Kostroma was a part of the Moscow principality, and since this time its history was connected with the development and culture of the Russian state. Russian people went through the Trouble times in the first decade of the 17th century.
In 1609 Kostroma`s home guard played an important role in the struggle with Polish invaders, thanks to them partisans of Ljedmitry were driven out from the monastery of St. Ipaty, and after it guards joined home guards of Minin and Pojarsky. Thanks to the patriotic exploit of Ivan Sousanin, when he deliberately led polish invaders into the woods and they could not find a way to Kostroma, life of Michael Romanov, the future tsar of Russia, was saved.
The 14th of March in 1613 Michael Romanov was blessed for reigning in Kostroma. Our town became a cradle of the Romanov`s dynasty, which governed more than 300 years in Russia.
This time Kostroma was a big handicraft city with a considerable number of people ( according to the census of 1650- 208 courts), here different crafts were developed: textile, tanning, soap, silver and icon-painting.
At the middle of the 17th century, Kostroma became the third town after Moscow and Yaroslavl in Moscow Russia by its economic development. Kostroma merchants traded with East and West ( English trading station was set up in Kostroma).
This time one of the biggest trade centers was organized in Kostroma- Meat, Floury, Salt, Gingerbread, Fur-Coat Stalls.
During the 17th century, Kostroma was going to develop as an industrial, trade and political center of the region.
In 1778 it became a provincial town.
In 1751 the first linen factory was built in Kostroma with a support of a merchant Uglechaninov, and in 1790 years, 5 cloth factories worked here.
Kostroma occupied the first place in Russia in producing of linen fabrics. There were also 12 tanning and 18 brick factories, 6 textile mills, tile and other factories. Kostroma became a big landing-stage on the Volga transit way.
Kostroma goods were in markets of Yaroslavl, Vologda, Nijny Novgorod, Moscow and St. Petersburg.
The beginning of the 20th century was marked with 3 revolutions, the World and Civil wars. It touched the life of our population too.
During the revolution events of 1905 one of the first in the country Soviet of working deputies was organized in Kostroma. Political parties worked actively. According to the order of the All-Union Central Executive Committee of the USSR Kostroma province was abolished and was a part of Ivanovo and then Yaroslavl regions. This time Kostroma lost its status of provincial town.
And only in August of 1944 Kostroma is an administrative center of the formed Kostroma region.
During the Second World War thousands of Kostroma people were decorated with orders and medals for exploits in rear and at the front, 29 men became heroes of the Soviet Union.
Kostroma, traditional city of the textile industry in the past, looks like a modern industrial center with new perspective branches and new enterprises.
Power engineering, machine-building, metal-working, electronics and instrument –making, woodworking and textile industries are branches of new industrial Kostroma.
In 2002 Kostroma celebrated its 850th anniversary
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