Basmanny

Basmanny District is a district of Central Administrative Okrug of the federal city of Moscow, Russia. Population: 108,204; 100,899.The district extends northeast from Kitai-gorod, within the radial boundaries of Vorontsovo Pole Street and Yauza River in the south and Myasnitskaya Street and Novaya Basmannaya Street in the north. It also includes the territory of Lefortovo Hospital on the opposite, southern bank of Yauza. Historical Lefortovskaya Square also lies within Basmanny District, on the northern side of Yauza.

The district contains Kursky Rail Terminal, historical areas of Khitrovka, Clean Ponds, Red Gates, German Quarter and Basmannaya Sloboda. It retains memorial buildings of Petrine Baroque, Neoclassicism and Art Nouveau periods. Its history is closely associated with Peter I of Russia, Matvey Kazakov and Alexander Pushkin. The district is home to Russia's largest engineering college, Moscow State Technical University.