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Coat of arms
  
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Federal subject
  
federal city of Moscow

Population (2010 Census)
  
57,133 inhabitants

Country
  
Russia

Municipally incorporated as
  
Sokol Municipal Okrug

Time zone
  
MSK (UTC+03:00)

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Sokol District (Russian: райо́н Со́кол) is an administrative district (raion), one of the sixteen in Northern Administrative Okrug of the federal city of Moscow, Russia. As of the 2010 Census, the total population of the district was 57,133.

Contents

Map of Sokol District, Moscow, Russia

History

The district is named after the settlement of Sokol built in the 1920s. Earlier, the village of Vsekhsvyatskoye existed at the same location. During the Red Terror, mass executions of suspected counterrevolutionaries and various political opponents were conducted here at a local cemetery, which is now a memorial complex. In 1938, Sokol metro station opened here.

Municipal status

As a municipal division, it is incorporated as Sokol Municipal Okrug.

Education

  • Moscow Aviation Institute
  • Stroganov Moscow State University of Arts and Industry
  • Moscow State University of Food Production
  • Moscow University of Industry and Finance

    • Science and technology

  • GSKB Almaz-Antey
  • Hydroproject

    • Sightseeing

  • Church of All Saints at Vsekhsvyatskoye (1733–1736)
  • Memorial park of World War I victims (the former Moscow Brotherly Cemetery)

    • References

    Sokol District Wikipedia
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