It was first mentioned in the Voskresensk Chronicle under the year 1135. It was built by Novgorodian merchants on a 5-kilometer (3.1 mi) portage (Russian: Волок/Volok) on a waterway from Novgorod to Moscow and Ryazan, … See more

Within the framework of administrative divisions, Volokolamsk serves as the administrative center of Volokolamsky District See more

In Volokolamsk, there is a controversial landfill. Many protests have occurred over it as the landfill has given many people respiratory problems. The Russian authorities have not yet done anything about the problem. See more

Twin towns – sister cities
Volokolamsk is twinned with: See more

Alexander Bek's 1944 novel, Volokolamsk Highway («Волоколамское шоссе»), is a lightly-fictionalized account of the defensive fighting … See more

• Volokolamsk kremlin (in Russian) See more