Yaroslavsky District, Moscow (russian: Яросла́вский райо́н) is an administrative district (
raion
A raion (also spelt rayon) is a type of administrative unit of several post-Soviet states. The term is used for both a type of subnational entity and a division of a city. The word is from the French (meaning 'honeycomb, department'), and is co ...
) of
North-Eastern Administrative Okrug, and one of the 125 raions of
Moscow
Moscow ( , US chiefly ; rus, links=no, Москва, r=Moskva, p=mɐskˈva, a=Москва.ogg) is the capital and largest city of Russia. The city stands on the Moskva River in Central Russia, with a population estimated at 13.0 million ...
,
Russia
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.
The area of the district is . The district is situated on both sides of a major highway,
Yaroslavskoye shosse Yaroslavsky (masculine), Yaroslavskaya (feminine), or Yaroslavskoye (neuter) may refer to:
;People
*Yemelyan Yaroslavsky (Minei Gubelman), Soviet politician, leader of 1930s anti-religious campaign in the USSR
*Zev Yaroslavsky (b. 1948), U.S. ...
, east from Yaroslavsky railway, and is named after both. The railway serves as the district's western border,
Losiny Ostrov
Losiny Ostrov National Park (russian: Национальный парк "Лосиный Остров", literally - '' Elk (Moose) Island'') is the second oldest national park of Russia (after Sochi National Park). It is located in Moscow and ...
national park is on its eastern border, and
MKAD
The Moscow Automobile Ring Road (russian: link=no, Московская кольцевая автомобильная дорога, Moskovskaja koltsevaya avtomobilnaya doroga), or MKAD (), is a ring road running predominantly on the city border ...
serves as its northern border. The
Moscow State University of Civil Engineering is located in this district at 26 Yaroslavsky Highway.
See also
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Administrative divisions of Moscow
The federal city of Moscow, Russia is divided into administrative districts called okrugs, which are a subdivision of state administration. The administrative okrugs are further divided into municipal formations called districts (''raions'') and ...
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Districts of Moscow
North-Eastern Administrative Okrug
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