Yakhroma

Yakhroma

Yakhroma ( _ru. Я́хрома) is a town in Dmitrovsky District of Moscow Oblast, Russia, located on the Yakhroma River, km to mi|55 north of Moscow. Population: 13,200 (2005 est.);Fact|date=May 2008 ru-census|p2002=13361|p1989=17499

Yakhroma was founded in 1841 as a settlement servicing a local cloth factory on the Yakroma River. In 1901, Yakhroma railway station was built near the settlement, which later adopted the same name. It was granted town status in 1940.

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