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Town in Moscow Oblast, Russia From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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
Яхрома | |
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Coordinates: 56°17′N 37°28′E | |
Country | Russia |
Federal subject | Moscow Oblast[1] |
Administrative district | Dmitrovsky District[1] |
Town | Yakhroma[1] |
Founded | 1841 |
Town status since | 1940 |
Elevation | 150 m (490 ft) |
Population | |
• Total | 13,214 |
• Capital of | Town of Yakhroma[1] |
• Municipal district | Dmitrovsky Municipal District[3] |
• Urban settlement | Yakhroma Urban Settlement[3] |
• Capital of | Yakhroma Urban Settlement[3] |
Time zone | UTC+3 (MSK [4]) |
Postal code(s)[5] | 141840 |
OKTMO ID | 46608105001 |
Website | www |
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).
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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