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Key facts
- Country
- Russia
- Federal subject
- Vladimir Oblast
- Administrative district
- Petushinsky District
- Founded
- 17th century
- Elevation
- 125 m (410 ft)
- Total
- 17,756
- Estimate 2021
- 17,747 ( −0.1% )
- Municipal district
- Petushinsky Municipal District
- Urban settlement
- Pokrov Urban Settlement
- Capital of
- Pokrov Urban Settlement
- Time zone
- UTC+3 ( MSK )
- Website
- www .pokrovcity .ru
via Wikipedia infobox
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Encyclopedic overview
Pokrov (Russian: Покро́в) is a town in Petushinsky District of Vladimir Oblast, Russia, located 5 kilometers (3.1 mi) to the north of the left bank of the Klyazma River (Oka's tributary), 82 kilometers (51 mi) west of Vladimir, the administrative center of the oblast, and 100 kilometers (62 mi) east of Moscow. Population: 17,747 (2021 census); 17,756 (2010 census); 15,920 (2002 census); 15,988 (1989 Soviet census); 2,925 (1897).
History
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Pokrov” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.