Antsiferovo () is a rural locality (a

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) in

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, located near the Likhotsa River, south-east of

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. In the past, it was named Ontsyforovo () and Antsyferovo ().

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Information 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

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operated near Antsiferovo.Агеева Е. А
Гуслица
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

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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 С. С., Марков А. П
Старообрядцы Гуслиц
. In the 19th century, it was a part of Zaponorskaya Volost of Bogorodsky Uyezd of

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 Gove ...

. The overwhelming majority of the population of Antsiferovo were

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 ...

, who from the end of the 19th century were guided by the

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 Patri ...

. As in many other Guslitsa's villages,

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 ...

was a developed craft in Antsiferovo. The craft was started in Guslitsa around 1730 by Antsiferovo peasants F. Yevseyev, who studied iconography in

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, and A. Afanasyev, who studied in

. In later times, twenty-five icon-painters worked in Antsiferovo. In 1862, there was already an Old Believers'

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in the village.Издание Центрального статистического комитета Министерства внутренних дел. "Списки населённых мест Российской Империи. XXIV Московская губерния". Санкт-Петербург, 1862. Стр. 31. On April 23, 1911, an Old Believers' house of prayer burned down in the village, and the residents petitioned the government to build a new one.

Population

In 1852, the village consisted of 160 homesteads comprising 1,006 inhabitants (464 male and 542 female). By 1862, the population increased slightly to 175 homesteads comprising 1,070 people (520 male and 550 female). By 1925, the population grew to 211 households comprising 1,137 inhabitants. As of January 1, 1997, the population was 515.

References

*Овсянникова И.С. Из истории гуслицкого селения Анциферово. Гуслицкая округа. Историко-краеведческий альманах. Вып. 3. Куровское — Давыдово, 2007, с. 58–62. *Пэнэжко. О., протоиерей. Храмы Орехово-Зуевского района. Владимир, 2007, ч.1, с. 374–379. Анциферовская православная школа грамотности.

External links

Unofficial website of Antsiferovo
{{Authority control Rural localities in Moscow Oblast Guslitsa