Kokhma (russian: Ко́хма) is a
town
A town is a human settlement. Towns are generally larger than villages and smaller than cities, though the criteria to distinguish between them vary considerably in different parts of the world.
Origin and use
The word "town" shares an o ...
in
Ivanovo Oblast
Ivanovo Oblast (russian: Ива́новская о́бласть, ''Ivanovskaya oblast'') is a federal subject of Russia (an oblast). It had a population of 927,828 as of the 2021 Russian Census.
Its three largest cities are Ivanovo (the ...
,
Russia
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, located on the
Uvod River
The Uvod (russian: У́водь) is a river in Ivanovo and Vladimir Oblasts in Russia, a left tributary of the Klyazma (Volga's basin).Klyazma
The Klyazma (, ''Klyaz'ma''), a river in the Moscow, Nizhny Novgorod, Ivanovo and Vladimir Oblasts in Russia, forms a left tributary of the Oka.[tributary
A tributary, or affluent, is a stream or river that flows into a larger stream or main stem (or parent) river or a lake. A tributary does not flow directly into a sea or ocean. Tributaries and the main stem river drain the surrounding drai ...]
) southeast of
Ivanovo
Ivanovo ( rus, Иваново, p=ɪˈvanəvə) is a city in Russia. It is the administrative center and largest city of Ivanovo Oblast, located northeast of Moscow and approximately from Yaroslavl, Vladimir and Kostroma. Ivanovo has a popu ...
. Population:
History
It was first mentioned in 1619 as the village of Rozhdestvenskoye-Kokhma (). Town status was granted to it in 1925.
Administrative and municipal status
Within the
framework of administrative divisions, it is incorporated as the
Town
A town is a human settlement. Towns are generally larger than villages and smaller than cities, though the criteria to distinguish between them vary considerably in different parts of the world.
Origin and use
The word "town" shares an o ...
of Kokhma—an administrative unit with the status equal to that of the
districts
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. As a
municipal division, the Town of Kokhma is incorporated as Kokhma Urban Okrug.
[Law #124-OZ]
Economy
*Cotton mill
*Flax-spinning and weaving mill
*''
Strommashina'' machine-building factory
References
External links
Official website of Kokhma
*Mojgorod.ru
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Cities and towns in Ivanovo Oblast
Shuysky Uyezd