Basmanny District is a
district of
Central Administrative Okrug of the
federal city of
Moscow,
Russia. Population:
The district extends northeast from
Kitai-gorod, within the radial boundaries of Vorontsovo Pole Street and
Yauza River in the south and Myasnitskaya Street and Novaya Basmannaya Street in the north. It also includes the territory of Lefortovo Hospital on the opposite, southern bank of Yauza (between the river and Gospitalny Val Street). Historical Lefortovskaya Square also lies within Basmanny District, on the
northern side of Yauza.