Alexeyevsky District (russian: Алексе́евский райо́н) is a territorial division (a district, or
raion
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) in
North-Eastern Administrative Okrug
North-Eastern Administrative Okrug (russian: Се́веро-Восто́чный администрати́вный о́круг - ''Severo-Vostochny administrativny okrug''), or Severo-Vostochny Administrative Okrug, is one of the twelve high-lev ...
,
one of the 125 in the
federal city
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Germany
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of
Moscow
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,
Russia
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.
[Law #13-47] It is located in the northeast of the federal city. The area of the district is .
[City of Moscow Territorial Branch of the ]Federal State Statistics Service
The Federal State Statistics Service (russian: Федеральная служба государственной статистики (Росстат), ''Federal'naya sluzhba gosudarstvennoi statistiki (Rosstat)'') is the governmental statistics ...
br>Показатели, характеризующие состояние экономики и социальной сферы муниципального образования за 2013 год. Алексеевский.
As of the
2010 Census, the total population of the district was 78,421.
The district is named after the village of
Alexeyevo, which existed on this site before urbanization. It is largely centered on
Mira Avenue
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. The famous
Worker and Kolkhoz Woman
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statue, as well as
Cosmonauts Alley
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, are located in Alexeyevsky District. There are two metro stations are situated on Alexeyevsky District: VDNH and Alexeyevskaya.
As a
municipal division, the district is incorporated as Alexeyevsky Municipal Okrug.
[Law #59]
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Districts of Moscow
North-Eastern Administrative Okrug