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Kolomna is an ancient city in Moscow Oblast
Moscow Oblast

Moscow Oblast , or Podmoskovye is a federal subjects of Russia of Russia . It is the list of subdivisions of Russia by population Russian federal subject after the city of Moscow....
, Russia
Russia

Russia , or the Russian Federation , is a list of countries spanning more than one continent country extending over much of northern Eurasia....
, situated at the confluence
Confluence (geography)

Confluence, in geography, describes the meeting of two or more bodies of water. It usually refers to the point where a tributary joins a more major river, called the mainstem , when that major river is also the highest Strahler Stream Order in the drainage basin....
 of the Moskva
Moskva River

The Moskva River is a river that flows through the Moscow Oblast and Smolensk Oblasts in Russia, and is a tributary of the Oka River....
 and Oka River
Oka River

Oka is a river in central Russia, the largest right tributary of the Volga. It flows through the regions of Oryol Oblast, Tula Oblast, Kaluga Oblast, Moscow Oblast, Ryazan Oblast, Vladimir Oblast and Nizhny Novgorod Oblast and is navigable over a large part of its total length, as far upstream as to the town of Kaluga....
s. The city was founded in 1177. It is currently the administrative center of Kolomensky District of Moscow Oblast. Population:

Like some other ancient Russian towns, Kolomna has a kremlin
Kolomna Kremlin

Kolomna Kremlin is a very large fortress in Kolomna, Russia.The stone Kolomna Kremlin was built from 1525?1531 under the Russian Tzar Vasily III....
, which is a citadel
Citadel

A citadel is a Fortification for protecting a town, sometimes incorporating a castle. The term derives from the same Latin language root as the word "city", civis, meaning citizen....
 similar to the more famous one in Moscow (it is also built from red brick).






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Kolomna Street Inside the Kremlin
Kolomna is an ancient city in Moscow Oblast
Moscow Oblast

Moscow Oblast , or Podmoskovye is a federal subjects of Russia of Russia . It is the list of subdivisions of Russia by population Russian federal subject after the city of Moscow....
, Russia
Russia

Russia , or the Russian Federation , is a list of countries spanning more than one continent country extending over much of northern Eurasia....
, situated at the confluence
Confluence (geography)

Confluence, in geography, describes the meeting of two or more bodies of water. It usually refers to the point where a tributary joins a more major river, called the mainstem , when that major river is also the highest Strahler Stream Order in the drainage basin....
 of the Moskva
Moskva River

The Moskva River is a river that flows through the Moscow Oblast and Smolensk Oblasts in Russia, and is a tributary of the Oka River....
 and Oka River
Oka River

Oka is a river in central Russia, the largest right tributary of the Volga. It flows through the regions of Oryol Oblast, Tula Oblast, Kaluga Oblast, Moscow Oblast, Ryazan Oblast, Vladimir Oblast and Nizhny Novgorod Oblast and is navigable over a large part of its total length, as far upstream as to the town of Kaluga....
s. The city was founded in 1177. It is currently the administrative center of Kolomensky District of Moscow Oblast. Population:

Like some other ancient Russian towns, Kolomna has a kremlin
Kolomna Kremlin

Kolomna Kremlin is a very large fortress in Kolomna, Russia.The stone Kolomna Kremlin was built from 1525?1531 under the Russian Tzar Vasily III....
, which is a citadel
Citadel

A citadel is a Fortification for protecting a town, sometimes incorporating a castle. The term derives from the same Latin language root as the word "city", civis, meaning citizen....
 similar to the more famous one in Moscow (it is also built from red brick). Kolomna citadel was a part of the Great Abatis Border
Great Abatis Border

Zasechnaya cherta is a chain of fortification lines, created by Grand Duchy of Moscow and later the Tsardom of Russia to protect it from the raides of the Crimean Tatars who, rapidly moving along the Muravsky Trail, ravaged the southern provinces of Russia during a series of the Russo-Crimean Wars....
. have been preserved and are held in good shape; a museum is located inside.

Transport

Railroad Kolomna is located on the Ryazan line of the Moscow railroad 116 km from Moscow
Moscow

Moscow is the capital and the largest types of inhabited localities in Russia of the Russian Federation. It is also the largest European cities and metropolitan areas, with the Moscow metropolitan area ranking among the largest urban areas in the world....
. In Kolomna there are one railroad terminal named Golutvin and five railroad stations named Kolomna , Shchurovo , Bochmanovo , 6 km, and Sychevo .

