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 . The area of the district is 3.05 square kilometres (1.18 sq mi) As of the 2010 Census , the total population of the district was 57,133.
4-566: 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. It has 3 parks, multiple top-tier schools and after school activities such as volleyball and music school within walking distance. it
8-725: A village outside Moscow , Russia; now a city neighbourhood in Sokol District , is known for its historic Brotherly Cemetery of Russian soldiers who died in World War One. The cemetery is also known for its mass graves of the October Revolution , which remained unmarked for the entire Soviet period. During the Red Terror , scores of suspected counterrevolutionaries and various political opponents were murdered at Vsekhsvyatskoye without trial in secret executions. The victims included foreign nationals captured by
12-400: 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. As a municipal division , it is incorporated as Sokol Municipal Okrug . The Municipal Assembly is the representative body of the district. It consists of deputies elected in municipal elections by residents of the district. According to the results of
16-841: 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. The head of the municipal district and the chairman of the Council of Deputies of the municipal district is Nikolai Stepanov. Vsekhsvyatskoye Vsekhsvyatskoye ( Russian : Всехсвятское ), formerly
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