Sokolniki District is a district in Eastern Administrative Okrug

Eastern Administrative Okrug

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 of Moscow

Moscow

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, Russia

Russia

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; located in the northeast corner of the city. Population:

Sokolniki got its name from the word "" (sokol, meaning "falcon

Falcon

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") in lieu of the Tsar

Tsar

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's falcon hunting grounds which were located there, primarily on the territory of the present-day Sokolniki Park

Sokolniki Park

Sokolniki Park, named for the falcon hunt of the Grand Dukes of Muscovy formerly conducted there, is located in the eponymous Sokolniki District of Moscow. Sokolniki Park is not far from the center of the city, near Sokolnicheskaya Gate. The park gained its name from the Sokolnichya Quarter, the...

. The district also provides the name for one of its metro stations: Sokolniki Metro Station

Sokolniki (Metro)

Sokolniki is a Moscow Metro station in Sokolniki District, Eastern Administrative Okrug, Moscow. It is on the Sokolnicheskaya Line, between Krasnoselskaya and Preobrazhenskaya Ploshchad stations. It is located under Rusakovskaya street at the foot of Sokolnicheskaya Square and was part of the...

.

The district is home to the FC

FC Spartak Moscow

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 and HC Spartak Moscow

HC Spartak Moscow

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. The latter plays its games in the Sokolniki Sports Palace

Sokolniki Arena

Sokolniki Arena or Sokolniki Sports Palace is an indoor sporting arena located in Moscow, Russia. It is located in the Sokolniki District of the city, a fifteen minute walk from Sokolniki metro station, right by Sokolniki Park. Initially it was an outdoor skating rink, roofed in 1973 during the...

, located within Sokolniki Park.

In 2006, after twenty years of construction and changing ownership, a twenty-story hotel had finally opened overlooking the Sokolniki metro station and Sokolniki square. This hotel is now the Holiday Inn

Holiday Inn

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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.