Alexandrov is a town and the managerial focus of Alexandrovsky District in Vladimir Oblast, Russia, found 120 kilometers northeast of Moscow. It was built up in the mid14th century and was known as Alexandrovskaya Slobodaon. It filled in as the capital of Russia for 3 months from December 1564 to February 1565 under Tsar Ivan the Terrible until the point when he consented to restore his court and the relics of Moscow which he had taken with him. Ivan consented to return after the congregation gave him authorization to establish the Oprichnina.
Inside the structure of authoritative divisions, Alexandrov fills in as the regulatory focal point of Alexandrovsky District, to which it is straightforwardly subordinated. As a city division, the town of Alexandrov is fused inside Alexandrovsky Municipal District as Alexandrov Urban Settlement. A dream minor departure from the Oprichnina shows up in the Japanese light novel establishment Gate. It holds the name, reason, exercises, hound head theme, and even the utilization of sweepers from the notable unique.