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Antsiferovo, Moscow Oblast
Antsiferovo () is a rural locality (a village) in Orekhovo-Zuyevsky District of Moscow Oblast, Russia, located near the Likhotsa River, south-east of Moscow. In the past, it was named Ontsyforovo () and Antsyferovo ().Orekhovo-Zuyevo portalInformation about Antsiferovo Postal code: 142641. Municipally, the village is a part of Davydovsky Rural Settlement (the administrative center of which is the village of Davydovo). Population: 518 (1997). Postal code: 142642. History In the 17th century, a female Paraskevi skete operated near Antsiferovo.Агеева Е. АГуслица The village was first mentioned in the 18th century as a rural estate of Count Ivan Illarionovich Vorontsov. In the first half of the 19th century the village was owned by poruchik Gerasim Stepanovich Myagkov. In 1852, it again changed ownership, this time to Privy Councillor Mikhail Ivanovich Pozen. The village is located in the historical area of Zakhod (a part of Guslitsa).Михайлов ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Antsiferovo Moscow Oblast School 9232
Antsiferovo may refer to: *Antsiferovo, Krasnoyarsk Krai, a village in Krasnoyarsk Krai, Russia *Antsiferovo, Moscow Oblast, a village in Moscow Oblast, Russia *Antsiferovo, Anstiferovskoye Settlement, Khvoyninsky District, Novgorod Oblast, a village (''selo'') in Antsiferovskoye Settlement of Khvoyninsky District of Novgorod Oblast, Russia *Antsiferovo, Brodskoye Settlement, Khvoyninsky District, Novgorod Oblast, a village in Brodskoye Settlement of Khvoyninsky District of Novgorod Oblast, Russia *Antsiferovo, Tver Oblast, a village in Tver Oblast, Russia *Antsiferovo, name of several other types of inhabited localities in Russia, rural localities in Russia {{Set index article, populated places in Russia ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Table Of Ranks
The Table of Ranks () was a formal list of positions and ranks in the military, government, and court of Imperial Russia. Peter I of Russia, Peter the Great introduced the system in 1722 while engaged in a struggle with the existing hereditary nobility, or boyars. The Table of Ranks was Decree Abolishing Classes and Civil Ranks, formally abolished on 11 November 1917 by the newly established Bolshevik government. During the Vladimir Putin presidency, a similar formalized structure has been reintroduced into many governmental departments, combined with formal uniforms and insignia: State civilian and municipal service ranks in Russian Federation, Local Government, Diplomatic ranks in Russian Federation, Diplomatic Service, Prosecutor's ranks in Russian Federation, Prosecution Service, Special ranks in Investigative Committee of Russia, Investigative Committee. Principles The Table of Ranks re-organized the foundations of feudal Russian nobility (''mestnichestvo'') by recognizin ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Chapel
A chapel (from , a diminutive of ''cappa'', meaning "little cape") is a Christianity, Christian place of prayer and worship that is usually relatively small. The term has several meanings. First, smaller spaces inside a church that have their own altar are often called chapels; the Lady chapel is a common type of these. Second, a chapel is a place of worship, sometimes Interfaith worship spaces, interfaith, that is part of a building, complex, or vessel with some other main purpose, such as a school, college, hospital, palace or large aristocratic house, castle, barracks, prison, funeral home, hotel, airport, or military or commercial ship. Third, chapels are small places of worship, built as satellite sites by a church or monastery, for example in remote areas; these are often called a chapel of ease. A feature of all these types is that often no clergy are permanently resident or specifically attached to the chapel. For historical reasons, ''chapel'' is also often the term u ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Veliky Novgorod
Veliky Novgorod ( ; , ; ), also known simply as Novgorod (), is the largest city and administrative centre of Novgorod Oblast, Russia. It is one of the oldest cities in Russia, being first mentioned in the 9th century. The city lies along the Volkhov River just downstream from its outflow from Lake Ilmen and is situated on the M10 federal highway connecting Moscow and Saint Petersburg. UNESCO recognized Novgorod as a World Heritage Site in 1992. The city has a population of At its peak during the 14th century, the city was the capital of the Novgorod Republic and was one of Europe's largest cities. The "Великий" part was added to the city's name in 1999. Climate Veliky Novgorod has a humid continental climate (Köppen ''Dfb''). The city has warm summers with temperatures reaching over 30 °C (86 °F) and relatively cold winters with frequent snowfall. The lowest air temperature ever recorded is -45 °C (-49 °F). The warmest month is July with a d ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Icon Painting
