Kostroma () is a historic city and the administrative center (capital city) of Kostroma Oblast, Russia. It is a part of the Golden Ring of Russian towns. It is located at the confluence of the rivers Volga and Kostroma. Population:
Climate
Kostroma has a cool continental climate (Köppen Dfb). It has chilly winters and warm summers.
Notable people
Olesya Barel (born 1960), basketball player
Nina Demme (1902-1977), polar explorer and biologist
Aleksandra Ishimova (1805–1881), translator and author of children's books
Roman Kopin (born 1974), Governor of Chukotka Autonomous Okrug
Aleksey Pisemsky (1821–1881), novelist and dramatist
The Lubavitcher Rebbe, Rabbi Yosef Yitzchak Shneersohn was exiled to Kostroma by the USSR in 1927 for 3 years, and was released after 9 days
Twin towns – sister cities
Kostroma is twinned with:
Aachen, Germany
Babruysk, Belarus
Bari, Italy
Bat Yam, Israel
Cetinje, Montenegro
Ceadîr-Lunga, Moldavia
Danilov, Russia
Dole, France
Hyvinkää, Finland
Ijevan, Armenia
Ochamchira, Georgia
Oral, Kazakhstan
Piotrków Trybunalski, Poland
Samokov, Bulgaria
Sanmenxia, China
Soroca, Moldavia
Vrbas, Serbia
Because of the 2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine, Durham County council stopped plans for twinning with Kostroma.