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Federal subject
  
Time zone
  
MSK (UTC+03:00)

Country
  
Russia

Population (2010 Census)
  
57,444 inhabitants

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Sokolniki District (Russian: райо́н Соко́льники) is a district of Eastern Administrative Okrug of the federal city of Moscow, Russia; located in the northeast corner of the city. Population: 57,444 (2010 Census); 54,975 (2002 Census).

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Map of Sokolniki District, Moscow, Russia

Etymology

Sokolniki got its name from the word "сокол" (sokol, meaning "falcon") in lieu of the Tsar's falcon hunting grounds which were located there, primarily on the territory of the present-day Sokolniki Park. The district also provides the name for one of its metro stations: Sokolniki Metro Station.

Sports

The district is home to the FC and HC Spartak Moscow. The latter plays its games in the Sokolniki Sports Palace, located within Sokolniki Park.

Miscellaneous

In 2006, after twenty years of construction and changing ownership, a twenty-story hotel had finally opened overlooking the Sokolniki metro station and Sokolniki square. This hotel is now the Holiday Inn Sokolniki.

In Tolstoy's War and peace Pierre fights a duel in Sokolniki.

The Elite House in Sokolniki will soon be one of the largest buildings in the world with DuPont Tyvek used as a weather and water barrier.

References

Sokolniki District Wikipedia


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