Lefortovo District (Moscow) | third-level administrative division

 district, invisible, third-level administrative division

Administrative district (raion) of South-Eastern Administrative Okrug, one of the 125 raions of Moscow, Russia. Its area is 9.15 square kilometres (3.53 sq mi). Population: 91,176 (2010 Census).

It is named after a close associate of Tsar Peter I the Great Franz Lefort, whose troops were stationed nearby at the German Quarter. The district is considered to be founded in 1699, when a series of palaces were built for the Russian emperors and the nobility. 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 park and the Lefortovo tunnel on the Third Ring. Several higher educational institutions located in Lefortovo, such as Moscow Power Engineering Institute.