Yakhroma

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]

Yakhroma Яхрома
Town[1]
Yakhroma railway station
Flag Coat of arms
Location of Yakhroma
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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  (2010 Census)[2]
• Total	13,214
Administrative status
• Capital of	Town of Yakhroma[1]
Municipal status
• 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	46515000006
Website	www.yaxroma.ru

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]