Public transport Two bus terminals are located in the city. One bus terminal is in an urban area Golutvin, and the other one is in an urban area "Old Kolomna". In Kolomna there are 10 Tram
Tram

A tram, tramcar, trolley, trolley car, or streetcar is a railroad car, of lighter weight and construction than a train, designed for the transport of passengers within, close to, or between villages, towns and/or cities, on tracks running primarily on streets....
 lines.

Water Kolomna is placed on three big rivers, and has passenger and transport berths. Most known one is the Bochmanovo berth.

Demographics

 Historical populations of Kolomna (figures in thousands)
Year 1897 1926 1939 1959 1962 1967 1970 1973 1976 1979
?opulation 20.9 35 85 118 125 131 136 140 145 146.5
Year 1982 1986 1989 1992 1996 1998 2000 2001 2003 2006
?opulation 151 158 162 163.7 153.6 152.1 150.7 149.6 150.1 148.0


People from Kolomna

  • Sergey Gorshkov
    Sergey Gorshkov

    Admiral of the Fleet of the Soviet Union Sergey Georgiyevich Gorshkov was a Soviet Union naval officer during the Cold War who oversaw the expansion of the Soviet Navy into a global force....
    , Soviet naval officer
  • Filaret
    Filaret, Metropolitan of Moscow

    Filaret , Metropolitan bishop of Moscow , was the most influential figure in the Russian Orthodox Church for more than 40 years, from 1821 to 1867....
    , Metropolitan of Moscow
  • Dmitry Dorofeev
    Dmitry Dorofeev

    Dmitry Anatolyevich Dorofeyev is a Speed skating. Dmitry Dorofeyev won a silver medal in the 500 m at the 2006 Winter Olympics. His second place finish was Russia's first Olympic speed skating medal since 1994....
    , speed skater
  • Mikhail Katukov
    Mikhail Katukov

    Marshal of the Armored Troops Mikhail Efimovich Katukov served as a commander of armored troops in the Red Army during and following World War II....
    , commander of armoured troops in the Red Army
  • Yekaterina Lobysheva
    Yekaterina Lobysheva

    Yekaterina Lobysheva is a Russian Speed skating who won a bronze medal in the Women's team pursuit at the 2006 Winter Olympics....
    , speed skater
  • Mikhail Tyurin
    Mikhail Tyurin

    Mikhail Vladislavovich Tyurin is a Russian cosmonaut....
    , Russian cosmonaut


Other sights

  • Bobrenev cloister
  • Staro-Golutvin cloister
  • Novo-Golutvin cloister
  • Posad
    Posad

    A posad was a town, often surrounded by bulwarks and a moat, by a town or a kremlin, but outside the town/kremlin, or by a monastery in the 10th to 15th centuries....
     with several beautiful churches in it
  • , one of only three 14-century buildings preserved in Moscow Oblast.


Sister cities

  • Molodechno, Belarus
    Belarus

    Belarus is a landlocked country in Eastern Europe, bordered by Russia to the north and east, Ukraine to the south, Poland to the west, and Lithuania and Latvia to the north....
  • Bauska
    Bauska

    Bauska is a town in Bauska District, in the Zemgale region of southern Latvia. The town is situated at the confluence of the rivers Mu?a and Nemunelis where they form the Lielupe River....
    , Latvia
    Latvia

    Latvia The Latvians are a Baltic peoples culturally related to the Estonians and Lithuanians, with the Latvian language having many similarities with Lithuanian language, but not with the Estonian language....
  • Raleigh
    Raleigh, North Carolina

    Raleigh is the Capital of the state of North Carolina and the List of North Carolina county seats of Wake County, North Carolina. Raleigh is known as the ?City of Oaks? for its many oaks....
    , North Carolina
    North Carolina

    North Carolina is a U.S. state located on the Atlantic Seaboard in the southeastern United States. The state borders South Carolina and Georgia to the south, Tennessee to the west and Virginia to the north....
    , United States
    United States

    The United States of America is a Federal government constitutional republic comprising U.S. state and a federal district. The country is situated mostly in central North America, where its Contiguous United States and Washington, D.C., the Capital districts and territories, lie between the Pacific Ocean and Atlantic Oceans, Borders of the U...
  • Moscow
    Moscow

    Moscow is the capital and the largest types of inhabited localities in Russia of the Russian Federation. It is also the largest European cities and metropolitan areas, with the Moscow metropolitan area ranking among the largest urban areas in the world....
    , Russia
    Russia

    Russia , or the Russian Federation , is a list of countries spanning more than one continent country extending over much of northern Eurasia....


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