Tagansky District (Moscow)

Administrative district (raion) of Central Administrative Okrug, and one of the 125 raions of Moscow, Russia. Population: 116,744 (2010 Census).
The district takes its name from the former Taganskaya sloboda, where the copper-smiths lived in the 16th century. Tagan is the old Russian word for their product, a trivet to set a pot on (known in English as "brand-iron").
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Coordinates:  55°44'25"N 37°39'57"E
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