Babushkinsky District, Moscow

District in Moscow, Russia

Babushkinsky District, Moscow Бабушкинский район
District
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Location of Babushkinsky District, Moscow on the map of Moscow
Coordinates: 55°52′11″N 37°39′52″E / 55.86972°N 37.66444°E / 55.86972; 37.66444
Country	Russia
Federal subject	Moscow
Population
• Estimate (2018)^[1]	88,296
Time zone	UTC+3 (MSK ^[2])
OKTMO ID	45351000
Website	http://babushkinsky.mos.ru/

Babushkinsky District, Moscow (Russian: Ба́бушкинский райо́н) is an administrative district (raion) situated within the North-Eastern Administrative Okrug, and one of the 125 raions of Moscow, Russia.^[3] The area of the district is 5.07 square kilometers (1.96 sq mi).

It is named after the famous pilot and polar explorer Mikhail Babushkin, who was born in this area. Prior to renaming in 1939, the region was known as Bordino. In 1960 it was incorporated into Moscow and became an urbanized area. Many streets and landmarks in Babushkinsky, as well as the neighboring districts of Losinoostrovsky and Yaroslavsky are named in honor of various polar explorers.

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^ "26. Численность постоянного населения Российской Федерации по муниципальным образованиям на 1 января 2018 года". Federal State Statistics Service. Retrieved 23 January 2019.
^ "Об исчислении времени". Официальный интернет-портал правовой информации (in Russian). 3 June 2011. Retrieved 19 January 2019.
^ Государственный комитет Российской Федерации по статистике. Комитет Российской Федерации по стандартизации, метрологии и сертификации. №ОК 019-95 1 января 1997 г. «Общероссийский классификатор объектов административно-территориального деления. Код 45», в ред. изменения №278/2015 от 1 января 2016 г.. (State Statistics Committee of the Russian Federation. Committee of the Russian Federation on Standardization, Metrology, and Certification. #OK 019-95 January 1, 1997 Russian Classification of Objects of Administrative Division (OKATO). Code 45, as amended by the Amendment #278/2015 of January 1, 2016. ).