Sokol District

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]

Sokol District
район Сокол
District
Leningradskoye Highway in Sokol District
Leningradskoye Highway in Sokol District
Flag of Sokol District
Flag
Coat of arms of Sokol District
Coat of arms
Location of Sokol District in Moscow (pre-2012 map)
Coordinates: 55°48′N 37°30′E
CountryRussia
Federal subjectfederal city of Moscow[1]
Area
[2]
 • Total3.05 km2 (1.18 sq mi)
Population
 (2010 Census)[3]
 • 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 zoneUTC+3 (MSK Edit this on Wikidata[6])
OKTMO ID45345000
Websitehttp://sokol.mos.ru
Population of Sokol District
2010 Census57,133[3]
2002 Census57,317[7]

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

Sokol is a very family-oriented place to live. 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
  • Church of All Saints at Vsekhsvyatskoye (1733–1736)
  • Memorial park of World War I victims (the former Moscow Brotherly Cemetery)

References

Notes
  1. Law #13-47
  2. "General Information" (in Russian). Sokol District. Retrieved February 5, 2018.
  3. 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.
  4. "26. Численность постоянного населения Российской Федерации по муниципальным образованиям на 1 января 2018 года". Federal State Statistics Service. Retrieved January 23, 2019.
  5. Law #59
  6. "Об исчислении времени". Официальный интернет-портал правовой информации (in Russian). June 3, 2011. Retrieved January 19, 2019.
  7. 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).
  8. Алабин И.М.; Дибров А.С.; Судравский В.Д. (1992). Московское городское Братское кладбище. Опыт библиографического словаря. Moscow: Государственная публичная историческая библиотека. p. 3.
  9. Голицын С.M. (1990). Записки уцелевшего. Moscow: Орбита. pp. 24–26.
  10. "Муниципальное Собрание" [Municipal Assembly]. Official information resource of the intra-city municipal formation Orekhovo-Borisovo Yuzhnoye in the city of Moscow. Archived from the original on October 24, 2011. Retrieved April 18, 2010.
  11. "Депутаты СД Сокол". Official website of the Sokol municipal district. Archived from the original on September 15, 2019. Retrieved September 12, 2019.

Sources
  • Московская городская Дума. Закон №13-47 от 5 июля 1995 г. «О территориальном делении города Москвы», в ред. Закона №38 от 26 июня 2013 г. «О внесении изменений в статью 4 Закона города Москвы от 5 июля 1995 г. №13-47 "О территориальном делении города Москвы" и Закон города Москвы от 15 октября 2003 года №59 "О наименованиях и границах внутригородских муниципальных образований в городе Москве"». Вступил в силу с момента опубликования. Опубликован: "Вестник Мэрии Москвы", №14, июль 1995. (Moscow City Duma. Law #13-47 of July 5, 1995 On the Territorial Division of the City of Moscow, as amended by the Law #38 of June 26, 2013 On Amending Article 4 of the Law of the City of Moscow of July 5, 1995 #13-47 "On the Territorial Division of the City of Moscow" and the Law of the City of Moscow of October 15, 2003 #59 "On the Names and Borders of the Internal Municipal Formations in the City of Moscow". Effective as of the moment of publication.).
  • Московская городская Дума. Закон №59 от 15 октября 2003 г. «О наименованиях и границах внутригородских муниципальных образований в городе Москве», в ред. Закона №38 от 26 июня 2013 г. «О внесении изменений в статью 4 Закона города Москвы от 5 июля 1995 г. №13-47 "О территориальном делении города Москвы" и Закон города Москвы от 15 октября 2003 года №59 "О наименованиях и границах внутригородских муниципальных образований в городе Москве"». Вступил в силу через 10 дней после официального опубликования (16 ноября 2003 г.). Опубликован: "Вестник Мэра и Правительства Москвы", №64, 5 ноября 2013 г. (Moscow City Duma. Law #59 of October 15, 2003 On the Names and Borders of the Internal Municipal Formations in the City of Moscow, as amended by the Law #38 of June 26, 2013 On Amending Article 4 of the Law of the City of Moscow of July 5, 1995 #13-47 "On the Territorial Division of the City of Moscow" and the Law of the City of Moscow of October 15, 2003 #59 "On the Names and Borders of the Internal Municipal Formations in the City of Moscow". Effective as of the day which is 10 days after the official publication (November 16, 2003).).

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