Babushkinsky District, Moscow
| Babushkinsky District, Moscow Бабушкинский район (Russian) |
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 Location of Babushkinsky District, Moscow on the map of Moscow |
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| Country | Russia |
| Federal subject | Moscow |
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| Time zone | MSK (UTC+03:00) |
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Babushkinsky District, Moscow (Russian: Ба́бушкинский райо́н) is an administrative district (raion) of North-Eastern Administrative Okrug, and one of the 125 raions of Moscow, Russia. The area of the district is 5.07 square kilometers (1.96 sq mi).
It is named after the famous pilot and polar explorer Mikhail Babushkin, who was born here. Prior to renaming in 1939, the region was a village called Bordino. In 1960 it was incorporated into Moscow and urbanized. Many streets and objects in Babushkinsky and neighboring Losinoostrovsky and Yaroslavsky are named after various polar explorers.
Coordinates: 55°52′11″N 37°39′52″E / 55.86972°N 37.66444°E
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