Drezna is a town in Orekhovo-Zuyevsky District of Moscow Oblast, Russia, located on the river Drezna 83 kilometers east of Moscow. Populatio…Drezna is a town in Orekhovo-Zuyevsky District of Moscow Oblast, Russia, located on the river Drezna 83 kilometers east of Moscow. Population: 11,820 ; 11,665 ; 13,047. It was founded by Ivan Zimin in 1897 as a mill town. It was named after the Drezna River. The mill utilised machinery supplied by Howard & Bullough for spinning and by Platt Brothers for weaving. Drezna was granted town status in 1940.