๐ท๐บ Kashira (ะะฐัะธฬัะฐ) is a town and the administrative centre of Kashirsky District in Moscow Oblast, located on the Oka River 115 km (71ย mi) south of Moscow.
History It was first mentioned in 1356 as the village of Koshira (ะะพัะธัะฐ) named after the Koshira River (today's Kashirka River). However, 1619 is considered Kashira's foundation year, when the town was transferred from the left bank of the Oka to the right bank some 5 km (3.1ย mi) upstream and rebuilt after it was badly damaged by the Crimean Tatars in 1592 and 1596.
The town was once home to exiled Kazan Khan Ghabdellatif. The coat of arms of Kashira contains the image of Zilant, a heraldic symbol of Kazan.
Map of the streets of Kashira 1780 (before redevelopment at the beginning of the 19th century).
Town status was granted to Kashira in 1777. Kashira's southern suburbs were entered in by Germany on 24 November to 17 December 1941 and was a massacre site of Poles and Jews relating to the Katyn massacre.
It is reported that, during the Wagner Group rebellion, Kashira was the closest Wagner troops got to Moscow. Kashira is 95 km (59 miles) south of the city. The closest to Moscow where it was visually confirmed that Wagner troops had reached was Krasnoye, Lipetsk Oblast.
Geography: Administrative status Within the framework of administrative divisions, Kashira serves as the administrative centre of Kashirsky District. As an administrative division, it is, together with five rural localities, incorporated within Kashirsky District as the Town of Kashira. As a municipal division, the Town of Kashira is incorporated within Kashirsky Municipal District as Kashira Urban Settlement.
Economy A large thermal power plant operates in Kashira. In 1950, the terminal of the first HVDC-transmission was built in the town.
Kashira has a population of over 48,656 people. Kashira also forms the centre of the wider Kashirsky District which has a population of over 65,380 people.
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Twin Towns - Sister Cities Kashira has links with:
๐ซ๐ท รvreux, France ๐ฎ๐น Guidonia Montecelio, Italy๐ท๐บ Akademgorodok 54.87
๐ด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ฅ๓ ฎ๓ ง๓ ฟ Carlisle 54.891
๐ท๐บ Almetyevsk 54.895
๐ด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ฅ๓ ฎ๓ ง๓ ฟ Washington 54.9
๐ด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ฅ๓ ฎ๓ ง๓ ฟ Durham 54.778
๐ฉ๐ฐ Guldborgsund 54.768
๐ฉ๐ฐ Nykรธbing Falster 54.765
๐ฎ๐ช Magherafelt 54.755
๐ท๐บ Novomoskovsk 38.217
๐ท๐บ Ramenskoye 38.222
๐บ๐ฆ Troitsko-Khartsyzk 38.25
๐ช๐น Halaba Kulito 38.25
๐ท๐บ Sergiyev Posad 38.137
๐ท๐บ Gelendzhik 38.082
๐ท๐บ Shchyolkovo 38.035
๐ท๐บ Zheleznodorozhnyy 38.017
Locations Near: Kashira 38.1667,54.8333
๐ท๐บ Kolomna 38.769,55.094 d: 48.1
๐ท๐บ Domodedovo 37.766,55.44 d: 72.1
๐ท๐บ Ramenki 38.217,55.567 d: 81.6
๐ท๐บ Ramenskoye 38.222,55.572 d: 82.2
๐ท๐บ Novomoskovsk 38.217,54.083 d: 83.5
๐ท๐บ Serpukhov 37.407,54.921 d: 49.6
๐ท๐บ Zhukovsky 38.106,55.604 d: 85.8
๐ท๐บ Chekhov 37.45,55.15 d: 57.7
Antipodal to: Kashira -141.833,-54.833
๐ต๐ซ Papeete -149.566,-17.537 d: 15815.7
๐น๐ด Nuku'alofa -175.216,-21.136 d: 15346.8
๐ฆ๐ธ Pago Pago -170.701,-14.279 d: 14862.8
๐ผ๐ธ Apia -171.76,-13.833 d: 14772.7
๐จ๐ฑ Port Montt -72.933,-41.467 d: 14918.2
๐จ๐ฑ Puerto Montt -72.933,-41.467 d: 14918.2
๐จ๐ฑ Valdivia -73.233,-39.8 d: 14812.8
๐จ๐ฑ Coyhaique -72.067,-45.567 d: 15157.9
๐จ๐ฑ Punta Arenas -70.91,-53.162 d: 15577.9