Kovrov is a city in Russia

Kovrov is a city in Russia, the administrative center of the Kovrovsky district of the Vladimir region. A major railway junction on the Moscow-Nizhny Novgorod line. Population - 140,000 people. It is located mainly on the banks of the Klyazma River. A large railway junction of the transport system of the Vladimir region. City of Military Glory.

According to unconfirmed data, the settlement located on the site of modern Kovrov was founded in the 12th century. It was founded on the banks of the Klyazma River by Grand Duke Yuri Dolgoruky.

This place was called the village of Elifanovka - after the hunter Elifan, one of the first settlers. In 1886, the legend was recounted by the Kovrov priest A. G. Radugin in the newspaper Vladimirskiye Gubernskiye Vedomosti, but at the same time, probably due to a typographical error, the village was named Epifanovka.

Under this distorted name, she continued to be mentioned in local history literature until the early 1990s.

Significant years for the city of Kovrov:

In 1863, the Moscow-Nizhny Novgorod railway passed through Kovrov;

In 1883 a weaving factory was opened

Since 1946, large-scale production of motorcycles has been mastered at Tool Plant No. 2;

In the 1950s, the Degtyarev plant began producing rocket weapons.

In 1949, the Kovrov garment factory was founded (now - JSC "Sudar");

In 1968, the trust "Kovrovstroy" was created;

In 1970, a new reinforced concrete bridge across the Klyazma was put into operation;

In 1975, trolleybus traffic was opened;

On November 3, 2011, the city of Kovrov was awarded the title of City of Military Glory

the city's attractions:

• Dobrograd park;
• Transfiguration Cathedral;
• Nativity Cathedral;
• museum of nature and ethnography;
• Church of John the Warrior;
• Shopping mall building;
• Fire Tower.