Teykovo is a town in Ivanovo Oblast

Ivanovo Oblast

Ivanovo Oblast is a federal subject of Russia .Its three largest cities are Ivanovo , Kineshma, and Shuya.The principal center of tourism is Plyos. The Volga River flows through the northern part of the oblast....

, Russia

Russia

Russia or , officially known as both Russia and the Russian Federation , is a country in northern Eurasia. It is a federal semi-presidential republic, comprising 83 federal subjects...

, located on the Vyazma River

Vyazma River

Vyazma River is a river in the Smolensk Oblast in Russia. It is a left tributary of the Dnieper. The length of the river is 147 km. The area of its basin is 1350 km². In ancient times, the Vyazma River was a part of a route that connected the upper basins of the Volga, Oka, and Dnieper...

 35 kilometres (21.7 mi) southwest of Ivanovo

Ivanovo

Ivanovo is a city and the administrative center of Ivanovo Oblast, Russia. Population: Ivanovo has traditionally been called the textile capital of Russia. Since most textile workers are women, it has also been known as the "City of Brides"...

. Population: 42,800 (1975).

Teykovo was founded in the 17th century and was granted town status in 1918. It is home to a Strategic Missile Division of the Strategic Rocket Forces

Strategic Rocket Forces

The Strategic Missile Troops or Strategic Rocket Forces of the Russian Federation or RVSN RF , transliteration: Raketnye voyska strategicheskogo naznacheniya Rossiyskoy Federatsii, literally Missile Troops of Strategic Designation of the Russian Federation) are a military branch of the Russian...

where projects like the mobile Topol-M intercontinental ballistic missile system are operated from.