title: Moskovsky District, Saint Petersburg
text: # Moskovsky District, Saint Petersburg
  
  Moskovsky District (Russian: Моско́вский райо́н) is a district of the federal city of St. Petersburg, Russia. As of the 2010 Census, its population was 288,744; up from 275,884 recorded in the 2002 Census.
  
  ## History
  
  The district was established in 1919.
  
  The 2nd People's Militia Division was formed rapidly in this district in 1941 in the face of the advancing German armies.
  
  ## Municipal divisions
  
  Moskovsky District comprises the following five municipal okrugs:
  
  * Gagarinskoye
  * Moskovskaya zastava
  * Novoizmaylovskoye
  * Pulkovsky meridian
  * Zvyozdnoye
  