Bolkhov

Bolkhov is a town and the place of work of Bolkhovsky District in Oryol Oblast, Russia. Bolkhov became first documented in a chronicle from 1196. After the Mongol invasion of Rus', it have become the seat of a local princely dynasty, whose descendants can be traced till the 19th century. In the 16th century, it have become one of the fortified posts for protecting Moscow from the Tatars at the south. It turned into there that the army of Vasily IV turned into defeated by means of False Dmitry II in 1608. During World War II, Bolkhov was occupied by way of the German Army from October 9, 1941 to July 28, 1943.

Bolkhov preserves 4 church buildings courting from the flip of the 18th century, together with the five-domed Trinity Monastery Cathedral and the 30 church with an elongated belfry. By far the largest church in the city is the Savior's Transfiguration Cathedral, built in 1841-1851 to a layout through considered one of Konstantin Thon's disciples. Within the framework of administrative divisions, Bolkhov serves because the place of work of Bolkhovsky District.