Kostroma
| Kostroma (English) Кострома (Russian) |
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 Fire-observation watchtower in Kostroma (1825-1828) |
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| Administrative status (as of April 2014) | |
| Country | Russia |
| Federal subject | Kostroma Oblast |
| Administratively subordinated to | city of oblast significance of Kostroma |
| Administrative center of | Kostroma Oblast,Kostromskoy District, city of oblast significance of Kostroma |
| Municipal status (as of March 2014) | |
| Urban okrug | Kostroma Urban Okrug |
| Administrative center of | Kostroma Urban Okrug, Kostromskoy Municipal District |
| Head | Yuri Zhurin |
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| Population (2010 Census) | 268,742 inhabitants |
| - Rank in 2010 | 69th |
| Time zone | MSK (UTC+03:00) |
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| City status since | 1719 |
| Postal code(s) | 156XXX |
| Dialing code(s) | +7 4942 |
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Kostroma (Russian: Кострома; IPA: [kəstrɐˈma]) is a historic city and the administrative center of Kostroma Oblast, Russia. A part of the Golden Ring of Russian towns, it is located at the confluence of the Volga and Kostroma Rivers. Population: 268,742 (2010 Census);278,750 (2002 Census);278,414 (1989 Census).
The city was first recorded in the chronicles for the year 1213, but historians believe it could have been founded by Yury Dolgoruky more than half a century earlier, in 1152. Like other towns of the Eastern Rus, Kostroma was sacked by the Mongols in 1238. It then constituted a small principality, under leadership of Prince Vasily the Drunkard, a younger brother of the famous Alexander Nevsky. Upon inheriting the grand ducal title in 1271, Vasily didn't leave the town for Vladimir, and his descendants ruled Kostroma for another half a century, until the town was bought by Ivan I of Moscow.
As one of the northernmost towns of the Grand Duchy of Moscow, Kostroma served for grand dukes as a place of retreat when enemies besieged Moscow in 1382, 1408, and 1433. In 1375, the town was looted by Novgorod pirates (ushkuiniks). The spectacular growth of the city in the 16th century may be attributed to the establishment of trade connections with English and Dutch merchants (Muscovy Company) through the northern port of Archangel. Boris Godunov had the Ipatiev and Epiphany monasteries rebuilt in stone. The construction works were finished just in time for the city to witness some of the most dramatic events of the Time of Troubles.
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