Iksha

Iksha (Roushie: Икша) is an urban locality (an urban-teep dounset) in Dmitrovsky Destrict o Moscow Oblast, Roushie, situatit 45 kilometer (28 mi) north o Moscow alang the Dmitrov heich-gate an the Moscow Canal, an is a junction o the Savyolovo Railway. Population: 3,738 (2002 Census);^[1] 4,619 (1989 Census).^[2]

The settlement wis foondit durin the construction o the railwey frae Moscow tae Dmitrov in 1889. It further developit due tae the construction o the Moscow Canal in the 1930s. The main point o interest is a cascade o Moscow Canal locks on the Iksha Reservoir built in Socialist Classicism style.