Lefortovo District

Lefortovo District

Lefortovo District ( _ru. район Лефортово) is a district of South-Eastern Administrative Okrug of Moscow, Russia. Population: 87,560 (2002 Census).

It is named after a close associate of Tsar Peter I the Great Franz Lefort, whose troops were stationed nearby at the German Quarter. The district is considered to be founded in 1699, when a series of palaces were built for the Russian emperors and the nobility. In later centuries, the district hosted troops and military organizations, and also became heavily industrialized.

The present-day Lefortovo is famous for the Lefortovo prison, Lefortovo park and the Lefortovo tunnel on the Third Ring. Several higher educational institutions located in Lefortovo, such as Moscow Power Engineering Institute.

ee also

*German Quarter
*Vvedenskoye Cemetery


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