Moscow State Pedagogical University

Moscow State University of Fine Chemical Technologies named after M.V. Lomonosov (traditional abbreviation "MITHT") is one of the oldest universities in the country that offer training in a wide range of specialties in the field of chemical technology. Currently, there are more than 4,500 students in nine areas of undergraduate, 28 master's programs and 23 scientific specialties for training of candidates and doctors of science. In MITHT there are eight dissertation councils for doctoral and PhD theses. Research and teaching activities are performed by more than 400 professors and 158 scientists, including more than 120 doctors of science and professors. Located in Moscow at Vernadsky Avenue, Building 86 (new building complex) and Malaya Pirogovskaya, Building 1 (historic building).

Yugo-Zapadnaya (Russian: Ю́го-За́падная, English: Southwestern), is a station on the Sokolnicheskaya line of the Moscow Metro. The station opened in 1963. The name, Yugo-Zapadnaya, means southwest in Russian and indicates its location in the southwestern part of the city and in the former Yugo-Zapad residential district. It was the southern terminus of the Sokolnicheskaya line until December 8, 2014, when Troparyovo station opened.

The Military Academy of the General Staff of the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation (Russian: Военная академия Генерального штаба Вооруженных Сил Российской Федерации) is the senior staff college of the Russian Armed Forces. The academy is located in Moscow, on 14 Kholzunova Lane. It was founded in 1936 as a Soviet institution, based on higher command courses that had been established at the M. V. Frunze Military Academy, itself founded in 1918. An earlier General Staff Academy had existed during the Imperial period, since 1832. Students were, and probably still are, admitted to the Academy in the ranks of lieutenant colonel, colonel, and General-Major (one star). Most were colonels or newly promoted generals. Officers enter in their late 30s, as a general rule. Officers selected for this academy would have first attended the appropriate service or branch academy (see Military academies in Russia). Graduates who were not already generals or admirals usually were promoted to this rank a short time after completing the course. Length of the academy was only two years, in contrast to the three years for the branch and service academies. Faculty and students of the General Staff Academy were involved in debates over Soviet military restructuring in the last years of the USSR. They became associated with the military reform efforts of Major Vladimir Lopatin and made specific suggestions for deep force reductions.As of 22 November 2017, Colonel General Vladimir Zarudnitsky has been the chief of the academy.

The Russian Presidential Academy of National Economy and Public Administration (RANEPA; Russian: Российская академия народного хозяйства и государственной службы при Президенте Российской Федерации, РАНХиГС) is a federal state-funded institution of higher education located in Moscow, Russia. With the merger of ANE, RAPA, 12 other regional civil service academies in 2010, the newly formed Russian Presidential Academy became on of the larger socioeconomic and humanities universities in Russia and Europe.The Academy consists of 22 faculties, had 55 branches, and includes the Graduate School of Corporate Management (President – acad. Abel Aganbegyan) and delivers professional degree programs including 113 bachelor’s programs, 11 specialist programs, nearly 150 master’s programs and 7 vocational/associate degree programs. It is a Consultative body under the Government of Russian Federation.

Troparyovo-Nikulino District is an administrative district (raion) at the southern edge of Western Administrative Okrug, and one of the 125 raions of Moscow, Russia. The western border is the Moscow Ring Road, and the southern border is Leninsky Prospekt. The area of the district is 11.26 square kilometers (4.35 sq mi). Population: 119,000 (2016 est.)

MIREA — Russian Technological University (RTU MIREA) is The Federal State Budget Educational Institution of Higher Education «MIREA — Russian Technological University» (RTU MIREA) is a higher educational institution in Moscow, which is a modern educational, research and innovation complex.

Troparyovo (Russian: Тропарёво) is a station on the south-western part of the Moscow Metro's Sokolnicheskaya Line. It opened on 8 December 2014 and served as the line terminus until 18 January 2016. It comes next after Yugo-Zapadnaya, the previous terminus of the line until 2014. Two stations beyond Troparyovo, Rumyantsevo and Salaryevo were opened in 2016.

Moscow State Institute of International Relations (MGIMO) (Russian: Московский государственный институт международных отношений (МГИМО), also known as MGIMO University) is an institute of higher education under the umbrella of the Russian Federation Ministry of Foreign Affairs, considered the most elite university in Russia. It is also one of the top social sciences universities "in Russia, Eastern Europe, Central Asia, and BRICS countries", as well as a think tank. MGIMO is reputable for the role of teamwork, analytical thinking, critical reasoning, and strategic planning as aspects of its training methodologies.Henry Kissinger likened it to Harvard and Georgetown because it supplied the diplomatic elite. Currently, it has the lowest acceptance rate and the highest test scores of any university in the country. It is the alma mater of the largest number of Forbes list members and representatives of the political elite according to Forbes Russia.MGIMO offers educational programs in 18 key fields of study, including international relations and regional studies, politics, governance, diplomacy, world economy, law, journalism, foreign trade and management, energy affairs, linguistics, and environmental studies. It offers MBA and Executive MBA programs, and pre-university tutorials. According to the Guinness Book of Records, MGIMO teaches 54 full time languages during every academic term, the most in any academic institution. The university pays special attention to distance learning and digital technologies. Since 2016, MGIMO has been recording and publishing its distance courses at Coursera. As of today, Coursera contains 20 courses by MGIMO professors. MGIMO has integrated an LMS (Electronic Learning Management System) in the educational process. Moodle and Stepik (Russia) platforms are used as well. MGIMO has three campuses – in Moscow, in the Moscow Region and in Tashkent (Uzbekistan) as well as an educational centre for law studies in Geneva, Switzerland. MGIMO is a centre for the Russian-French Trianon Dialogue, the Russian-Czech Discussion Forum, the Russian-Austrian forum Sochi Dialogue, ASEAN Centre.

Pirogov Russian National Research Medical University (formerly known as Russian State Medical University or RSMU) is a medical higher education institution in Moscow, Russia founded in 1906. It is fully accredited and recognized by Russia's Ministry of Education and Science and is currently under the authority of the Ministry of Health and Social Development.Named after Russian surgeon and pedagogue N.I. Pirogov (1810-1888)..

The German School Moscow "Friedrich-Joseph Haass" (German: Deutsche Schule Moskau, Russian: Немецкая школа в Москве) is a German-language private school in Troparyovo-Nikulino District, Western Administrative Okrug, Moscow, Russia. The German Foreign Office and the Central Agency for German Schools Abroad support the school.

Olympic Village (Russian: Олимпийская деревня) is a residential microdistrict in the west of Moscow in the Troparevo-Nikulino area, built in 1977–1980 as part of a program to prepare for the XXII Summer Olympic Games for the accommodation of their participants. When designing it, a standard series of residential panel houses was used, and the construction of household buildings envisaged by the project made it possible to transfer the microdistrict to the city after the end of the Olympics. In addition, some of the buildings house cultural institutions.

Moscow metropolitan area (Russian: Московская агломерация) or Moscow capital region (Russian: Московский столичный регион) is the largest metropolitan area in Russia and Europe, with a population of around 20 million. It consists of the city of Moscow and parts of the surrounding Moscow Oblast. The related terms Moscow region (Russian: Московский регион - Moskovsky region) or Moscow and the Oblast (Russian: Москва и область) describe of the combined territories of the city of Moscow and the whole of Moscow Oblast. These are used in meteorology, geography, aviation, transport, broadcasting, telecommunications, business, etc. In politics, government, organizations and small business, according to the Constitution of Russia, there are two separated federal subjects of Russia with their governments, parliaments and own law. De jure there is no united Moscow region.