An icon () is a religious work of art, most commonly a painting, in the cultures of the Eastern Orthodox, Oriental Orthodox, Catholic, and Lutheran churches. The most common subjects include Jesus, Mary, saints, and angels. Although especially associated with portrait-style images concentrating on one or two main figures, the term also covers most of the religious images in a variety of artistic media produced by Eastern Christianity, including narrative scenes, usually from the Bible or the lives of saints. Icons are most commonly painted on wood panels with egg tempera, but they may also be cast in metal or carved in stone or embroidered on cloth or done in mosaic or fresco work or printed on paper or metal, etc. Comparable images from Western Christianity may be classified as "icons", although "iconic" may also be used to describe the static style of a devotional image. In the Greek language, the term for icon painting uses the same word as for "writing", and Orthodox source ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Russian Orthodox Old-Rite Church
The Russian Orthodox Old-Rite Church (or Russian Orthodox Oldritualist Church, Russian Orthodox Old-Ritualist Church, ) is an Eastern Orthodox Church of the Old Believers tradition, which rejected the liturgical and canonical reforms of Patriarch Nikon in the second half of 17th century. It is one of the two Old Believers churches that belong to the Belokrinitskaya Hierarchy - together with the Orthodox Old-Rite Church, sometimes also called Lipovan Orthodox Old-Rite Church. ''Drevlepravoslavie'' ("Old/Ancient Orthodoxy") was the common self-designation of the Old Believers and their cause since the 17th century. The head of the Church carries the title of ''Metropolitan of Moscow and all Russia'' (since 1988), with residence at the Rogozhskoye cemetery in Moscow. The current head of the Church, Metropolitan Cornelius (Titov) was elected by the Most Holy Council on October 18, 2005. He was installed as Metropolitan on October 23, 2005. The only pre-Petrine monastery stil ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Old Believers
Old Believers or Old Ritualists ( Russian: староверы, ''starovery'' or старообрядцы, ''staroobryadtsy'') is the common term for several religious groups, which maintain the old liturgical and ritual practices of the Russian Orthodox Church, as they were before the reforms of Patriarch Nikon of Moscow between 1652 and 1657. The old rite and its followers were anathematized in 1667, and Old Belief gradually emerged from the resulting schism. The antecedents of the movement regarded the reform as heralding the End of Days, and the Russian church and state as servants of the Antichrist. Fleeing persecution by the government, they settled in remote areas or escaped to the neighboring countries. Their communities were marked by strict morals and religious devotion, including various taboos meant to separate them from the outer world. They rejected the Westernization measures of Peter the Great, preserving traditional Russian culture, like long beards for men. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Moscow Governorate
The Moscow Governorate was a province ('' guberniya'') of the Tsardom of Russia, and the Russian Empire. It was bordered by Tver Governorate to the north, Vladimir Governorate to the northeast, Ryazan Governorate to the southeast, Tula Governorate to the south, Kaluga Governorate to the southwest, and Smolensk Governorate to the west. Moscow Governorate consisted of an area of and a population of 2,430,581 in 1897. Its capital was in Moscow. Administrative division The counties (''uezds'') of the Moscow Governorate in 1897 were as follows: History Moscow Governorate, together with seven other governorates, was established on , 1708, by Tsar Peter the Great's edict.Указ об учреждении губерний и о росписа ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bogorodsky Uyezd
Bogorodsky Uyezd () was one of the subdivisions of the Moscow Governorate of the Russian Empire. It was situated in the eastern part of the governorate. Its administrative centre was Bogorodsk (Noginsk). Demographics At the time of the Russian Empire Census of 1897, Bogorodsky Uyezd had a population of 222,341. Of these, 99.7% spoke Russian, 0.1% Tatar and 0.1% German as their native language. Демоскоп Weekly - Приложение. Справочник статистических показателей Industrialisation In 1891 it was recorded by Alexander Ivanovich Voeykov that there were 262 whose annual production was equal to 28,912,000 rubles. |
Guslitsa
Guslitsa, Guslica, or Guslicy () is a region situated in the eastern part of Moscow Oblast. Guslitsa is famous for it was almost entirely inhabited by the Old Believers, mainly popovtsy (Belokrinitskaya Hierarchy, now — Russian Orthodox Old-Rite Church). Name Guslitsa occurs from the Guslitsa River. Guslitsa is also well known for its cultural heritage and its home-crafts, mainly hand-written singing books and copper mouldings. Guslitsa has its center in the Rudnya and Ilyinsky Pogost villages. Nowadays Guslitsa lies almost entirely within Orekhovo-Zuyevsky District of Moscow Oblast. The regions neighboring Guslitsa (currently also unofficial) were also mainly inhabited by the old believers and were influenced by the Guslitsa culture a lot. Among them are: Ramenye (region), Ramenye, Zakhod, Zaponorye, Patriarshina, Vokhna. References # Russian: ''Михайлов С. С.'' Так что же считать Гуслицами? Альманах "Гуслицы", 200 # Ru ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
