Ivanovo Oblast

Ivanovo Oblast (Russian: Ива́новская о́бласть, Ivanovskaya oblast) is a federal subject of Russia (an oblast).
Its three largest cities are Ivanovo (administrative centre), Kineshma, and Shuya.
The principal centre of tourism is Plyos. The Volga River flows through the northern part of the oblast.
Ivanovo Industrial Oblast (Ива́новская Промы́шленная о́бласть was established on January 14, 1929. On March 11, 1936, the oblast was divided into modern Ivanovo Oblast and Yaroslavl Oblast.

Geography
Ivanovo Oblast borders Kostroma Oblast (N), Nizhny Novgorod Oblast (E), Vladimir Oblast (S), and Yaroslavl Oblast (W).

Time zone
Ivanovo Oblast is located in the Moscow Time Zone (MSK/MSD). UTC offset is +0300 (MSK)/+0400 (MSD).

Cities and towns in Ivanovo Oblast: Furmanov · Gavrilov Posad · Kineshma · Kokhma · Komsomolsk · Navoloki · Plyos · Privolzhsk · Puchezh · Rodniki · Shuya · Teykovo · Vichuga · Yuryevets · Yuzha · Zavolzhsk.

Administrative centre: Ivanovo

Kineshma (Russian: Кинешма) is the second largest town in Ivanovo Oblast, Russia. The town had 95,233 inhabitants as of the 2002 Census. It sprawls for some fifteen kilometres along the Volga River. Kineshma was first noticed as a posad in 1429. In 1504, Ivan III gave it to Prince Feodor Belsky, who escaped to Moscow from Lithuania and married Ivan's niece. Later on, Ivan the Terrible gave Kineshma to Ivan Petrovich Shuisky, but after the latter's death it was returned to the tsar in 1587. In the 16th and 17th centuries, Kineshma was a major fishing centre, which supplied sturgeons for the tsar's table. In 1608, it was twice ravaged by the Poles. Throughout its history, Kineshma belonged to different Russian regions, including Arkhangelsk province, Yaroslavl province, and Kostroma guberniya. Since the 18th century, the town's main industry has been textile manufacturing. Like all the textile centres in Russia, the town's prosperity declined after the perestroika.
Kineshma's principal landmark is the Trinity Cathedral, built in 1838–1845 to a typical Neoclassical design. There are also several 18th-century churches in the town. The neighbourhoods of Kineshma contain estates and museums of Alexander Ostrovsky, Alexander Borodin, and Fyodor Bredikhin.

Furmanov (In Russian: Фу́рманов) is a town in Ivanovo Oblast, also known as Sereda (Середа) from 1918 to In 1918, it was incorporated as a town by the name of Sereda. On 13/3/1941 it was renamed Furmanov.

Komsomolsk (Russian: Комсомо́льск) is a town in Ivanovo Oblast, Russia, located on the Ukhtokhma River (Uvod's tributary) 34 km west of Ivanovo at 57.0261° N 40.3789° E. Founded in 1931, town status since 1950.Komsomolsk, Ivanovo Oblast
Founded in 1931, town status since 1950.1, town status since 1950.

Navoloki (In Russian: Наволоки) is a town in Ivanovo Oblast, the right bank of the Volga River, 120 km northeast of Ivanovo. Navoloki was founded in the 1880s as a settlement for workers engaged in the construction of a textile factory. It was granted town status in 1938.

Plyos (In Russian: Плёс) is a town and the administrative centre of Privolzhsky District of Ivanovo District Russia, situated on the right bank of the Volga River some 70 kilometers (43 mi) north-east of Ivanovo. The town was founded in 1410 by Vasili 1 as a border post of Muscovy
It was granted town status in 1925.

Privolzhsk (In Russian: Приво́лжск) ) is a town in Ivanovo Oblast, Russia and is located on the Shacha River (right tributary of the Volga) 51 km north-east of Ivanovo Known since 1485 as the village of Yakovlevskoye Bolshoye (Я́ковлевское Большо́е). The town of Privolzhsk was formed by merging the village of Yakovlevskoye and the neighboring settlements in 1938.

