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Vyazma
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Vyazma () is a town and the administrative center of Vyazemsky District in Smolensk Oblast, Russia, located on the Vyazma River, about halfway between Smolensk, the administrative center of the oblast, and Mozhaysk. Throughout its turbulent history, it defended western approaches to Moscow. Population: 44,000 (1970).
Vyazma is a town in western Russia that serves as the administrative center of Vyazemsky District in Smolensk Oblast, situated on the Vyazma River between Smolensk and Mozhaysk. Historically, the town held strategic importance as a defensive position protecting Moscow's western approaches.
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Key facts
- Russian inhabited locality.en_name
- Vyazma
- Russian inhabited locality.ru_name
- Вязьма
- Russian inhabited locality.image_skyline
- Вязьма, Ул. 25 октября, 10 1.JPG
- Russian inhabited locality.image_caption
- In Vyazma
- Russian inhabited locality.map_label_position
- right
- Russian inhabited locality.image_flag
- Flag of Vyazma (Smolensk oblast).png
- Russian inhabited locality.image_coa
- Coat of Arms of Vyazma (Smolensk oblast) (1780).png
- Russian inhabited locality.federal_subject
- Smolensk Oblast
- Russian inhabited locality.adm_district_jur
- Vyazemsky District
- Russian inhabited locality.adm_selsoviet_jur
- Vyazemskoye
- Russian inhabited locality.adm_selsoviet_type
- Urban settlement
- Russian inhabited locality.adm_ctr_of1
- Vyazemsky District
- Russian inhabited locality.adm_ctr_of2
- Vyazemskoye Urban Settlement
- Russian inhabited locality.inhabloc_cat
- Town
- Russian inhabited locality.mun_district_jur
- Vyazemsky Municipal District
- Russian inhabited locality.urban_settlement_jur
- Vyazemskoye Urban Settlement
- Russian inhabited locality.mun_admctr_of1
- Vyazemsky Municipal District
- Russian inhabited locality.mun_admctr_of2
- Vyazemskoye Urban Settlement
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Wikidata facts
- Population
- 49932
- Area
- 44
- Elevation
- 240
- Official website
- www.mgorv.ru
- Image
- Vyazma. Sovetskaya Square P7170455 2350.jpg
- Dialing code
- 48131
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- Commons category
- Vyazma
- postal code
- 215100
- time of earliest written record
- 1239-00-00
- inception
- 1239-00-00
- native label
- Вязьма
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Vyazma () is a town and the administrative center of Vyazemsky District in Smolensk Oblast, Russia, located on the Vyazma River, about halfway between Smolensk, the administrative center of the oblast, and Mozhaysk. Throughout its turbulent history, it defended western approaches to Moscow. Population: 44,000 (1970).
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