Chukhloma
Russia /
Kostroma /
Chukhloma /
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, 1 km from center (Чухлома)
World / Russia / Kostroma
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.
It was first mentioned in chronicles in 1381, and was destroyed during the Time of Troubles. It was granted town status in 1778.
Wikipedia article: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chukhloma
Nearby cities:
Coordinates: 58°45'11"N 42°41'17"E
- Nizhny Novgorod 265 km
- Petrozavodsk 588 km
- Arkhangelsk 682 km
- Saint Petersburg 766 km
- Espoo (City) 1038 km
- Kangasala 1083 km
- Tampere 1106 km
- Ylöjärvi 1124 km
- Alavus centre 1131 km
- Sastamala 1162 km
- Water tower 0.3 km
- Lake Chukhloma 5 km
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