Plyos

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A view of Plyos

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Coat of arms

Plyos (Russian: Плёс) is a town in Ivanovo Oblast, Russia. In 2010, 2,340 people lived there. Plyos is on the right bank of the Volga River. It is 70 kilometers (43 mi) northeast of Ivanovo.

History[change]

It was founded in the 12th century. It was destroyed in 1238 by Mongols and Tatars. In 1410, Vasily I built a fortress there.

It was given town status in 1925.

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v t e Administrative divisions of Ivanovo Oblast
Administrative center: Ivanovo • Rural localities
Districts	Furmanovsky Gavrilovo-Posadsky Ilyinsky Ivanovsky Kineshemsky Komsomolsky Lezhnevsky Lukhsky Palekhsky Pestyakovsky Privolzhsky Puchezhsky Rodnikovsky Savinsky Shuysky Teykovsky Verkhnelandekhovsky Vichugsky Yuryevetsky Yuzhsky Zavolzhsky
Cities and towns	Furmanov Gavrilov Posad Ivanovo Kineshma Kokhma Komsomolsk Navoloki Plyos Privolzhsk Puchezh Rodniki Shuya Teykovo Vichuga Yuryevets Yuzha Zavolzhsk
Urban-type settlements	Ilyinskoye-Khovanskoye Kamenka Kolobovo Lezhnevo Lukh Nerl Novopistsovo Palekh Pestyaki Petrovsky Savino Staraya Vichuga Verkhny Landekh

v t e Golden Ring of Russia
Main route	Ivanovo Kostroma Pereslavl-Zalessky Rostov Sergiyev Posad Suzdal Vladimir Yaroslavl
Additional	Alexandrov Bogolyubovo Dmitrov Gorokhovets Gus-Khrustalny Kaluga Kalyazin Kasimov Kideksha Murom Myshkin Palekh Plyos Rybinsk Shuya Tutayev Uglich Yuryev-Polsky
Capital: Moscow