Vysokovsk is a town in Klinsky District

Klinsky District

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 of Moscow Oblast

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, Russia

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, located 99 kilometres (61.5 mi) northwest of Moscow

Moscow

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Vysokovsk was founded in 1879 due to the construction of a textile

Textile

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factory by the Vysokovskaya Manufactory Company . Two minor settlements servicing the factory—Vysokoye and Novy Bazar —grew into a small town, which would be renamed Vysokovsky in 1928. It was granted town status in 1940 and named Vysokovsk.