In early July 1876, it was decided to build a cathedral. The nobility, merchants, clergy, and ordinary citizens collected 10,000 roubles in silver for the Cathedral, which was erected in 1879. Then, five years of finishing works followed. The Transfiguration Cathedral was consecrated in 1884.

The stele was installed in Voinskoy Slavy Square in 2014. Kovrov was awarded the City of Military Glory honourable title in 2012.

For a long time, Kovrov has played an important role in strengthening the country's defence capability. The design and production of firearms was established in the town in 1920s under the leadership of Vladimir Fyodorov and Vasily Degtyarev.

The Murom Blagoveshchensky (Annunciation) Monastery was established in 1553 by Tsar Ivan the Terrible. It was erected on the site of a modest wooden church of the Annunciation of the Blessed Virgin Mary. Its construction is attributed to Prince Konstantin (Yaroslav) Svyatoslavich, the son of Prince Svyatoslav of Chernigov, the grandson of the great Prince Yaroslav the Wise of Kiev.

The gallery houses a private Art collection, "Traveling Frogs from Moscow," which includes 1,500 frog exhibits (women's jewelry, jewelry boxes, Christmas tree toys, figurines, figurines made of ornamental stones, soft toys, etc.). The studio "School of wood painting" has been created at the gallery, specializing in "Tumanovskaya painting".