Ivanovo
Ivanovo
City Information
Ivanovo was founded in 1871 as a town Ivanovo-Voznesensk on the place of the Ivanovo village. In 1918 it was raised into the status of a centre of the Ivanovo-Voznesensk district and a centre of the Ivanovo region since 1929.
The town is known as Ivanovo since 1932 and is situated on the bank of the Uvod river between two rivers: Volga and Klyazma. The modern town is an industrial centre with a population of 471,9 thousand. The main industry is a textile manufacture in Ivanovo.
The main places of interest are "Shudrovskaya Palatka" (the 17th century), Uspenskaya Church (the 17th century), Drama Theatre, Musical Theatre, Puppet Theatre, Arts Museum, Museum of Ivanovo Chintz, Prorokov Museum, Memorial Complex of Revolution 1905-1917.
