Krasnoarmeysk is a town in Moscow Oblast

Moscow Oblast

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, Russia

Russia

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, located on the Vorya River

Vorya River

The Vorya River is a river in Moscow Oblast, Russia. It is a left tributary of the Klyazma River. It is 99 km in length, with a drainage basin of 1160 km²....

 (Klyazma

Klyazma River

The Klyazma River is a river in the Moscow, Nizhny Novgorod, Ivanovo and Vladimir Oblasts in Russia, a left tributary of the Oka River. The length of the river is 686 kilometres. The area of its drainage basin is 42,500 km². The Klyazma River freezes up in November and stays under the ice...

's tributary

Tributary

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) 51 kilometres (31.7 mi) northeast of Moscow

Moscow

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The town grew from the village of Muromtsevo , where a textile

Textile

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 factory was established in 1834. In 1928, the settlements around the textile factory were merged into the settlement of Krasnoflotsky , which in 1929 was renamed Krasnoarmeysky . Town status was granted to the settlement in 1947, when it was renamed Krasnoarmeysk.

Administratively, the town and its surrounding territory is incorporated as Krasnoarmeysk Town Under Oblast Jurisdiction

City of federal subject significance

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