Information about the city of Aleksandrov
Status: administrative center of Aleksandrovsky district of the Vladimir Region.
It is situated in the southeastern part of Smolensk and Moscow Upland,
on the Klinsk and Dmitrievsk Ridge, on the Seraya River (tributary of the Sherna River, tributary of the Klyazma River), 125 km.
north-west from Vladimir.
Phone code: +7 49244 *****
Economy.
In the Aleksandrovsky Region there are: mechanical plant (Balakirevo settlement),
"Iskra" (Iskra settlement) and "Krasnoe Plamya" (Krasnoe Plamya settlement) plants etc.
Wheat, ray, barley, oats, pea and oat mix and etc. are cultivated. Cattle,pig, poultry breeding.
Deposits of road metal, gravel, sand.
Main enterprises:
- "Arsenal" Plant (production of household electronic appliances, computers assembling), owned for a 50 % by Rover Computer company
- "Standard" CJSC (colour TV sets)
- "Eleks" OJSC (transistors and integrated circuits, energy saving lamp "Alladin", phones, refrigerating equipment)
- "Aleksandrovsky" OJSC Distillery (vodka, spirits, wines)
Culture.
Historical and Architectural Open-Air Museum.
Museums: Fine Art Museum, Museum of M.I. Tsvetayeva, Museum of the writer
S.Ya. Elpatievsky.
There is a Museum of the writer A.I. Musatov in Lizunovo village.
Sightseeings:
- "Aleksandrovskaya Sloboda" Open-Air Museum
- Literature and Art Museum of Maria and Anasthasia Tsvetayevy
- Aleksandrovsky Fine Art Museum
- Church of Bogoljubovskaya Icon of God's Mother
- Monument to V.I. Lenin
- Christorozhdestvensky Cathedral
- "Museum of Artificial Stone" of All-Russian Research Institute for Minerals Synthesis
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