The federal city of Moscow, Russia is divided into administrative districts called administrative okrugs, which are a subdivision of state administration. They are further divided into municipal formations called districts (raions) and settlements (poseleniy), which are local self-government entities.
Overview
Administratively, the city is divided into 12 administrative okrugs, which in turn are subdivided into 146 administrative units, which include 125 administrative districts and 21 administrative settlements. Municipally, each of the 146 administrative units have municipal status as 125 municipal okrugs, 19 municipal settlements, and 2 urban okrugs. The municipalities of Shcherbinka and Troitsk are styled "urban okrugs" due to their former municipal status within the territory in Moscow Oblast which became New Moscow.
The city does not have a downtown area; the urban core is scattered across the city. Prominent business areas include Tverskoy, Arbat, and Presnensky Districts (the latter being home to the Moscow-City complex). Central Administrative Okrug as a whole has a large concentration of businesses. The city hall and major administration buildings are located in Tverskoy District (home to the Moscow Kremlin). Western Administrative Okrug is home to Moscow State University, Sparrow Hills and Mosfilm Studios, while North-Eastern hosts Ostankino Tower and VDNKh Exhibition Park. The total population of the Federal City of Moscow was 11,503,501 inhabitants at the Russian Census (2010).
On July 1, 2012, Moscow's land area grew by 1,490 sq km (580 sq mi), taking in territory from Moscow Oblast and called New Moscow.
Administrative okrugs
Central Administrative Okrug
The territory of Kitay-gorod is not a part of any district and is governed directly by the administrative okrug.
Northern Administrative Okrug
North-Eastern Administrative Okrug
Eastern Administrative Okrug
South-Eastern Administrative Okrug
Southern Administrative Okrug
South-Western Administrative Okrug
Western Administrative Okrug
North-Western Administrative Okrug
Zelenogradsky Administrative Okrug
Novomoskovsky Administrative Okrug
Troitsky Administrative Okrug
Territorial units with special status
Former territorial units with special status (Russian: территориальная единица с особым статусом, ТЕОС) which existed in 1995–2002, and were not part of the districts in which they were located:
- Bitsa Park, Moscow
- Izmaylovsky Park
- Losiny Ostrov National Park
- Sokolniki Park
- ZIL
- Zelenogradskaya
- Moscow State University
- Sheremetyevsky
- Southwestern Center of Science and Industry
- Vodny Stadion
- Moscow International Business Center
- Kuzminki–Lyublino
- Kitay-gorod
All territorial units with special status were merged into districts in 2002.
History
Russian Empire
Russian Soviet Federative Socialist Republic
- 1917–1920
In 1917 Moscow was divided into 8 districts. In October 1917 Moscow was divided into 11 districts.
- 1920–1936
In 1936 Moscow was divided into 7 districts.
- 1936–1960
In 1936 Moscow was divided into 23 districts.
- 1960–1969
In 1960 Moscow was divided into 17 districts.
- 1969–1991
In 1969 Moscow was divided into 30 districts:
- Central part of Moscow
- Sokolnichesky
- Baumansky
- Kalininsky
- Zhdanovsky
- Proletarsky
- Moskvoretsky
- Oktyabrsky
- Leninsky
- Kievsky
- Krasnopresnensky
- Frunzensky
- Sverdlovsky
- Dzerzhinsky
- Other districts within the Moscow Ring Road
- Kuybyshevsky
- Pervomaysky
- Perovsky
- Volgogradsky
- Lyublinsky
- Krasnogvardeysky
- Sovetsky
- Cheryomushkinsky
- Gagarinsky
- Kuntsevsky
- Khoroshyovsky (later renamed Voroshilovsky, and then back to Khoroshyovsky)
- Tushinsky
- Leningradsky
- Timiryazevsky
- Kirovsky
- Babushkinsky
- outside the Moscow Ring Road:
- Zelenogradsky
In 1977, Zheleznodorozhny and Sevastopolsky Districts were established. Sevastopolsky District was split off Sovetsky and Cheryomushkinsky Districts, whereas Zheleznodorozhny District was split off Kirovsky and Timiryazevsky Districts.
In 1984, a number of localities which previously belonged to Moscow Oblast were appended to Moscow. In particular, the town of Solntsevo was transferred to Moscow, and Solntsevsky District was established.
Russian Federation
Parts of Moscow Oblast's territory, including the towns of Troitsk, Moskovsky, and Shcherbinka, as well as parts of the territories of Leninsky, Naro-Fominsky, and Podolsky Districts, were transferred to Moscow on July 1, 2012. The new territories have been organized into two new administrative okrugs—Novomoskovsky and Troitsky.
References
External links
- Administrative-territorial structure of Moscow – The official website of the Mayor and the Government of Moscow
- Map of Moscow boundary expansion – The official website of the Mayor and the Government of Moscow
