Moscow is a city with a special status. It is the capital of the Russian Federation and home to almost 13 million people. The territorial division of Moscow implies the existence of administrative districts, regions and settlements in its composition. The latter appeared only recently, during the implementation of the project to expand the capital's area. The Northern Administrative District is one of the largest in Moscow. It consists of 16 districts, in which 1.2 million people live.
Features of capital management
Moscow is divided into 12 administrative districts. They include 125 districts and 21 settlements. The latest changes regarding the administrative-territorial structure of Moscow occurred in 2012. Then two new districts were formed. They included 21 settlements, territorial units that were not previously part of the capital. In fact, the Novomoskovsky and Troitsky okrugs formed during the implementation of the project to expand Moscow are currently managed as a single entity.
Northern administrative district of Moscow: description
Back in the last century, there was a countryside. On the territory of Moscow there were only the Yamskoye Pole, Petrovsky Park and Butyrskaya Sloboda. The border between the Zemstvo and the city passed first along Skakova Street, and then along Pegovsky Lane. The modern Northern Administrative District is located in a territory that has never been a single entity. The local villages belonged to four different volosts. Most of them were small. One hundred to two hundred people lived in them. The only industrial enterprise was a weaving mill.
Of great importance for the development of this territory was the St. Petersburg Road. Another factor was the laying of railways. The district was formed on the territory of several areas that existed under the Soviet Union. Among them are Zheleznodorozhny, Leningradsky, Timiryazevsky, Frunze, part of Krasnopresnensky and Sverdlovsky. It is of key importance for the life of the city and has good scientific and industrial potential.
