Khotkovo, Moscow Oblast
Khotkovo () is a town in Sergiyevo-Posadsky District of Moscow Oblast, Russia, located on the Moscow–Yaroslavl railway, northeast of Moscow and southwest of Sergiyev Posad, the administrative center of the district. Population: 20,000 (1974). History. It was first attested in 1308. It was granted a town status in 1949. Administrative and municipal status. Within the framework of administrative divisions, it is, together with twenty-nine rural localities, incorporated within Sergiyevo-Posadsky District as the Town of Khotkovo. As a municipal division, the Town of Khotkovo is incorporated within Sergiyevo-Posadsky Municipal District as Khotkovo Urban Settlement . Economy. The town's main industrial enterprises are "Electroizolit", an electrical insulation manufacturer; "Gorbunoskaya" weaving mill; and a carving workshop. Education. Education facilities include a number of secondary schools, Abramtsevo Art and Industry College, and a music school. Sights. 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.