Western Administrative Okrug
Western Administrative Okrug, or Zapadny Administrativny Okrug, is one of the twelve high-level territorial divisions of the federal city of Moscow, Russia. As of the 2010 Census, its population was 1,285,914, up from 1,049,104 recorded during the 2002 Census.| Tap on a place to explore it |
- Type: administrative okrug of Moscow with 1,430,000 residents
- Description: administrative okrug of Moscow
- Also known as: “ZAO”
- Historically known as: “Solntsevskiy Rayon”
- Neighbors: Central Moscow
Places of Interest
Highlights include Stalin’s Dacha and Church of the Intercession at Fili.
Stalin’s Dacha
Photo: Eva Dahlbeck, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Stalin's Dacha, also known as the Kuntsevo Dacha, was Joseph Stalin's personal residence between Moscow and Davydkovo, where he lived for the last two decades of his life and died on 5 March 1953.
Church of the Intercession at Fili
Church
Photo: Ludvig14, CC BY-SA 3.0.
The Church of the Intercession at Fili is a Naryshkin baroque church commissioned by the boyar Lev Naryshkin in his suburban estate Fili; the territory has belonged to City of Moscow since 1935.
Victory Park
Metro station
Photo: Robert Montgomery, CC BY 2.0.
Park Pobedy is a station of the Moscow Metro in the city's Dorogomilovo District. It is on two lines: the Arbatsko-Pokrovskaya line and the Kalininsko-Solntsevskaya line.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Khoroshyovo-Mnyovniki District and Fili-Davydkovo District.
Khoroshyovo-Mnyovniki District
Suburb
Photo: Sbarichev, Public domain.
Khoroshyovo-Mnyovniki – sometimes spelled Khoroshyovo-Mnevniki or Khoroshevo-Mnevniki due to common replacement of letter "yo" with "ye" in Russian – is a neighborhood of North-Western Borough of the federal city of Moscow, Russia. Khoroshyovo-Mnyovniki District is situated 4 km north of Western Administrative Okrug.
Fili-Davydkovo District
Suburb
Photo: Nemchinvk, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Fili-Davydkovo District is an administrative district of Western Administrative Okrug, and one of the 125 raions of Moscow, Russia. It is named after the former villages Fili and Davydkovo.
Filyovsky Park District
Suburb
Filyovsky Park District is a district of Western Administrative Okrug of the federal city of Moscow, Russia. The district is 6.5 km west of the center of the city, and its northern and eastern borders are the Moskva River.
Western Administrative Okrug
- Location: Moscow, Moscow Oblast, Central Russia, Russia, Eastern Europe, Europe
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In Other Languages
From Armenian to Western Armenian—“Western Administrative Okrug” goes by many names.
- Armenian: “Արևմտյան վարչական շրջան”
- Basque: “Mendebaldeko barrutia”
- Belarusian: “Заходняя адміністрацыйная акруга”
- Bulgarian: “Западен административен окръг”
- Catalan: “Districte Administratiu Occidental”
- Cebuano: “Zapadnyy Administrativnyy Okrug”
- Chinese: “Sai-pō͘ Hêng-chèng-khu”
- Chinese: “西行政区”
- Croatian: “Zapadni upravni okrug”
- Czech: “ZAO”
- Czech: “Západní administrativní okruh Moskvy”
- Czech: “Západní administrativní okruh”
- Dutch: “Zapadniy administrativniy okroeg”
- Esperanto: “Okcidenta administra arondismento”
- French: “district administratif ouest”
- French: “District administratif ouest”
- Georgian: “დასავლეთი ადმინისტრაციული ოლქი”
- German: “Westlicher Verwaltungsbezirk”
- Hebrew: “המחוז האדמיניסטרטיבי המערבי”
- Hungarian: “Nyugati közigazgatási körzet”
- Italian: “Occidentale”
- Korean: “서부 행정구”
- Korean: “자파드니 구”
- Latin: “Circulus administrativus occidentalis”
- Min Nan Chinese: “Sai-pō͘ Hêng-chèng-khu (Bo̍k-su-kho)”
- Ossetian: “Ныгуылæн административон зылд”
- Polish: “Zachodni okręg administracyjny Moskwy”
- Portuguese: “Distrito administrativo do oeste”
- Russian: “ЗАО”
- Russian: “Западный административный округ”
- Russian: “Западный Административный Округ”
- Scots: “Wastren Admeenistrative Okrug”
- Slovenian: “Zahodno upravno okrožje”
- South Azerbaijani: “وزترن آدمینیستراتیو اوکروق”
- Spanish: “Distrito Administrativo Occidental”
- Tatar: “Көнбатыш административ округ”
- Thai: “เขตปกครองตะวันตก”
- Turkish: “Batı İdari Okrugu”
- Ukrainian: “Західний адміністративний округ”
- Urdu: “مغربی انتظامی آکرگ”
- Vietnamese: “Zapadniy”
- Western Armenian: “Արեւմտեան վարչական շրջան”
Localities in the Area
Explore places such as Mazilovo and Nizhniye Mnevniki.
Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include Gorbushka and Zapadnyy Port.
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