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2 unusual facts about Vladimir Oblast


Alexandrov

Alexandrov Urban Settlement, a municipal formation which the town of Alexandrov in Alexandrovsky District of Vladimir Oblast, Russia is incorporated as

Vladimir Oblast

The current territory of the Vladimir Oblast became part of the Old Russian state.


Aleksandr Dedyushko

Dedyushko was killed along with his wife and son in a car accident on November 3, 2007, in Petushki, Vladimir Oblast, Russia.

Anatoly Marchenko

He finally succeeded in being allowed to register in Barabinsk, and later in Alexandrov, in the Vladimir oblast.

Church of the Intercession on the Nerl

The church is situated at the confluence of Nerl and Klyazma Rivers in Bogolyubovo, Suzdalsky District, Vladimir Oblast, 13 km north-east of the ancient capital of Vladimir.

Microsauria

Possible microsaur remains have also been found from strata in the town of Vyazniki in the Vladimir Oblast of Russia.

Monument to Chocolate

The Monument to Chocolate or Chocolate Fairy is a monument in the City of Pokrov, Vladimir Region, Russia.

Pavel Rostovtsev

Pavel Aleksandrovich Rostovtsev, Russian: Павел Александрович Ростовцев (born September 21, 1971 in Gus-Khrustalny, Vladimir Oblast is a former Russian biathlete.

Russians in Hong Kong

The history of the Russian Orthodox Church in Hong Kong goes back to 1934, when Dmitry Ivanovich Uspensky of Vyazniki, Vladimir Oblast arrived in Southern China from his previous posting in Shanghai.

Venedikt Yerofeyev

It is an account of a journey from Moscow to Petushki (Vladimir Oblast) by electric train, one of many futile attempts to visit his small daughter: each time such a journey becomes soaked in alcohol and fails.


see also

Murom Urban Okrug

Its territory covers the territories of two administrative divisions of Vladimir Oblast—the whole of the City of Murom and nine rural localities in Muromsky District.