Sokol District
| Sokol District район Сокол (Russian) |
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 Location of Sokol District in Moscow (pre-2012 map) |
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| Coordinates: 55°48′N 37°30′E / 55.800°N 37.500°ECoordinates: 55°48′N 37°30′E / 55.800°N 37.500°E | |
 Leningradskoye Highway in Sokol District |
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| Location | |
| Country | Russia |
| Federal subject | federal city of Moscow |
| Municipal structure (as of June 2013) | |
| Municipally incorporated as | Sokol Municipal Okrug |
| Statistics | |
| Population (2010 Census) | 57,133 inhabitants |
| Time zone | MSK (UTC+03:00) |
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| 2010 Census | 57,133 |
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| 2002 Census | 57,317 |
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. As of the 2010 Census, the total population of the district was 57,133.
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.
As a municipal division, it is incorporated as Sokol Municipal Okrug.
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