Editing Kirov, Kirov Oblast (section)

=== Tsarist Russia ===
In the 17 century, the military significance of Khlynov was replaced by trade: merchants from Siberia, the Urals, Pomerania and other regions came here for the Semenovskaya Fair.<ref name=":4">{{cite book |last=Горячко |first=М.Д. |url=https://old.bigenc.ru/geography/text/2067247 |title=Киров |publisher=Большая российская энциклопедия |year=2009 |isbn=978-5-85270-345-3 |edition=Vol. 14 |pages=31 |language=ru |trans-title=Kirov}}</ref> In 1657, the Vyatka Diocese was established. It was here that the Vyatka chronicles were created. The Kremlin was completely rebuilt during the reign of [[Alexis of Russia]]. Under his son [[Peter the Great|Peter]], manufactory production was established.<ref name=":4" />

In 1694, the merchant Spiridon Lyangusov conducted the first trade caravan from Moscow to China after the conclusion of the Russian-Chinese treaty, which allowed mutual trade.<ref>{{cite web |title=История Вятской земли |trans-title=History of Vyatka land |url=http://www.zsko.ru/kirovreg/history/ |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170321072044/http://www.zsko.ru/kirovreg/history/ |archive-date=March 21, 2017 |website=Законодательное собрание Кировской области}}</ref>

Khlynov became known throughout Russia for its [[Dymkovo toys|clay statuettes and whistles]]. The town's oldest surviving monument is the Assumption Cathedral (1689), an imposing structure surmounted by five globular domes.

In 1780, [[Catherine the Great]] renamed the town Vyatka and made it the seat of [[Vyatka Governorate]].{{citation needed|date=May 2010}} The town also served as a place of exile, notably for [[Alexander Herzen]], [[Alexander Vitberg]], and [[Mikhail Saltykov-Shchedrin]].<ref name=":3" /> By the end of the 19th century, it was an important station on the [[Trans-Siberian railway]].<gallery mode="packed" widths="300" heights="130" caption="Pre-revolutionary Vyatka. Early 20th century">
File:Vyatka Lobovikov 10.jpg|The northwestern part of the city
File:Vyatka Lobovikov 11.jpg|The city wharf
File:Vyatka Lobovikov 15.jpg|Khlebnaya square
File:Vyatka Lobovikov 13.jpg|Spasskaya street
File:Vyatka Lobovikov 14.jpg|Spasskaya street
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