Sokol District

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Sokol District
район Сокол
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Leningradskoye Highway in Sokol District
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Coat of Arms of Sokol (municipality in Moscow).png
Sokol District
Location of Sokol District in Moscow (pre-2012 map)
Coordinates: 55°48′N37°30′E / 55.800°N 37.500°E / 55.800; 37.500
CountryRussia
Federal subject federal city of Moscow [1]
Area
[2]
  Total3.05 km2 (1.18 sq mi)
Population
  Total57,133
  Estimate 
(2018) [4]
59,349 (+3.9%)
  Density19,000/km2 (49,000/sq mi)
Municipal structure
   Municipally incorporated asSokol Municipal Okrug [5]
Time zone UTC+3 (MSK   OOjs UI icon edit-ltr-progressive.svg [6] )
OKTMO ID45345000
Website http://sokol.mos.ru
Population of Sokol District
2010 Census 57,133 [3]
2002 Census 57,317 [7]

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. [1] The area of the district is 3.05 square kilometres (1.18 sq mi) [2] As of the 2010 Census, the total population of the district was 57,133. [3]

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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. [8] [9] In 1938, Sokol metro station opened here.

Sokol in Current Moscow

It has 3 parks, multiple top-tier schools and after school activities such as volleyball and music school within walking distance. it is centrally located and is only a 20 minute drive from the center. Sokol also has the very first Moscow music school, named after Dunayevsky.

Municipal status

As a municipal division, it is incorporated as Sokol Municipal Okrug. [5]

Local government

Municipal Assembly

The Municipal Assembly is the representative body of the district. It consists of deputies elected in municipal elections by residents of the district. [10] According to the results of the 2017 elections, 10 people entered the Municipal Assembly. Among them, 5 were nominated by the Yabloko party, 3 representatives of the United Russia party, one representative of the Communist Party of the Russian Federation, and one independent. [11] The head of the municipal district and the chairman of the Council of Deputies of the municipal district is Nikolai Stepanov. [11]

Education

Science and technology

Sightseeing

Church of All Saints Sokol All Saints Church 03-2011 01.jpg
Church of All Saints

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Notes

  1. 1 2 Law #13-47
  2. 1 2 "General Information" (in Russian). Sokol District. Retrieved February 5, 2018.
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  5. 1 2 Law #59
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  11. 1 2 "Депутаты СД Сокол". Official website of the Sokol municipal district. Archived from the original on September 15, 2019. Retrieved September 12, 2019.

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