Chukhloma

Russia / Kostroma / Chukhloma /
 city, district center

Town and the administrative center of Chukhlomsky District in Kostroma Oblast, Russia, located on Lake Chukhloma, 50 kilometers (31 mi) from the railway node Galich and 171 kilometers (106 mi) northeast of Kostroma, the administrative center of the oblast. Population: 4,252 (2021 Census). From a substrate Finno-Ugric language (cf. Proto-Uralic *ćukkз 'hill, peak', referring to the landscape around the town). Max Vasmer supported the theory of relationship between the name of Chukhloma and the ethnonyms like Chud or Chukhna, but it's viewed as folk etymology by Aleksandr Matveyev.
It was first mentioned in chronicles in 1381, and was destroyed during the Time of Troubles. It was granted town status in 1778.
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Coordinates:   58°45'11"N   42°41'17"E

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  • Город оставляет удручающее впечатление. Чувствуется огромная и насыщенная история, русский дух, но всё какое-то зашарпанное и полузабытое. Жители не приветливы. Забытый великий город на периферии жизни.
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