Sokolniki District

Sokolniki District
район Сокольники (Russian)

Location of Sokolniki District in Moscow
Coordinates: 55°47′41″N 37°40′35″E / 55.79472°N 37.67639°E / 55.79472; 37.67639Coordinates: 55°47′41″N 37°40′35″E / 55.79472°N 37.67639°E / 55.79472; 37.67639
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Location
Country Russia
Federal subject Moscow
Statistics
Population (2010 Census) 57,444 inhabitants[1]
• Urban 100%
• Rural 0%
Time zone MSK (UTC+03:00)[2]
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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);[1] 54,975 (2002 Census).[3]

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

shopping center "Sokolniki"

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 Tolstoys 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

  1. 1 2 Russian Federal State Statistics Service (2011). "Всероссийская перепись населения 2010 года. Том 1" [2010 All-Russian Population Census, vol. 1]. Всероссийская перепись населения 2010 года (2010 All-Russia Population Census) (in Russian). Federal State Statistics Service. Retrieved June 29, 2012.
  2. ↑ Правительство Российской Федерации. Федеральный закон №107-ФЗ от 3 июня 2011 г. «Об исчислении времени», в ред. Федерального закона №271-ФЗ от 03 июля 2016 г. «О внесении изменений в Федеральный закон "Об исчислении времени"». Вступил в силу по истечении шестидесяти дней после дня официального опубликования (6 августа 2011 г.). Опубликован: "Российская газета", №120, 6 июня 2011 г. (Government of the Russian Federation. Federal Law #107-FZ of June 31, 2011 On Calculating Time, as amended by the Federal Law #271-FZ of July 03, 2016 On Amending Federal Law "On Calculating Time". Effective as of after sixty days following the day of the official publication.).
  3. ↑ Russian Federal State Statistics Service (May 21, 2004). "Численность населения России, субъектов Российской Федерации в составе федеральных округов, районов, городских поселений, сельских населённых пунктов – районных центров и сельских населённых пунктов с населением 3 тысячи и более человек" [Population of Russia, Its Federal Districts, Federal Subjects, Districts, Urban Localities, Rural Localities—Administrative Centers, and Rural Localities with Population of Over 3,000] (XLS). Всероссийская перепись населения 2002 года [All-Russia Population Census of 2002] (in Russian). Retrieved August 9, 2014.
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