Edited sentence: During these changes, the boundaries of the Iultinsky and Shmidtovsky Administrative Districts remained unchanged.However, in July 2008, Iultinsky and Shmidtovsky Municipal Districts were merged to form Vostochny Municipal District, with Egvekinot taking over Municipal duties from Mys Shmidta for the newly combined municipal district.In October 2008, the law mandating the change was amended and the name Vostochny was discarded with the combined Municipal District being renamed Iultinsky Municipal District.Prior to July 2008, the boundary for Iultinsky Municipal District was identical to that of the Administrative District boundary