Volokolamsk
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Volokolamsk is a town in Moscow Oblast, Russia, situated northwest of Moscow on the Gorodenka River, and serves as the administrative center for Volokolamsky District. With a population of approximately 25,729 people, it functions as a regional hub for the surrounding area.
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Place details
- Locality
- Волоколамск
- Region
- Московская область
- Country
- Россия
- Population
- 25,000
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- International relations
- Twin towns – sister cities
- In popular culture
- Volokolamsk landfill
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Volokolamsk () is a town and the administrative center of Volokolamsky District in Moscow Oblast, Russia, located on the Gorodenka River, not far from its confluence with the Lama River, northwest of Moscow. Population: 25,729 (2024 Estimate);
==History== It was first mentioned in the Voskresensk Chronicle under the year 1135. It was built by Novgorodian merchants on a portage (/Volok) on a waterway from Novgorod to Moscow and Ryazan, hence the name "Volokolamsk" (i.e., "Volok on the Lama"). In 1178, the town was burned by Vsevolod the Big Nest, who added it to Vladimir-Suzdal lands. His son Yaroslav II restored it to Novgorod in 1231. After the Mongol invasion of Rus', the town was divided into two parts: one assigned to Novgorod and another one to the Grand Dukes of Vladimir. The Principality of Tver failed to take it in 1273.