Kostroma
Sign in to saveKostroma (, ) is a historic city and the administrative center of Kostroma Oblast, Russia. A part of the Golden Ring of Russian cities, it is located at the confluence of the rivers Volga and Kostroma. In the 2021 census, the population is 267,481.
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Kostroma is a historic city in Russia that serves as the administrative center of Kostroma Oblast, situated where the Volga and Kostroma rivers meet. As part of the Golden Ring—a group of culturally significant Russian cities—it had a population of about 267,000 as of the 2021 census.
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- Kostroma
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- Кострома
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- Fire-observation watchtower in Kostroma (1825-1828)
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- Flag of Kostroma (Kostroma Oblast).svg
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- Kostroma Oblast
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- city of oblast significance of Kostroma
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- Kostroma Oblast
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- Kostromskoy District
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16 sectionsContents
- History
- Under the Rurikids
- Under the Romanovs
- During and after the Russian Revolution
- Nuclear power referendum
- Administrative and municipal status
- Geography
- Climate
- Sights and landmarks
- Transportation
- Notable people
- Twin towns – sister cities
- References
- Notes
- Sources
- External links
Kostroma (, ) is a historic city and the administrative center of Kostroma Oblast, Russia. A part of the Golden Ring of Russian cities, it is located at the confluence of the rivers Volga and Kostroma. In the 2021 census, the population is 267,481.
==History== ===Under the Rurikids=== The official founding year of the city is 1152 by Yury Dolgoruky. Since many scholars believe that early Eastern Slavs tribes arrived in modern-day Belarus, Ukraine and western Russia AD 400 to 600, Kostroma could be much older than previously thought.