| En Name: | Bystroistoksky District |
| Ru Name: | Быстроистокский район |
| Image View: | Autumn in Bystroistokskiy district Altai krai 01.JPG |
| Federal Subject: | Altai Krai |
| Adm Data As Of: | October 2012 |
| Adm Ctr Type: | selo |
| Adm Ctr Name: | Bystry Istok |
| Selsoviet Type1: | selsoviet |
| No Of Selsoviets Type1: | 8 |
| No Of Rural Localities: | 12 |
| Mun Data As Of: | October 2011 |
| Mun Formation1: | Bystroistoksky Municipal District |
| Mun Formation1 No Of Urban Settlements: | 0 |
| Mun Formation1 No Of Rural Settlements: | 8 |
| Area Km2: | 1924 |
| Pop 2010Census: | 10150 |
| Urban Pop 2010Census: | 0% |
| Rural Pop 2010Census: | 100% |
| Website: | http://admbi.ru/ |
| Date: | January 2013 |
Bystroistoksky District (Russian: Быстроисто́кский райо́н) is an administrative[1] and municipal[2] district (raion), one of the fifty-nine in Altai Krai, Russia. It is located in the eastern central part of the krai. The area of the district is 1924km2.[3] Its administrative center is the rural locality (a selo) of Bystry Istok. Population: The population of Bystry Istok accounts for 38.0% of the district's total population.
Bystroistoksky District is located in the southeast of Altai Krai, on rolling plain leading into foothills of the Altai Mountains to the east. The Ob River flows from east to west across the northern part of the district. The area north of the Ob is forested, while south of the river is steppe terrain and agricultural fields. Bystroistoksky District is 25 km west of the city of Biysk, and 3,000 km east of Moscow. The area measures 55 km (north-south), and 45 km (west-east); total area is 1,804 km2 (about 2% of Altai Krai). The administrative center is the town of Bystry Istok, on the banks of the Ob.[3]
The soils are chernozem (black), and the forests mostly conifer and mixed forest. About one-third of the district is forested.
The district is bordered on the north by Zonalny District, on the east by Smolensky District, on the south by Petropavlovsky District, and on the west by Troitsky District.
The first small settlement of European Russians occurred in 1749 with the founding of the village of Bystry Istok, on the high left bank of the Ob River. A census in the early 1800s showed 38 households in the village. A few villages developed around a peasant agricultural economy, with many of the settlers being retired soldiers who received land allotments. A glassworks was founded in the village of Akutiha in 1911, and virgin agricultural land was open in the 1950s.