Yakhroma

Russia / Moskovskaja Oblast / Yakhroma /

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).
It was founded in 1841 as a settlement servicing a local textile factory on the Yakroma River. 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. 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).
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Coordinates:   56°17'45"N   37°28'54"E
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