Central Administrative Okrug
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For other entities called "Central District" or "Tsentralny District", see Tsentralny District.
Central Administrative District, or Tsentralny Administrative Okrug (Russian: Центральный административный округ), is an administrative okrug of Moscow within the Kamer-Kollezhny Bank. Area: ca. 66 square km, population (2002 census): 701,353. The okrug, governed by the prefecture, encompasses eleven districts:
- Arbat
- Basmanny
- Khamovniki
- Kitai-Gorod
- Krasnoselsky
- Meshchansky
- Presnensky
- Tagansky
- Tverskoy
- Yakimanka
- Zamoskvorechye
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The Borovitskiy hill, from which the colonization of Moscow began, is depicted under Yury Dolgoruky. The purple background symbolizes the supreme power of Russia, concentrated in Central Administrative Okrug. The gold unicorn was a traditional symbol of Russian tsars. Below him an ancient Kremlin white-stone wall is featured.
