Gorokhovets, Vladimir Oblast

Gorokhovets (Russian Гороховец ) is a town in Vladimir Oblast (Russia) with 14,016 inhabitants (as of October 14, 2010 ).

Geography

The city is located about 150 km east of Oblasthauptstadt Vladimir on the right, the high bank of the Klyazma, a left tributary of the opening into the Volga River Oka.

Gorokhovets is the administrative center of the homonymous Rajons.

History

Gorokhovets was first mentioned in 1158 as a base in the east of the Principality of Vladimir - Suzdal in records and was considered as a de facto city. In 1239 it was destroyed by the Mongols.

In the 14th century Gorokhovets was administered by Nizhny Novgorod, to which was attached to the principality in 1392 to the Grand Duchy of Moscow. Until 1619 it retained its military functions as a fortress.

Its heyday was the place in the 17th century, when it was known for its tanneries, mills and a blacksmith. In 1778 he received the formal city status as the administrative center of a circle ( Ujesds ).

In the 19th century Gorokhovets was local commercial center of an agricultural area, mainly for cereals and linseed.

Demographics

Note: Census data (1939 rounded)

Culture and sights

As the economic boom of the late 19th century and the industrialization of the Soviet period the city had only a relatively small impact, the old city is well preserved.

Architectural monuments include the St. Nicholas Monastery, founded in 1643 ( Никольский монастырь / Nikolski monastyr ) with the Trinity- Nikolai-Kirche ( Троице - Никольская церковь / Troize - Nikolskaja Tserkov ) from 1681 to 1686, the Church of the Resurrection ( Воскресенская церковь / Woskressenskaja Tserkov ) from the last quarter of the 17th century, the Annunciation Cathedral ( Благовещенский собор / Blagoveshchensky sobor ) of 1700, and the Convent of the presentation of the Lord ( Сретенский монастырь / Sretensky monastyr ) and Church of 1689th About two dozen preserved stone merchant houses also come from the second half of the 17th century.

The city has a historical and architectural museum and a natural history museum.

Economy and infrastructure

In Gorokhovets there is a work for lifting equipment, a shipyard, as well as companies in the food industry.

Tourism plays a significant role in the sometimes to the Golden Ring city counted.

The main train station than twelve kilometers from the village Welikowo at the 1862 opened railway line Moscow - Nizhny Novgorod ( kilometer 363 ), on which today runs a lot of the features of the Trans-Siberian railway on its western part from Moscow.

By Gorokhovets the highway leads M7 Moscow - Nizhny Novgorod -Kazan - Ufa (part of European route 22).

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