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Drakino, Republic Of Mordovia
Drakino (, ''Traka''; ) is a types of inhabited localities in Russia, rural locality (''village#Russia, selo'') in Torbeyevsky District of the Mordovia, Republic of Mordovia, Russia, located on the Arziponer River (Partsa River, Partsa's tributary) some west of the Mordovia's capital Saransk, and south of Torbeyevo, Republic of Mordovia, Torbeyevo. Postal code: 431048. Telephone code: +7 834-56. Drakino is conveniently located near Torbeyevo train station, railway station and the R-180 motorway (Saransk–Krasnoslobodsk, Republic of Mordovia, Krasnoslobodsk–Novye Vyselki), as well as in from the federal M5 highway (Russia), highway M5 (Moscow–Samara, Russia, Samara–Chelyabinsk). Mordvins (Shoksha, ethnographic subgroup of Erzyas) account for the majority of the population of Drakino. Drakino was first mentioned in chronicles in 1669. Pokrov Monastery The parish of the Drakino The Protection of the Mother of God () church was transformed into a male monastery by ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Pokrov Church Drakino Mordovia
Pokrov may refer to: *Pokrov, Ukraine, a town in Ukraine *Pokrov (Russian) or Pokrova (Ukrainian), name for the Intercession of the Theotokos, one of the Orthodox feasts *Pokrov Urban Settlement, a municipal formation into which the town of Pokrov in Pokrovsky District of Vladimir Oblast is incorporated *Pokrov, Russia, several inhabited localities in Russia ** Corrective colony No. 2, Vladimir Oblast, located in Pokrov, Vladimir Oblast. *Pokrov Cemetery, a cemetery in Riga, Latvia See also *Pokrovka (other) *Pokrovsky (other) Pokrovsky is a Russian surname. Pokrovsky, also spelled Pokrovski and Pokrovskii (), or Pokrovskaya (feminine; Покровская) is a Slavic languages, Slavic last name. Its form in neuter is Pokrovskoye may also refer to: *Pokrovsky District, ... * Novopokrovka (other) {{Disambiguation, geo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
M5 Highway (Russia)
The Russian route M5 (also known as the ''Ural Highway'') is a major trunk road running across a distance of 1879 km from Moscow to the Ural Mountains. It is part of the European route E30 and the Trans-Siberian Highway. The section from Yekaterinburg to Chelyabinsk is also part of AH7, and the section from Chelyabinsk to Moscow is also part of AH6 (highway), AH6. The highway starts at the crossing of the Moscow Ring Road and Volgogradsky Prospekt and runs southeast through Lyubertsy, crossing the Oka River at Kolomna. The Ural Highway continues across nine regions of Russia, passing through a dangerous mountain stretch before terminating at Chelyabinsk. The road continues from Chelyabinsk further east to Omsk, Novosibirsk, Irkutsk as the Russian R254 highway (Russia), route R254. Route :0 km Moscow :23 km Chulkovo :44 km Bronnitsy :70 km Stepanshchino :93 km Kolomna :116 km Lukhovitsy :''Ryazan Oblast'' :181 km Ryazan :302 km Putyatino :345 km Shatsk, Russia, Shatsk :''Mo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hegumen
Hegumen, hegumenos, or igumen (, trans. ), is the title for the head of a monastery in the Eastern Orthodox and Eastern Catholic Churches, or an archpriest in the Coptic Orthodox Church, similar to the title of abbot. The head of a convent of nuns is called a hegumenia or igumeni (). Overview Initially, the title was applied to the head of any monastery. After 1874, when the Russian monasteries were reformed and classified into three classes, the title of ''hegumen'' was reserved only for the lowest, third class. The head of a monastery of the second or first class holds the rank of archimandrite. In the Greek Catholic Church, the head of all monasteries in a certain territory is called the ''protohegumen''. The duties of both hegumen and archimandrite are the same, archimandrite being considered the senior dignity of the two. In the Russian Orthodox Church, the title of Hegumen may be granted as an honorary title to any hieromonk, even one who does not head a monastery. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Russian Orthodox Church
