| En Name: | Kashira |
| Ru Name: | Кашира |
| Coordinates: | 54.8333°N 48°W |
| Map Label Position: | right |
| Image Coa: | Coat of Arms of Kashira (Moscow oblast) (1998).png |
| Federal Subject: | Moscow Oblast |
| Adm District Jur: | Kashirsky District |
| Adm Selsoviet Jur: | Kashira |
| Adm Selsoviet Type: | Town |
| Adm Ctr Of1: | Kashirsky District |
| Adm Ctr Of2: | Town of Kashira |
| Inhabloc Cat: | Town |
| Mun District Jur: | Kashirsky Municipal District |
| Urban Settlement Jur: | Kashira Urban Settlement |
| Mun Admctr Of1: | Kashirsky Municipal District |
| Mun Admctr Of2: | Kashira Urban Settlement |
| Pop 2010Census: | 41870 |
| Established Date: | 1356 |
| Established Title: | First mentioned |
| Current Cat Date: | 1777 |
| Prev Name1: | Koshira |
| Postal Codes: | 142900–142904, 142908, 142911, 142949 |
| Dialing Codes: | 49669 |
| Website: | http://kashira2012.ru/ |
Kashira (Russian: Каши́ра) is a town and the administrative center of Kashirsky District in Moscow Oblast, located on the Oka River 115km (71miles) south of Moscow. Population:
It was first mentioned in 1356 as the village of Koshira (Russian: Кошира) named after the Koshira River (today's Kashirka River). However, 1619 is considered Kashira's foundation year, when the town was transferred from the left bank of the Oka to the right bank some 5km (03miles) upstream and rebuilt after it was badly damaged by the Crimean Tatars in 1592 and 1596.
The town was once home to exiled Kazan Khan Ghabdellatif. The coat of arms of Kashira contains the image of Zilant, a heraldic symbol of Kazan.Town status was granted to Kashira in 1777. Kashira's southern suburbs were entered in by Germany on 24 November to 17 December 1941 and was a massacre site of Poles and Jews relating to the Katyn massacre.
It is reported that, during the Wagner Group rebellion, Kashira was the closest Wagner troops got to Moscow. Kashira is 95km (59miles) south of the city.[1] [2] The closest to Moscow where it was visually confirmed that Wagner troops had reached was Krasnoye, Lipetsk Oblast.
Within the framework of administrative divisions, Kashira serves as the administrative center of Kashirsky District.[3] As an administrative division, it is, together with five rural localities, incorporated within Kashirsky District as the Town of Kashira. As a municipal division, the Town of Kashira is incorporated within Kashirsky Municipal District as Kashira Urban Settlement.[4]
A large thermal power plant operates in Kashira. In 1950, the terminal of the first HVDC-transmission was built in the town.
There are Kashirskoye highway and Kashirskaya subway station in Moscow.