Республика Татарстан", №247, 10 декабря 2005 г. (State Council of the Republic of Tatarstan. Law #116-ZRT of December 7, 2005 On the Administrative-Territorial Structure of the Republic of Tatarstan, as amended by the Law #54-ZRT of July 2, 2015 On Amending Article 14 of the Law of the Republic of Tatarstan "On the Administrative-Territorial Structure of the Republic of Tatarstan". Effective as of the day which is three months after the day of the official publication, with the exception of part two of Article 31, which takes effect on the day of the official publication.).