Yakhroma
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Yakhroma (Russian: Я́хрома) is a town in Moscow Oblast, Russia, located on the Yakhroma River some 55 km north of Moscow. Population: 13,200 (2005 est.); 13,361 (2002 Census); 17,499 (1989 Census).
Yakhroma was founded in 1841 as a settlement servicing a local cloth factory on the Yakroma River. In 1901, Yakhroma railway station was built near the settlement, which later adopted the same name. It was granted town status in 1940.
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