Danilov

Danilov (????????) is a small town in Yaroslavl Oblast.

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Danilov was first mentioned in a chronicle at the year 1592. It obtained the town status in 1777.

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There is a cheese producing plant and some other industries.

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There is also a major railway station where locomotives are switched from electrification system DC 3kV to AC 25kV and vice versa. Railway lines go to Yaroslavl, Vologda and Buy.

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1777: 1777 was a common year starting on Wednesday (see link for calendar)....

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