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Kromy, Oryol Oblast

Field	Value
en_name	Kromy
ru_name	Кромы
image_skyline	Братская могила советских воинов, погибших в боях с фашистскими захватчиками (2019 г.).jpg
coordinates
map_label_position	bottom
image_coa	Coat of arms of Kromy (2010).gif
federal_subject	Oryol Oblast
adm_district_jur	Kromskoy District
inhabloc_cat	Urban-type settlement
pop_2010census	6733
pop_2010census_ref
dialing_codes	48643
postal_codes	303200

Kromy () is an urban locality (an urban-type settlement) and the administrative center of Kromskoy District of Oryol Oblast, Russia, located on the Kroma River (a tributary of the Oka) 36 km southwest of Oryol. Population:

It was first chronicled in 1147, the same year as Moscow. It was a seat of one of the Upper Oka Principalities of the 15th century. In 1595, it was fortified by Boris Godunov in order to defend the Grand Duchy of Moscow from the Tatar raids. During the Time of Troubles, it gained nationwide renown as a major stronghold of the rebels such as the Don Cossacks led by Andrey Korela and Ivan Bolotnikov's generals.

Kromy was an important agricultural center throughout the 19th century. A railway from Moscow to Kharkov reached it in the 1850s. A large Neoclassical cathedral dates from this period. Kromy was contested by Anton Denikin's forces and the Red Army in October 1919.

Kromy lost its town status and was demoted to an urban-type settlement in 1924.

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