Puchezh (In Russian: Пучеж) is a town in Ivanovo Oblast, Russia, located to the southeast of Myshkin.).
Puchezh is a port on the west side of the Volga River, situated 117 km southeast of Kineshma and 175 km east of Ivanovo.
It was first mentioned as Puchishche sloboda in 1594. In the 19th century it became a centre for the grain industry and the flax trade. In 1862, a major thread-producing plant was founded. Nearby Ivanovo became known as the "fiancée's city": a large number of female workers would immigrate to the town to work in the weaving industry (which fed off of Puchezh's flax trade), and legend has it that single men would come here in search of wives.
In 1952, Gorkovsky Reservoir (flooded, putting the town in danger. For the next three years, the town slowly uprooted itself, was carried to a higher location, and was rebuilt.
Today, Puchezh still maintains a flax enterprise and a sewing factory. Town's industries now include a plant producing reinforced concrete works, a woodworkingindustry and their cultural pride: Istoki factory. Istoki is an artistic trade that involves making works of traditional embroidery, both by hand and by machine, to make patterns influenced by the ancient art from the Volga region. The linens produced here are incomparable to any others in the world. The area surrounding the town contains dairy farms, fishing industry, and forests that create a perfect atmosphere for ecological tourism and many kinds of outdoor recreation, such as fishing, hunting and camping.

Rodniki (In Russian: Родники́, lit. springs) is a town in Ivanovo Oblast, Russia, located on the Yuksha River, 54 kilometers (34 mi) north-east of Ivanovo. It is the administrative centre of Rodnikovsky DistrictThe settlement of Rodniki has been known since 1606. It was granted town status in 1918.
Near Rodniki, at 57°05'24"N 41°44'02"E, there is a 350 metres tall guyed TV-mast built in 1977, which belongs to the tallest of its kind in Russia.

Teykovo (In Russian: Тейково) is a town in Ivanovo Oblast, Russia and is on the Vyazma River some 35 kilometers (22 mi) south-west of Ivanovo. Population: 36,000 (2005 Teykovo was founded in the 17th century and was granted town status in 1918. It is home to a Strategic Missile Division of the Strategic Rocket Forces where projects like the mobile Topol-M intercontinental ballistic missile system are operated from.
Missile storage is here: 56.89316,40.57148

Vichuga (In Russian: Вичуга) is a town in Ivanovo Oblast , Russia, located some 65 km northeast of Ivanovo. Vichuga was first mentioned as a volost in the will of Ivan The Great in 1504.

Yuryevets (In Russian: Юрьевец) is a town in Ivanovo Oblast, Russia, located on the Unzha and the Volga Rivers.
Yuryevets was founded in 1225 by Prince Yuri 11 as Yuryev-Povolzhsky. In 1237, the town was destroyed by the army of Batu Khan.

Zavolzhsk (In Russian: Заво́лжск) is a town in Ivanovo Oblast, Russia. It is one of the towns of the Golden Ring and is situated on the left bank of the Volga River (i.e., in Transvolga), opposite Kineshma. The town is located about 200 km downstream of Kostroma, 113 km north-east of Ivanovo. It is the administrative center of Zavolzhsky District.
It was established in 1934 as an urban-type settlement of Zavolzhye, conglomerated from several industrial settlements. It received the town status and renamed to the present name on
4/10/1954.

Kokhma (In Russian Кохма) is a town in Ivanovo Oblast, Russia, located on the Uvod River a tributary of the Klyazma River six kilometre south-east of Ivanovo Population: 28,761). First mentioned in 1619 as the village of Rozhdestvenskoye-Kokhma (Рожде́ственское-Кохма). Town status since 1925.

Gavrilov Posad (In Russian: Гаври́лов Поса́д) is a town in Ivanovo Oblast, Russia and is located on the Voymiga River at its confluence with the Irmes River some 85 km southwest of Ivanovo. Population: 7,000 Gavrilov Posad was first mentioned a legal document in 1434 as Gavrilovskoye settlement. It is believed that it was founded some time in the 13th century by Vsevolod The Big nest and named after his son Svyatoslav, whose second Christian name had been Gavriil. In 1609, the settlement was turned into Gavrilova sloboda. In 1789, it was renamed Gavrilovsky Posad and granted town status. It was given its present name in the 20th century.