Palekh

Palekh is a small town in . A very artistic town, Palekh is the origin of the prominent 19th-century Palekh school of icon and mural painting, exhibited prominently at the Church of the Exaltation of the Cross.
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  • Type: Town with 4,930 residents
  • Description: town in Palekhsky District, Ivanovo Oblast, Russia
  • Also known as: “Paleg”
  • Address: Палехский муниципальный округ

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Krasnoye, Palekhsky District, Ivanovo Oblast and Sergeyevo.

Hamlet
Photo: Ludvig14, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Krasnoye is a rural locality in , , Russia. Population: 200 ;… is situated 3½ km northwest of Palekh.

Hamlet
is a rural locality in , , Russia. Population: 23 ;…

Hamlet
is a rural locality in , , Russia. Population: 62 ;…

Palekh

Latitude
56.8024° or 56° 48′ 9″ north
Longitude
41.854° or 41° 51′ 14″ east
Population
4,930
Elevation
111 metres (364 feet)
Open location code
9H83RV23+XH
Open­Street­Map ID
node 356482828
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­town
Geo­Names ID
513095
Wiki­data ID
Q1010115
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Satellite Map

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In Other Languages

From Akan to Western Frisian—“Palekh” goes by many names.
  • Akan: “Palekh”
  • Armenian: “Պալեխ”
  • Belarusian: “Палех”
  • Bulgarian: “Палех”
  • Catalan: “Paleh”
  • Catalan: “Palekh”
  • Cebuano: “Palekh”
  • Chechen: “Палех”
  • Chinese: “帕列赫”
  • Crimean Tatar: “Paleh”
  • Croatian: “Paleh”
  • Czech: “Palech”
  • Dutch: “Palech”
  • Erzya: “Палех”
  • Finnish: “Paleh”
  • French: “Palekh”
  • German: “Palech”
  • Italian: “Palech”
  • Italian: “Palekh”
  • Japanese: “パレフ”
  • Japanese: “パレフ塗り”
  • Korean: “팔레흐”
  • Lithuanian: “Palechas”
  • Macedonian: “Палех”
  • Norwegian: “Palekh”
  • Ossetian: “Палех”
  • Polish: “Palech”
  • Portuguese: “Palekh”
  • Russian: “Пáлех”
  • Russian: “Палех”
  • Scots: “Palekh”
  • South Azerbaijani: “پئیلخ، روسیه”
  • Spanish: “Palej”
  • Tagalog: “Palekh”
  • Tajik: “Палех”
  • Turkish: “Paleh”
  • Ukrainian: “Палех”
  • Western Frisian: “Palech”

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