On the site of the current city of Kovrov (Vladimipskaya province) was the village of Elifanovka, founded, according to tradition, by some Zvrolov Elifan in the XII entry (around 1187). In the aftermath, the village was renamed into the village of Rozhdestvennoye, and in the 16th century. (circa 1506) Prince ¬ lay Kovrov, from whom she received the current name.