Dmitrov, Moscow Oblast, Central Federal District, Russia

History | Geography : Administrative status | Transport

🇷🇺 Dmitrov is a town and the administrative centre of Dmitrovsky District in Moscow Oblast, Russia, located 65 km to the north of Moscow on the Yakhroma River and the Moscow Canal.

History Dmitrov is one of the oldest urban areas in Moscow Oblast. The town was originally founded by Yury Dolgoruky in 1154, where his son Vsevolod was born. Its name is explained by the fact that Vsevolod's patron saint was St. Demetrius.

In the 13th century, the settlement marked a point where the borders of the Grand Duchy of Moscow, Tver, and Pereslavl-Zalessky converged. The settlement itself belonged to the princes of Galich-Mersky, located much to the north, until 1364, when it was incorporated into the Grand Duchy of Moscow. Both Dmitry Donskoy and his grandson Vasily II granted Dmitrov as an appanage to their younger sons, so Dmitrov was the capital of a tiny principality. In 1374, it was given town rights.

The reign of Ivan III's son Yury Ivanovich (1503–1533) inaugurated the golden age of Dmitrov. It is during his reign that the black-domed Assumption Cathedral in the kremlin and a smaller monastery cathedral of Sts. Boris and Gleb were built. Thereafter, the town passed to Yury's brother, Andrey of Staritsa. In 1569, it was seized from Vladimir of Staritsa, added to the Oprichnina and consequently went into a decline. The town suffered further damage during the Time of Troubles, when it was ransacked by the Poles.

In 1812, Dmitrov was briefly occupied by the Grande Armée. The Anarchist prince Peter Kropotkin spent his last years there after the Russian Revolution. In the 1930s, the local kremlin was excavated by Soviet archaeologists. In November 1941, German troops occupied the town and crossed the Moscow-Volga Canal from there.

Geography: Administrative status Within the framework of administrative divisions, Dmitrov serves as the administrative centre of Dmitrovsky District. As an administrative division, it is, together with eighty rural localities, incorporated within Dmitrovsky District as the Town of Dmitrov. As a municipal division, the Town of Dmitrov is incorporated within Dmitrovsky Municipal District as Dmitrov Urban Settlement.

Transport Dmitrov is a railway junction of the Moscow (Savyolovsky terminal)–Savyolovo branch and the Dmitrov–Alexandrov branch. The railway provides an efficient service to Moscow. Dmitrov is also a cargo port on the Moscow Canal.

Bus routes connect Dmitrov with Moscow (Altufyevo), Sergiyev Posad, Dubna, Taldom, Lobnya, Laryovo, and other destinations.

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Dmitrov has a population of over 61,305 people. Dmitrov also forms the centre of the wider Dmitrovsky District which has a population of over 151,448 people.

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Twin Towns, Sister Cities Dmitrov has links with:

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Antipodal to Dmitrov is: -142.471,-56.344

Locations Near: Dmitrov 37.529,56.3443

🇷🇺 Lobnya 37.483,56.017 d: 36.5  

🇷🇺 Dolgoprudny 37.515,55.934 d: 45.7  

🇷🇺 Pushkino 37.845,56.011 d: 41.9  

🇷🇺 Dmitrovsky 37.517,55.883 d: 51.3  

🇷🇺 Khimki 37.433,55.883 d: 51.7  

🇷🇺 Mytishchi 37.736,55.911 d: 49.9  

🇷🇺 Mytischi 37.767,55.917 d: 49.8  

🇷🇺 Zapadnoye Degunino 37.533,55.85 d: 55  

🇷🇺 Zelenograd 37.181,55.983 d: 45.6  

🇷🇺 Korolyov 37.811,55.921 d: 50.2  

Antipodal to: Dmitrov -142.471,-56.344

🇵🇫 Papeete -149.566,-17.537 d: 15659  

🇹🇴 Nuku'alofa -175.216,-21.136 d: 15267.1  

🇦🇸 Pago Pago -170.701,-14.279 d: 14758.5  

🇼🇸 Apia -171.76,-13.833 d: 14671  

🇨🇱 Port Montt -72.933,-41.467 d: 14915.3  

🇨🇱 Puerto Montt -72.933,-41.467 d: 14915.3  

🇨🇱 Valdivia -73.233,-39.8 d: 14804.2  

🇨🇱 Coyhaique -72.067,-45.567 d: 15170  

🇨🇱 Punta Arenas -70.91,-53.162 d: 15619.4  

🇨🇱 Temuco -72.667,-38.733 d: 14685.7  

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