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Sokol, Moscow — Area Guide & Where to Stay

The garden-city cottages of the Sokol Settlement mark Sokol, a leafy district of Moscow beside the Aeroport area.

About Sokol

Where to stay in Sokol

The practical side of choosing where to sleep.

Sokol is a leafy residential district of Moscow, better known for its garden-city cottages than its hotels. Beds sit near the Sokol Settlement and the Aeroport area, where quiet cottage lanes meet the wider avenues, close to the metro that carries visitors into the centre. The cottages set the mood.

Stay here if you want a green, low-rise base near the Sokol Settlement and Aviators park, with central Moscow a direct metro ride away. The metro runs straight in.

Things to do in and around Moscow

Ranked by global recognition; descriptions from Wikidata (CC0).

Museums & Galleries

1
  • Museum of Moscow Aviation Institute

Churches & Religious Sites

1
  • All Saints Church Heritage

Castles & Historic Sites

7
  • Sokol Settlement (Moscow) Heritage
  • Vsekhsvyatskoye Heritage
  • Victory Bridge Heritage
  • Памятник космонавту Волкову Heritage
  • Памятник Яковлеву Heritage
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  • Статуя воина (Войковский) Heritage
  • Статуя женщины-воина (Войковский) Heritage

Nature & Outdoors

1
  • Aviators park (Moscow) Heritage

Parks & Gardens

1
  • Сквер Дивизий Московского Народного Ополчения Heritage

Landmarks & Notable Places

8
  • Sokol Heritage
  • Leningrad cinema Heritage
  • Serebryany Bor station Heritage
  • Vsekokhudozhnik factory and art school Heritage
  • Fire station No.19, Moscow Heritage
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  • Vsekhsvyatsky campus, Moscow Heritage
  • Общежитие Московского авиационного института Heritage
  • улица Алабяна 8 / Малый Песчаный переулок 2А Heritage
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About Sokol

What are the main landmarks in Sokol?

Sokol carries an unusual mix of landmarks. The Sokol Settlement of garden cottages is the centrepiece, while the All Saints Church recalls the old village of Vsekhsvyatskoye and the Museum of Moscow Aviation Institute keeps the district's aviation link. Alabyan Street runs through it.

Aviators park, the Victory Bridge, and the Monument to Fidel Castro round out a set that ranges from garden suburb to Soviet memory.

What is the history of Sokol?

Sokol grew from an old village and a garden city. The village of Vsekhsvyatskoye, with its All Saints Church, held the ground first, and the cooperative cottages of the Sokol Settlement rose beside it as one of the early garden suburbs. The district dates to 1938.

From that founding, Sokol took its name from the settlement and became the leafy quarter of Moscow it remains.

Where is Sokol?

Sokol lies in Moscow around the garden cottages of the Sokol Settlement, beside the Aeroport area and the old village of Vsekhsvyatskoye.

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Updated October 2026