Iksha (russian: Икша) is an
urban locality (a
work settlement) in
Dmitrovsky District
Dmitrovsky District is the name of several administrative and municipal districts in Russia. The districts' name generally derives from or is related to the male first name Dmitry.
*Dmitrovsky District, Moscow, a district in Northern Administrat ...
of
Moscow Oblast
Moscow Oblast ( rus, Моско́вская о́бласть, r=Moskovskaya oblast', p=mɐˈskofskəjə ˈobləsʲtʲ), or Podmoskovye ( rus, Подмоско́вье, p=pədmɐˈskovʲjə, literally "under Moscow"), is a federal subject of Rus ...
,
Russia, located north of
Moscow along the
Dmitrov highway and the
Moscow Canal, and is a junction of the
Savyolovo Railway. Population:
The settlement was founded during the construction of the railroad from Moscow to Dmitrov in 1889. It further developed due to the construction of the Moscow Canal in the 1930s. The main point of interest is a cascade of Moscow Canal locks on the
Iksha Reservoir
Iksha (russian: Икша) is an urban locality (a work settlement) in Dmitrovsky District of Moscow Oblast, Russia, located north of Moscow along the Dmitrov highway and the Moscow Canal, and is a junction of the Savyolovo Railway. Population ...
built in
Socialist Classicism
Stalinist architecture, mostly known in the former Eastern Bloc as Stalinist style () or Socialist Classicism, is the architecture of the Soviet Union under the leadership of Joseph Stalin, between 1933 (when Boris Iofan's draft for the Palace o ...
style.
References
External links
Official website of Iksha{{Moscow Oblast
Urban-type settlements in Moscow Oblast