Sokolniki District

{{Infobox Russian district |en_name=Sokolniki District |ru_name=район Сокольники |image_map={{Moscow district OSM map}} |map_caption=Location of Sokolniki District in Moscow |coordinates = {{coord|55|47|41|N|37|40|35|E|type:adm2nd_region:RU|display=inline,title}} |image_view=Sokolniki District, Moscow, Russia - panoramio (105).jpg |image_caption=Sokolniki Park |image_flag=Flag of Sokolniki (2004).svg |image_coa=Coat of Arms of Sokolniki (municipality in Moscow).png |anthem= |anthem_ref= |holiday= |holiday_ref= |federal_subject=Moscow |federal_subject_ref= |adm_ctr_name= |adm_ctr_ref= |no_of_cities_towns= |no_of_urban-type_settlements= |no_of_selsoviets_type1= |no_of_rural_localities= |counts_ref= |mun_formation1= |mun_formation1_ref= |mun_formation1_no_of_urban_settlements= |mun_formation1_no_of_rural_settlements= |mun_formation1_counts_ref= |mun_formation1_leader_title= |mun_formation1_leader_title_ref= |mun_formation1_leader_name= |mun_formation1_leader_name_ref= |mun_formation1_representative_body= |mun_formation1_representative_body_ref= |area_km2= |area_km2_ref= |pop_2010census=57444 |urban_pop_2010census=100% |rural_pop_2010census=0% |pop_latest= |pop_latest_date= |pop_latest_ref= |established_date= |established_date_ref= |website=http://sokolniki.mos.ru/ }} '''Sokolniki District''' ({{langx|ru|райо́н Соко́льники}}) is a district of the Eastern Administrative Okrug of the federal city of Moscow located in the north-east corner of the city. Population: {{ru-census2010|57,444|;}} {{ru-census2002|54,975|.}}

==Etymology== Sokolniki derives its name from the word "{{lang|ru|сокол}}" (''sokol'', meaning "falcon") in view of the Tsar's falcon hunting grounds which were located there, primarily on the territory of the present-day Sokolniki Park. The district also provides the name for one of its metro stations: Sokolniki Metro Station.

==Sports== The district is home to the FC and HC Spartak Moscow. The latter plays its games in the Sokolniki Sports Palace located within Sokolniki Park.

==Miscellaneous== thumb|left|230px|shopping center "Sokolniki" In 2006, after twenty years of construction and changing ownership, a twenty-storey hotel finally opened overlooking the Sokolniki metro station and Sokolniki Square. This hotel is now the Holiday Inn Sokolniki.

In Tolstoy's War and Peace, Pierre fights a duel in Sokolniki.

The Elite House in Sokolniki will soon be one of the largest buildings in the world with DuPont Tyvek used as a weather and water barrier.

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Category:Districts of Moscow Category:Eastern Administrative Okrug