The district contains the eastern half of the historical Zamoskvorechye District, its western half administered by the Yakimanka District, and the territories of Zatsepa Street and Paveletsky Rail Terminal south of the Garden Ring. The boundary between Yakimanka District and Zamoskvorechye District follows Balchug Street and Bolshaya Ordynka Street (north of Garden Ring), and Korovy Val Street and Mytnaya Street (south of Garden Ring).