Dedovsk is a town in Istrinsky District

Istrinsky District

Istrinsky District is an administrative and municipal district , one of the 38 in Moscow Oblast, Russia....

 of Moscow Oblast

Moscow Oblast

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, Russia

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, located 38 kilometres (23.6 mi) west of Moscow

Moscow

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 and 30 kilometres (18.6 mi) southeast of Istra

Istra

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. Population:

Dedovsk was first mentioned in 1573 as a village of Dedovo , which would turn into a bigger settlement in the 18th century. In 1913, a textile

Textile

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factory was built in the area, which would give birth to a settlement of Dedovsky and absorb the Dedovo village. In 1940, the settlement was turned into the town of Dedovsk.