Chukhloma

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Chukhloma (Template:Langx) is a town and the administrative center of Chukhlomsky District in Kostroma Oblast, Russia, located on Lake Chukhloma, Script error: No such module "convert". from the railway node Galich and Script error: No such module "convert". northeast of Kostroma, the administrative center of the oblast. Population: Template:Ru-census2021 Template:Ru-census2010 Template:Replace (2002 Census);[1] Template:Replace (1989 Soviet census).[2]

History

It was first mentioned in chronicles in 1381, and was destroyed during the Time of Troubles.Script error: No such module "Unsubst". It was granted town status in 1778.Script error: No such module "Unsubst".

Etymology

From a substrate Finno-Ugric language (cf. Proto-Uralic *ćukkз 'hill, peak', referring to the landscape around the town). Max Vasmer supported the theory of relationship between the name of Chukhloma and the ethnonyms like Chud or Chukhna, but it's viewed as folk etymology by Aleksandr Matveyev.[3]

Administrative and municipal status

Within the framework of administrative divisions, Chukhloma serves as the administrative center of Chukhlomsky District.[4] As an administrative division, it is incorporated within Chukhlomsky District as the town of district significance of Chukhloma.[4] As a municipal division, the town of district significance of Chukhloma is incorporated within Chukhlomsky Municipal District as Chukhloma Urban Settlement.[5]

Culture

Near the town there is a historical family estate of the Lermontov family.

References

Notes

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Sources

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