Bolshiye Vyazyomy

Bolshiye Vyazyomy (Russian: Большие Вязёмы) is an urban locality (an urban-type settlement) in Odintsovsky District of Moscow Oblast, Russia. The population is 12,650(2010 Census); 5,667(2002 Census); Vyazyomy is the location of Vyazyomy Manor owned by members of the Golitsyn family. Both Kutuzov and Napoleon Bonaparte slept in the main manor house (on the same sofa in the library) only one day apart; Napoleon left the day before the French entered Moscow. The manor and two outbuildings remain to this day.

Bolshiye Vyazyomy
Большие Вязёмы
Vyazyomy Manor
Location of Bolshiye Vyazyomy
Bolshiye Vyazyomy
Location of Bolshiye Vyazyomy
Bolshiye Vyazyomy
Bolshiye Vyazyomy (Moscow Oblast)
Coordinates: 55.6312°N 37.0148°E / 55.6312; 37.0148
CountryRussia
Federal subjectMoscow Oblast
Administrative districtOdintsovsky District
Population
  Total12,650
  Estimate 
(2018)
12,549 (−0.8%)
Time zoneUTC+3 (MSK )
Postal code(s)
143050
OKTMO ID46641152051
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