It occupies the northeastern and eastern parts of Kazan, and is the most populous district of the city.
The district has one of the three largest in the city and the latest among them the time construction (1990s) "sleeping" area Azino (south-eastern part of the area), residential areas along the Siberian tract and Arskii fields Territories microdistricts Tankodrom, Adel Kutuy (in common parlance - Adelka), a large urban-type settlement Derbyshki and several other peripheral settlements, including included in the city of Kazan has recently (in 1998 and 2004) as well as several large industrial enterprises in industrial zones.
The district extends seal of existing and new construction of "sleeping" microdistricts of mass residential development - Kazan - XXI (formerly Takeoff in place of the old airport) Culon-stroy and other.
According to the general plan of city development, planned renovation of the residential quarters of industrial zones along the street Guards in south-western part of the district, as well as the newly annexed to the city (in 2004.)
Unused areas - development through enterprise, derived from the inner city, industrial area east of Kazankompressormash) and the construction of no less than Azino new "sleeping" area of mass multi-storey buildings Zanoksinskiy-Novoe Azino, Azino-east of the locality Voznesenskoye.