Kokhma

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Kokhma (English)
Кохма (Russian)
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Location of Ivanovo Oblast in Russia
Kokhma
Location of Kokhma in Ivanovo Oblast
Coordinates: 56°55′52″N 41°05′20″E / 56.93111°N 41.08889°E / 56.93111; 41.08889Coordinates: 56°55′52″N 41°05′20″E / 56.93111°N 41.08889°E / 56.93111; 41.08889
Coat of arms
Administrative status (as of October 2011)
Country Russia
Federal subject Ivanovo Oblast
Administratively subordinated to Town of Kokhma[citation needed]
Administrative center of Town of Kokhma 
Municipal status (as of January 2005)
Urban okrug Kokhma Urban Okrug[1]
Administrative center of Kokhma Urban Okrug[1]
Statistics
Population (2010 Census) 29,411 inhabitants[2]
Time zone MSK (UTC+04:00)[3]
First mentioned 1619[citation needed]
Town status since 1925[citation needed]
Official website

Kokhma (Russian: Кохма) is a town in Ivanovo Oblast, Russia, located on the Uvod River (Klyazma's tributary) 6 kilometers (3.7 mi) southeast of Ivanovo. Population: 29,411 (2010 Census);[2] 28,761 (2002 Census);[4] 26,962 (1989 Census).[5]

History

It was first mentioned in 1619 as the village of Rozhdestvenskoye-Kokhma (Рожде́ственское-Кохма).[citation needed] Town status was granted to it in 1925.[citation needed]

Administrative and municipal status

Within the framework of administrative divisions, it is incorporated as the Town of Kokhma—an administrative unit with the status equal to that of the districts.[citation needed] As a municipal division, the Town of Kokhma is incorporated as Kokhma Urban Okrug.[1]

Economy

  • Cotton mill
  • Flax-spinning and weaving mill
  • Strommashina machine-building factory[6]

References

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 Law #124-OZ
  2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 "Всероссийская перепись населения 2010 года. Том 1" [2010 All-Russian Population Census, vol. 1]. Всероссийская перепись населения 2010 года (2010 All-Russia Population Census) (in Russian). Federal State Statistics Service. 2011. Retrieved June 29, 2012. 
  3. ↑ Правительство Российской Федерации. Постановление №725 от 31 августа 2011 г. «О составе территорий, образующих каждую часовую зону, и порядке исчисления времени в часовых зонах, а также о признании утратившими силу отдельных Постановлений Правительства Российской Федерации». Вступил в силу по истечении 7 дней после дня официального опубликования. Опубликован: "Российская Газета", №197, 6 сентября 2011 г. (Government of the Russian Federation. Resolution #725 of August 31, 2011 On the Composition of the Territories Included into Each Time Zone and on the Procedures of Timekeeping in the Time Zones, as Well as on Abrogation of Several Resolutions of the Government of the Russian Federation. Effective as of after 7 days following the day of the official publication.).
  4. ↑ "Численность населения России, субъектов Российской Федерации в составе федеральных округов, районов, городских поселений, сельских населённых пунктов – районных центров и сельских населённых пунктов с населением 3 тысячи и более человек" [Population of Russia, its federal districts, federal subjects, districts, urban localities, rural localities—administrative centers, and rural localities with population of over 3,000]. Всероссийская перепись населения 2002 года (All-Russia Population Census of 2002) (in Russian). Federal State Statistics Service. May 21, 2004. Retrieved February 9, 2012. 
  5. ↑ Demoscope Weekly (1989). "Всесоюзная перепись населения 1989 г. Численность наличного населения союзных и автономных республик, автономных областей и округов, краёв, областей, районов, городских поселений и сёл-райцентров." [All Union Population Census of 1989. Present population of union and autonomous republics, autonomous oblasts and okrugs, krais, oblasts, districts, urban settlements, and villages serving as district administrative centers]. Всесоюзная перепись населения 1989 года (All-Union Population Census of 1989) (in Russian). Institute of Demographics of the State University—Higher School of Economics. Retrieved February 9, 2012. 
  6. ↑ Strommashina

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