Peter the Great (born 1672) spent his adolescent years here together with his mother Natalya Naryshkina - exiled by the order of his half-sister the Tsarevna Sophia Alekseyevna of Russia (regent: 1682-1689).

The famous toy army of Peter the Great consisting of Preobrazhensky and Semyonovsky regiments developed here in the 1680s.

Peter began implementing the idea of creating a Russian Navy on the nearby Yauza River.

Lokomotiv association football stadium is located in the district, near Cherkizovskaya metro station.

The stadium hosts FC Lokomotiv Moscow team and many national and UEFA matches.