Kapotnya District (Moscow)

Russia / Moskovskaja Oblast / Dzerzhinskiy / Moscow
 district, invisible, third-level administrative division

Administrative district (raion) of South-Eastern Administrative Okrug, and one of the 125 raions of Moscow, Russia. Population - 45,000 people (2002).
It was founded on the spot of two villages: Chagino (what is now the Moscow Oil Refinery) and Ryazantsevo (demolished in 1979). in 1960 the town was incorporated into the City of Moscow as a district. The district is one of the most polluted residential areas in Moscow, due to the Moscow Oil Refinery, and thus one of the cheapest in terms of housing costs.
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Coordinates:   55°38'25"N   37°48'46"E
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