 Throughout the raion there are remnants of the Soviet fortified district (so called Kiev Ukrep-Raion) in form of so-called the "Long-term Defense Points" (DOTs, see Pillbox (military)).Many of them were simply left by the Stalinist troops during the 1941 battle of Kiev (also known as the Kiev Cauldron).The raion administration consists of legislative, executive and judicial branches of government.