Pokrovsky Hills
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Pokrovsky Hills is a gated community
Gated community
In its modern form, a gated community is a form of residential community or housing estate containing strictly-controlled entrances for pedestrians, bicycles, and automobiles, and often characterized by a closed perimeter of walls and fences. Gated communities usually consist of small residential...

 in the north-west part of Moscow
Moscow
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, Russia
Russia
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. The residential community consists of 100 townhouse
Townhouse
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s (after the first part of construction, total is planned to be 260). The neighborhood is mostly consisted of foreigners as it is adjacent to the Anglo-American School of Moscow
Anglo-American School of Moscow
The Anglo-American School of Moscow in Moscow, Russia, is an independent, non-profit, co-educational, international day school catering for students aged between the ages of 4 and 18, chartered by the American, British and Canadian embassies. It is located in the suburbs of Moscow...

. Pokrovsky Hills is situated in a hilly and wooded area with narrow streets.

The nearest metro
Moscow Metro
The Moscow Metro is a rapid transit system serving Moscow and the neighbouring town of Krasnogorsk. Opened in 1935 with one line and 13 stations, it was the first underground railway system in the Soviet Union. As of 2011, the Moscow Metro has 182 stations and its route length is . The system is...

 station is Tushinskaya
Tushinskaya
Tushinskaya is a station on the Tagansko-Krasnopresnenskaya Line of the Moscow Metro. It was designed by I.G. Petukhova and V.P. Kachurinets and opened on December 30, 1975. The station was built to a modified standard design, with gray-blue marble pillars and white marble walls with inlaid zigzag...

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