The Russian Orthodox Church (ROC; ;), also officially known as the Moscow Patriarchate (), is an autocephaly, autocephalous Eastern Orthodox Church, Eastern Orthodox Christian church. It has 194 dioceses inside Russia. The Primate (bishop), primate of the ROC is the patriarch of Moscow and all Rus'. The History of the Russian Orthodox Church, history of the ROC begins with the Christianization of Kievan Rus', which commenced in 988 with the baptism of Vladimir the Great and his subjects by the clergy of the Ecumenical Patriarch of Constantinople, ecumenical patriarch of Constantinople. Starting in the 14th century, Moscow served as the primary residence of the Russian List of metropolitans and patriarchs of Moscow, metropolitan. The ROC declared autocephaly in 1448 when it elected its own metropolitan. In 1589, the metropolitan was elevated to the position of patriarch with the consent of Constantinople. In the mid-17th century, a series of reforms led to Schism of the Russian ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Holy Synod
In several of the autocephalous Eastern Orthodox Churches and Eastern Catholic Churches, the patriarch or head bishop is elected by a group of bishops called the Holy Synod. For instance, the Holy Synod is a ruling body of the Georgian Orthodox Church. In Oriental Orthodoxy the Holy Synod is the highest authority in the church and it formulates the rules and regulations regarding matters of church organization, faith, and order of service. Early synods The principle of summoning a synod or council of ecclesiastical persons to discuss some grave question affecting the Church goes back to the very beginning of the Church's history. Since the day when the Apostles met at Jerusalem to settle whether Gentile converts were to keep the Old Law ( Acts 15:6–29), it had been the custom to call together such gatherings as occasion required. Bishops summoned synods of their clergy, metropolitans and patriarchs summoned their suffragans, and then since 325 there was a succession of ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Protection Of The Mother Of God
The Intercession of the Theotokos, or the Protection of Our Most Holy Lady Theotokos and Ever-Virgin Mary, is a Christian feast of the Mother of God celebrated in the Eastern Orthodox and Byzantine Catholic Churches on October 14 (Julian calendar: October 1). The feast celebrates the protection afforded the faithful through the intercessions of the Theotokos (''lit.'' Mother of God, one Eastern title of the Virgin Mary). The feast is commemorated in Eastern Orthodoxy as a whole, but by no means as fervently as it is in Russia, Belarus, and, especially, Ukraine. In the Slavic Orthodox Churches it is celebrated as the most important solemnity besides the Twelve Great Feasts and Pascha. In Ukraine, it has a special meaning through its connection to the spirituality of the Ukrainian Cossacks and, accordingly and more recently, to Defenders of Ukraine Day. Etymology The Protection of the Theotokos or the Intercession of the Theotokos (, Pokrov, , Pokrova), like the (, Sképē) has ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Erzyas
The Erzyas (also ''Erzyans'', ''Erzya people''; , ) are one of the Mordvin peoples. Famous people of Erzya descent * Purgaz * Syreś Boläeń, public figure, poet and translator, half-Erzya * Stepan Erzia, Russian sculptor * Nadezhda Kadysheva, Russian singer * Vasily Chapayev, Bolshevik The Bolsheviks, led by Vladimir Lenin, were a radical Faction (political), faction of the Marxist Russian Social Democratic Labour Party (RSDLP) which split with the Mensheviks at the 2nd Congress of the Russian Social Democratic Labour Party, ... commander See also * Shoksha References {{Finno-Ugric peoples Volga Finns Paganism in Europe Lutheranism in Russia Indigenous peoples of Europe Ethnic groups in Russia ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Shoksha
Shoksha (, ) is an ethnographic group of Erzya people. It is named after the village of in Tengushevsky District, Mordovia.Шаронов С. М., ''Шокша: Историко-этногрофический очерк'', Saransk, 2004, They live mostly in Mordovia, Tengushevsky District and Torbeyevsky District. The ethnonym is relatively recent. Shoksha live (or lived) in following settlements: *Tengushevsky District: Баево, Березняк, Вяжга, Дудниково, Коляево, Кураево, Малая Шокша, Мельсетьево, Мокшанка, Нароватово, Сакаево, Стандрово, Шелубей, Широмасово, Shoksha *Torbeyevsky District: Drakino, Кажлодка, Майский, Фёдоровка (depopulated), Якстере Теште (depopulated) Language The Shoksha speak the , a dialect of the Erzya language formed under the influence of the Moksha language, as for a long time Shokshas have been livi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mordvins
