Mozhaisk

E393129

administrative center town urban locality

Mozhaisk is a historic town in Moscow Oblast, Russia, known for its strategic military importance as a western defensive outpost for Moscow and its notable architectural and cultural heritage.

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All labels observed (2)

Label	Occurrences
Mozhaisk canonical	2
Mozhaysk	2

Statements (46)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	administrative center ⓘ town ⓘ urban locality ⓘ
administrativeCenterOf	Mozhaysky District NERFINISHED ⓘ
climate	humid continental climate ⓘ
country	Russia ⓘ
federalSubject	Moscow Oblast NERFINISHED ⓘ
firstMentioned	13th century ⓘ
grantedTownStatus	14th century ⓘ
hasCulturalHeritage	Orthodox religious architecture ⓘ monastery complexes ⓘ war memorials ⓘ
hasCulturalInstitution	local history museum ⓘ
hasEconomySector	agriculture in surrounding district ⓘ local services ⓘ small-scale industry ⓘ
hasFunction	district administrative, economic, and cultural center ⓘ
hasLandmark	Cathedral of St Nicholas (Mozhaisk Kremlin area) ⓘ Luzhetsky Monastery ⓘ Mozhaisk Kremlin hill ⓘ New Cathedral of St Nicholas (Neo-Gothic style) ⓘ
hasPopulation	around 30,000 inhabitants (early 21st century) ⓘ
hasRole	fortified town in medieval Rus' ⓘ western defensive outpost for Moscow ⓘ
hasWarMemorial	memorials to 1812 war ⓘ memorials to World War II defenders of Moscow ⓘ
historicalFunction	fortress town guarding approaches to Moscow from the west ⓘ
historicalRegion	Moscow Oblast ⓘ surface form: Moscow region
knownFor	cultural heritage ⓘ historic architecture ⓘ strategic military importance as western defensive outpost of Moscow ⓘ
language	Russian (official) ⓘ
locatedIn	Western part of Moscow Oblast ⓘ
locatedOn	Mozhaya River NERFINISHED ⓘ
locatedWestOf	Moscow ⓘ
near	Borodino Battlefield Museum-Reserve ⓘ surface form: Borodino battlefield Mozhaysk Reservoir ⓘ
partOf	Central Federal District of Russia ⓘ Grand Duchy of Moscow ⓘ surface form: Grand Duchy of Moscow (historically)
playedRoleIn	French invasion of Russia ⓘ surface form: French invasion of Russia (1812) 1941 defensive operations of the Red Army ⓘ surface form: World War II defensive operations near Moscow
religiousTradition	Russian Orthodox Church ⓘ
timeZone	Moscow Time ⓘ surface form: Moscow Time (UTC+3)
transportConnection	Moscow–Minsk highway (M1) vicinity ⓘ railway line connecting Moscow with western regions ⓘ
wasSceneOf	Napoleonic Wars military operations ⓘ

Referenced by (4)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Mozhaisk defensive line → namedAfter → Mozhaisk ⓘ

Mozhaisk defensive line → near → Mozhaisk ⓘ

Mozhaysk Reservoir → locatedNear → Mozhaisk ⓘ

this entity surface form: Mozhaysk

Moscow Governorate → hasMajorCity → Mozhaisk ⓘ

this entity surface form: Mozhaysk