Population: Population of the region is more than 800,000 people.

Economy: The main industries are machinery, forestry, and textile.

Culture: In Kostromskaya region there are 4 higher educational establishments, 19 secondary special, 567 schools. There are 33 doctors of all specialities for 10,000 citizens. Health service includes 94 hospitals. There are 2 professional theatres.
Kostromskaya region is rich in natural and historical monuments. Its number surpasses 2600. One of the main historical sights is Ipatjevsky monastery, where Mikhail Romanov became tsar in1613.

Administrative division: The region is divided into 24 administrative districts,7 towns of regional submission, 4 towns of district submission, 18 town settlements, 250 villages.
Centre of the region is the town of Kostroma, founded in 1152. Distance to Moscow is 342 km.

Brief History:

• Kostroma was founded in 1152 on the conjunction of Volga and Kostroma rivers by Yury Dolgoruky (he was the one who founded Moscow also) to secure the north-east part of his Rostov-Suzdal principality.
• In the beginning of the 13th century Kostroma was burned because of a quarrel between Russian princes, who couldn't divide the country.
• By the end of the 17th century Kostroma became the third biggest town in Russia, after Moscow and Yaroslavl.
• Now Kostroma is a nice and calm provincial town on the river of Volga river, with historical center kept intact.