Alexandrov
Alexandrov is a city in the north-western part of Vladimir Oblast. The location is known as a medieval residence of Russian princes. It was home to several important events in Russian history.| Tap on a place to explore it |
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- Type: Town with 59,300 residents
- Description: town in Vladimir Oblast, Russia
- Also known as: “Aleksandrov”, “Aleksandrovo”, and “Alexandrov, Vladimir Oblast”
- Address: Александровский район
Places of Interest
Highlights include Alexandrov Kremlin and Alexandrov-1.
Alexandrov Kremlin
Museum
Photo: Shakko, CC BY-SA 3.0.
The tsar’s residence in the Alexandrovskaya village is an old Russian fortress which served as the actual capital of the oprichnina in the Moscow state from 1564 until 1581. It was situated on the current territory of the city of Alexandrov, Vladimir Oblast.
Alexandrov II
Railway station
Photo: Kamensky ru, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Alexandrov II is a railway station, which is situated 3½ km southwest of Alexandrov.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Svetly and Kholopovo.
Svetly
Village
Svetly is a rural locality in Andreyevskoye Rural Settlement, Alexandrovsky District, Vladimir Oblast, Russia. The population was 349 as of 2010. There are 9 streets. Svetly is situated 3½ km northeast of Alexandrov.
Kholopovo
Hamlet
Kholopovo is a rural locality in Andreyevskoye Rural Settlement, Alexandrovsky District, Vladimir Oblast, Russia. The population was 97 as of 2010. There is 1 street.
Krasnaya Roshcha
Hamlet
Photo: Svetlov Artem, CC0.
Krasnaya Roshcha is a rural locality in Slednevskoye Rural Settlement, Alexandrovsky District, Vladimir Oblast, Russia. The population was 55 as of 2010. There are 2 streets.
Alexandrov
- Categories: city or town, Historical city of Russia, and locality
- Location: Vladimir Oblast, Central Russia, Russia, Eastern Europe, Europe
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Latitude
56.3976° or 56° 23′ 52″ northLongitude
38.7273° or 38° 43′ 38″ eastPopulation
59,300Elevation
191 metres (627 feet)OpenStreetMap ID
node 93387393OpenStreetMap feature
place=town
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In Other Languages
From Arabic to Western Panjabi—“Alexandrov” goes by many names.
- Arabic: “ألكسندروف”
- Arabic: “أليكساندروف”
- Armenian: “Ալեքսանդրով (Վլադիմիրի մարզ)”
- Armenian: “Ալեքսանդրով”
- Azerbaijani: “Aleksandrov”
- Belarusian: “Аляксандраў”
- Bulgarian: “Александров”
- Catalan: “Aleksàndrov”
- Cebuano: “Aleksandrov”
- Cebuano: “Kurganiha”
- Chechen: “Александров”
- Chechen: “Александровская Слобода”
- Chinese: “Alexandrov”
- Chinese: “亚历山德罗夫”
- Chinese: “亞歷山德羅夫”
- Crimean Tatar: “Aleksandrov (şeer)”
- Crimean Tatar: “Aleksandrov”
- Croatian: “Aleksandrov”
- Czech: “Alexandrov”
- Czech: “Alexandrova sloboda”
- Dimli (individual language): “Aleksandrov”
- Dutch: “Aleksandrov”
- Eastern Mari: “Александров”
- Erzya: “Александров ош”
- Esperanto: “Aleksandrov”
- Estonian: “Aleksandrov”
- Finnish: “Aleksandrov”
- French: “Aleksandrov”
- German: “Alexandrow”
- Greek: “Αλεξάντροφ”
- Hebrew: “אלכסנדרוב”
- Ido: “Alexandrov”
- Italian: “Aleksandrov”
- Japanese: “アレクサンドロフ”
- Korean: “알렉산드로프”
- Ladin: “Alexandrov”
- Latin: “Sloboda Alexandri”
- Latvian: “Aleksandrova”
- Lithuanian: “Aleksandrovas”
- Macedonian: “Александров”
- Min Nan Chinese: “Alexandrov (Vladimir Chiu)”
- Nepali: “अलेक्जान्ड्रोभ”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Aleksandrov”
- Norwegian Nynorsk: “Aleksandrov”
- Norwegian: “Aleksandrov”
- Ossetian: “Александров (сахар)”
- Ossetian: “Александров”
- Panjabi: “ਅਲੈਗਜ਼ੈਂਡਰੋਵ”
- Panjabi: “ਅਲੈਗਜ਼ੈਂਡ੍ਰੋਵ”
- Persian: “الکساندروف”
- Polish: “Aleksandrow”
- Portuguese: “Aleksandrov”
- Romanian: “Aleksandrov, Rusia”
- Romanian: “Alexandrov”
- Russian: “Александров”
- Russian: “Алекса́ндров”
- Scots: “Alexandrov”
- Serbian: “Александров”
- Serbo-Croatian: “Aleksandrov”
- Slovenian: “Aleksandrov”
- South Azerbaijani: “آلکسآندروو”
- Spanish: “Aleksandrov”
- Spanish: “Aleksándrov”
- Swedish: “Aleksandrov”
- Tagalog: “Aleksandrov”
- Tagalog: “Alexandrov (town)”
- Talysh: “Aleksandrov (šəhər)”
- Talysh: “Aleksandrov”
- Tatar: “Александров”
- Turkish: “Aleksandrov”
- Ukrainian: “Александров”
- Upper Sorbian: “Aleksandrow”
- Urdu: “الیگزندروف، ولادیمیر اوبلاست”
- Veps: “Aleksandrov”
- Vietnamese: “Aleksandrov”
- Waray (Philippines): “Alexandrov”
- Western Frisian: “Aleksandrov”
- Western Panjabi: “الیکساندروف”
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