Yakhroma

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Yakhroma (Russian: Я́хрома) is a town in Dmitrovsky District of Moscow Oblast, Russia, located on the Yakhroma River, 55 kilometers (34 mi) north of Moscow. Population: 13,214(2010 Census);[2] 13,361(2002 Census);[6] 17,499(1989 Soviet census).[7]

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Yakhroma is located in Russia
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Location of Yakhroma
Yakhroma is located in Moscow Oblast
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Yakhroma (Moscow Oblast)
Coordinates: 56°17′N 37°28′E
CountryRussia
Federal subjectMoscow Oblast[1]
Administrative districtDmitrovsky District[1]
TownYakhroma[1]
Founded1841
Town status since1940
Elevation
150 m (490 ft)
Population
  Total
13,214
  Capital ofTown of Yakhroma[1]
  Municipal districtDmitrovsky Municipal District[3]
  Urban settlementYakhroma Urban Settlement[3]
  Capital ofYakhroma Urban Settlement[3]
Time zoneUTC+3 (MSK [4])
Postal code(s)[5]
141840
OKTMO ID46608105001
Websitewww.yaxroma.ru
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History

It was founded in 1841 as a settlement servicing a local textile factory on the Yakroma River.[citation needed] In 1901, a railway station, which later adopted the same name, was built near the settlement on the Moscow (Savyolovsky)–Kimry (Savyolovo) line. The settlement was granted town status in 1940.[citation needed] On 27.11.1941 Germany, briefly took the Moscow-Volga Bridgehead at, what they called, Jachroma, with its railway station, a day after reaching the outskirts of Kashira (Kaschira).

Administrative and municipal status

Within the framework of administrative divisions, it is, together with thirty-seven rural localities, incorporated within Dmitrovsky District as the Town of Yakhroma.[1] As a municipal division, the Town of Yakhroma is incorporated within Dmitrovsky Municipal District as Yakhroma Urban Settlement.[3]

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