Severnoye Tushino District or Northern Tushino (russian: райо́н Северное Тушино) is an administrative district (

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) of

North-Western Administrative Okrug North-Western Administrative Okrug (russian: Се́веро-За́падный администрати́вный о́круг, ), or Severo-Zapadny Administrative Okrug, is one of the twelve high-level territorial divisions (administrative okrugs ...

, and one of the 125 raions of

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. In the district there are Alyoshkinsky forest and Severnoye Tushino park.

Location

The neighborhood is in the northern part of

. On the South it borders on Yuzhnoye Tushino. The southern border consists of the Khimkinsky and Yana Raynisa boulevards that continue into Salomei Neris Street. On the East it borders on

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. There is Khimka reservoir, also known as the Moscow Canal.

History

Social Situation

Despite of the high alcohol and drug abuse and suicide rate, the neighborhood is considered to be highly desirable due to its proximity to parks, beaches and solid housing and transportation infrastructure. Within the last 20 years the neighborhood has been through a revival due to an influx of immigrants from former Soviet states like Armenia, Georgia, Uzbekistan, etc.

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