Vokhna
Vokhna (Russian: Во́хна) was a village in Bogorodsky Uyezd of Moscow Governorate of the Russian Empire. It later became a part of the town of Pavlovsky Posad.
The area around Vokhna was one of the closest to Moscow with a large percentage of Old Believers in the population. Three Old Believer parishes currently remain.
Locals often refer to the Vokhonka River, which flows through Pavlovsky Posad, as "Vokhna".
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