En Name: | Khotkovo |
Ru Name: | Хотьково |
Coordinates: | 56.25°N 38°W |
Map Label Position: | left |
Image Coa: | Coat_of_Arms_of_Hotkovo.png |
Federal Subject: | Moscow Oblast |
Adm District Jur: | Sergiyevo-Posadsky District |
Adm Selsoviet Jur: | Khotkovo |
Adm Selsoviet Type: | Town |
Adm Ctr Of: | Town of Khotkovo |
Inhabloc Cat: | Town |
Mun District Jur: | Sergiyevo-Posadsky Municipal District |
Urban Settlement Jur: | Khotkovo Urban Settlement |
Mun Admctr Of: | Khotkovo Urban Settlement |
Pop 2010Census: | 21505 |
Established Date: | 1308 |
Established Title: | First mentioned |
Current Cat Date: | 1949 |
Postal Codes: | 141370–141372 |
Website: | http://adm.khotkovo.ru/ |
Khotkovo (Russian: Хотьково) is a town in Sergiyevo-Posadsky District of Moscow Oblast, Russia, located on the Moscow–Yaroslavl railway, 60km (40miles) northeast of Moscow and 11km (07miles) southwest of Sergiyev Posad, the administrative center of the district. Population: 20,000 (1974).
It was first attested in 1308. It was granted a town status in 1949.
Within the framework of administrative divisions, it is, together with twenty-nine rural localities, incorporated within Sergiyevo-Posadsky District as the Town of Khotkovo.[1] As a municipal division, the Town of Khotkovo is incorporated within Sergiyevo-Posadsky Municipal District as Khotkovo Urban Settlement.[2]
The town's main industrial enterprises are Electroizolit, an electrical insulation manufacturer; Gorbunoskaya weaving mill; and a carving workshop.
Education facilities include a number of secondary schools, Abramtsevo Art and Industry College, and a music school.
The town is the site of a monastery, founded by the parents of St. Sergius of Radonezh (picture). The 19th-century artists' community of Abramtsevo is situated within three miles from Khotkovo.