Vichuga

Vichuga () is a town in Ivanovo Oblast, Russia, located northeast of Ivanovo. Population: 53,000 (1970).

Key facts

Russian inhabited locality.en_name: Vichuga
Russian inhabited locality.ru_name: Вичуга
Russian inhabited locality.image_skyline: Ivanovo Obl Vichuga asv2018-08 img11.jpg
Russian inhabited locality.image_caption: Red Church in Vichuga
Russian inhabited locality.map_label_position: right
Russian inhabited locality.image_coa: Coat_of_Arms_of_Vichuga.png
Russian inhabited locality.image_flag: Flag of Vichuga (Ivanovo oblast).png
Russian inhabited locality.federal_subject: Ivanovo Oblast
Russian inhabited locality.adm_city_jur: Town of Vichuga
Russian inhabited locality.adm_ctr_of1: Vichugsky District
Russian inhabited locality.adm_ctr_of2: Town of Vichuga

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Vichuga () is a town in Ivanovo Oblast, Russia, located northeast of Ivanovo. Population: 53,000 (1970).

==History== Vichuga was first mentioned as a volost in the will of Ivan III in 1504. Marshal of the Soviet Union Aleksandr Mikhaylovich Vasilevsky was born in Novaya Golchikha, now part of Vichuga, on 30 September 1895.