Rodnikovsky District is an administrative district (raion), one of the 21 in Ivanovo Oblast, Russia. Ivanovo Oblast (Russian: , Ivanovskaya oblast) is a federal subject of Russia (an oblast). Its three largest cities are Ivanovo (the administrative center), Kineshma, and Shuya. The principal center of tourism is Plyos. The Volga River flows through the northern part of the oblast. Ivanovo Industrial Oblast ( ) was established on January 14, 1929. On March 11, 1936, the oblast was divided into modern Ivanovo Oblast and Yaroslavl Oblast.