Gorokhovets (russian: Горохове́ц) is a

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and the

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Gorokhovetsky District Gorokhovetsky District (russian: Горохове́цкий райо́н) is an administrativeLaw #130-OZ and municipalLaw #56-OZ district (raion), one of the sixteen in Vladimir Oblast, Russia. It is located in the east of the oblast. The area of ...

Vladimir Oblast Vladimir Oblast (russian: Влади́мирская о́бласть, ''Vladimirskaya oblast'') is a federal subjects of Russia, federal subject of Russia (an oblast). Its closest border 66 Meter, km east of central Moscow, the administrative cen ...

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, located on the highway from

Moscow Moscow ( , US chiefly ; rus, links=no, Москва, r=Moskva, p=mɐskˈva, a=Москва.ogg) is the capital and largest city of Russia. The city stands on the Moskva River in Central Russia, with a population estimated at 13.0 million ...

Nizhny Novgorod Nizhny Novgorod ( ; rus, links=no, Нижний Новгород, a=Ru-Nizhny Novgorod.ogg, p=ˈnʲiʐnʲɪj ˈnovɡərət ), colloquially shortened to Nizhny, from the 13th to the 17th century Novgorod of the Lower Land, formerly known as Gork ...

. It also serves as a river port on the Klyazma River. Population:

Etymology

The name of the town originates from the Russian word "" (''gorokh'', "

pea The pea is most commonly the small spherical seed or the seed-pod of the flowering plant species ''Pisum sativum''. Each pod contains several peas, which can be green or yellow. Botanically, pea pods are fruit, since they contain seeds and d ...

s").

History

Gorokhovets was first mentioned in a 1239 chronicle, when it was sacked by the Mongols. It is believed that a minor fortress had existed there for several preceding decades. In 1539, the Tatars of Kazan were about to burn it but retreated upon allegedly seeing a ghost in a shape of a gigantic knight with a sword. After that, the mount where the apparition was seen came to be known as ''Puzhalovo'' ("frightening one"). The golden age of Gorokhovets is associated with the 17th century, when it was a merchandise center for a large area, which comprised today's Vladimir and

Ivanovo Oblast Ivanovo Oblast (russian: Ива́новская о́бласть, ''Ivanovskaya oblast'') is a federal subject of Russia (an oblast). It had a population of 927,828 as of the 2021 Russian Census. Its three largest cities are Ivanovo (the ...

s. A number of churches, monasteries, and chambers were commissioned by the local merchants at that time. The 17th-century belfries of Gorokhovets are particularly noteworthy. Sretensky monastery

Administrative and municipal status

Within the framework of administrative divisions, Gorokhovets serves as the

, to which it is directly subordinated.Resolution #433 As a municipal division, the

of Gorokhovets is incorporated within Gorokhovetsky Municipal District as Gorokhovets Urban Settlement.Law #56-OZ

Coat of arms

Gorokhovets' coat of arms combines

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's heraldic lion with

s, alluding to the plant which gave rise to the town's name.

Trivia

According to the Soviet TV series ''

Seventeen Moments of Spring ''Seventeen Moments of Spring'' (russian: Семнадцать мгновений весны, Semnadtsat' mgnoveniy vesny) is a 1973 Soviet twelve-part television series, directed by Tatyana Lioznova and based on the novel of the same title by Yu ...

'', Gorokhovets was a native town of

Stierlitz Max Otto von Stierlitz (russian: Макс О́тто фон Шти́рлиц, ) is the lead character in a Russian book series written in the 1960s by Yulian Semyonov, and of the television adaptation '' Seventeen Moments of Spring'' (starrin ...

, a fictional Soviet spy in

Nazi Germany Nazi Germany (lit. "National Socialist State"), ' (lit. "Nazi State") for short; also ' (lit. "National Socialist Germany") (officially known as the German Reich from 1933 until 1943, and the Greater German Reich from 1943 to 1945) was ...

, played by

Vyacheslav Tikhonov Vyacheslav Vasilyevich Tikhonov (russian: Вячесла́в Васи́льевич Ти́хонов; 8 February 1928, in Pavlovsky Posad – 4 December 2009, in Moscow) was a Soviet and Russian actor whose best known role was as Soviet spy, S ...

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External links

Official website of Gorokhovets

Gorokhovets Business Directory

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