Mordvins (also Mordvinians, Mordovians; ; no equivalents in Moksha language, Moksha and Erzya language, Erzya) is an official term used in Russia and the Soviet Union to refer both to Erzyas and Mokshas since 1928. Names While Robert Gordon Latham, Robert G. Latham had identified ''Mordva'' as a self-designation, identifying it as a variant of the name ''Mari people, Mari'', Aleksey Shakhmatov in the early 20th century noted that ''Mordva'' was not used as a self-designation by the two Mordvinic tribes of the Erzya and Moksha. Nikolai Mokshin again states that the term has been used by the people as an internal self-defining term to constitute their common origin. The linguist underlines that the Mordvins do not use the name 'Mordvins' as a self-designation. Feoktistov wrote "So-called Tengushev Mordvins are Erzyans who speak the Erzyan dialect with Mokshan substratum and in fact they are an ethnic group of Erzyans usually referred to as Shokshas. It was the Erzyans who histo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Chelyabinsk
Chelyabinsk; , is the administrative center and largest types of inhabited localities in Russia, city of Chelyabinsk Oblast, Russia. It is the List of cities and towns in Russia by population, seventh-largest city in Russia, with a population of over 1.1 million people, and the second-largest city in the Ural Federal District, after Yekaterinburg. Chelyabinsk is located to the east behind the south part of the Ural Mountains and runs along the Miass (river), Miass River. The area of Chelyabinsk contained the ancient settlement of Arkaim, which belonged to the Sintashta culture. In 1736, a fortress by the name of Chelyaba was founded on the site of a Bashkirs, Bashkir village. Chelyabinsk was granted town status by 1787. Chelyabinsk began to grow rapidly by the early 20th century as a result of the construction of railway links from the European Russia, Russian core to Siberia, including the Trans-Siberian Railway. Its population reached 70,000 by 1917. Under the Soviet Union, C ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Samara, Russia
Samara, formerly known as Kuybyshev (1935–1991), is the largest city and administrative centre of Samara Oblast in Russia. The city is located at the confluence of the Volga and the Samara rivers, with a population of over 1.14 million residents, up to 1.22 million residents in the urban agglomeration, not including Novokuybyshevsk, which is not conurbated. The city covers an area of , and is the eighth-largest city in Russia and tenth agglomeration, the third-most populous city on the Volga, as well as the Volga Federal District. Formerly a closed city, Samara is now a large and important social, political, economic, industrial, and cultural centre in Russia and hosted the European Union—Russia Summit in May 2007. It has a continental climate characterised by hot summers and cold winters. The life of Samara's citizens has always been intrinsically linked to the Volga River, which has not only served as the main commercial thoroughfare of Russia throughout several centuries, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Moscow
Moscow is the Capital city, capital and List of cities and towns in Russia by population, largest city of Russia, standing on the Moskva (river), Moskva River in Central Russia. It has a population estimated at over 13 million residents within the city limits, over 19.1 million residents in the urban area, and over 21.5 million residents in Moscow metropolitan area, its metropolitan area. The city covers an area of , while the urban area covers , and the metropolitan area covers over . Moscow is among the world's List of largest cities, largest cities, being the List of European cities by population within city limits, most populous city entirely in Europe, the largest List of urban areas in Europe, urban and List of metropolitan areas in Europe, metropolitan area in Europe, and the largest city by land area on the European continent. First documented in 1147, Moscow became the capital of the Grand Principality of Moscow, which led the unification of the Russian lan ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
