Sokolniki District () is a

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of the

Eastern Administrative Okrug Eastern Administrative Okrug (), or Vostochny Administrative Okrug, is one of the administrative divisions of Moscow, twelve high-level territorial divisions (administrative okrugs) of the federal cities of Russia, federal city of Moscow, Russia.L ...

of the

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located in the north-east corner of the city. Population:

Etymology

Sokolniki derives its name from the word "" (''sokol'', meaning "

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") in view of the

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's falcon hunting grounds which were located there, primarily on the territory of the present-day

Sokolniki Park Sokolniki Park, named for the falconry, falcon hunt of the grand princes of Principality of Moscow, Moscow formerly conducted there, is located in the eponymous Sokolniki District of Moscow. Sokolniki Park is not far from the center of the Mo ...

. 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-storey hotel finally opened overlooking the Sokolniki metro station and Sokolniki Square. This hotel is now the

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Sokolniki. In Tolstoy's

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, 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

Districts of Moscow Eastern Administrative Okrug {{Use mdy dates, date=April 2013