Lefortovo District is a district of South-Eastern Administrative Okrug

South-Eastern Administrative Okrug

South-Eastern Administrative Okrug, or Yugo-Vostochny Administrative Okrug , is one of ten administrative okrugs of Moscow. It was founded in 1991 and has an area of...

 of Moscow

Moscow

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, Russia

Russia

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It is named after a close associate of Tsar

Tsar

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 Peter the Great Franz Lefort

Franz Lefort

Franz Lefort was a Russian military figure of Swiss origin, general admiral , and close associate of Peter the Great....

, whose troops were stationed nearby at the German Quarter

German Quarter

German Quarter, also known as the Kukuy Quarter was a neighborhood in the northeast of Moscow, located on the right bank of the Yauza River east of Kukuy Creek , within present-day Basmanny District of Moscow....

. The district is considered to be founded in 1699. In the 18th century it was home to Annenhof, Lefortovo Palace, Sloboda Palace, and Catherine Palace

Catherine Palace (Moscow)

The Catherine Palace is a Neoclassical residence of Catherine II of Russia on the bank of the Yauza River in Lefortovo, Moscow. It should not be confused with the much more famous Catherine Palace in Tsarskoye Selo....

. In later centuries, the district hosted troops and military organizations, and also became heavily industrialized.

The present-day Lefortovo is famous for the Lefortovo prison

Lefortovo prison

Lefortovo prison is a prison in Moscow, Russia, which, since 2005, has been under the jurisdiction of the Ministry of Justice of the Russian Federation. It was built in 1881...

, Lefortovo park and the Lefortovo tunnel

Lefortovo tunnel

Lefortovo tunnel is a road tunnel in the Lefortovo District in Moscow, Russia, opened in 2003. It is a part of the Third Ring Road. At 3.2 km long, it is the third longest in-city tunnel of Europe .The tunnel runs under the Yauza River, and water leaks in at some points...

 on the Third Ring

Third Ring

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. Several higher educational institutions located in Lefortovo, such as Moscow Power Engineering Institute

Moscow Power Engineering Institute

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