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Kostroma Governorate (Russian: Костромская губерния, romanized: Kostromskaya guberniya) was an administrative-territorial unit of the Russian Empire and the Russian SFSR, which existed from 1796 to 1929.
The Charter of Kostroma Oblast is the fundamental law of the region. The Legislative Assembly of Kostroma Oblast is the province's standing legislative (representative) body.
Kostroma ( Russian: Кострома́, IPA: [kəstrɐˈma]) is a historic city and the administrative center of Kostroma Oblast, Russia. A part of the Golden Ring of Russian cities, it is located at the confluence of the rivers Volga and Kostroma. In the 2021 census, the population is 267,481.
Kostroma, city and administrative centre of Kostroma oblast (region), western Russia. It lies along the middle Volga River about 200 miles (320 km) northeast of Moscow . It is believed to have been founded in 1152 by Yury Dolgoruky, but the first documentary evidence of the town dates from 1213.
Nov 16, 2019 · In 1708, Kostroma became a provincial town of Moscow Governorate. In 1767, Catherine II approved the coat of arms of Kostroma with the image of the galley “Tver”, on which she arrived in Kostroma. Kostroma became the first town in Russia to receive its own coat of arms.
Apr 27, 2016 · Kostroma was founded in 1152 on the conjunction of Volga and Kostroma rivers by Yury Dolgoruky (he was the one who founded Moscow also) to secure the north-east part of his Rostov-Kostroma principality.
Kostroma, like Moscow, was founded by Yuri Dolgoruky, but five years later than Russia’s current capital.
