Yegoryevsk () is a

town A town is a type of a human settlement, generally larger than a village but smaller than a city. The criteria for distinguishing a town vary globally, often depending on factors such as population size, economic character, administrative stat ...

and the

administrative center An administrative centre is a seat of regional administration or local government, or a county town, or the place where the central administration of a commune, is located. In countries with French as the administrative language, such as Belgiu ...

of Yegoryevsk Urban Settlement in

Moscow Oblast Moscow Oblast (, , informally known as , ) is a federal subjects of Russia, federal subject of Russia (an oblast). With a population of 8,524,665 (Russian Census (2021), 2021 Census) living in an area of , it is one of the most densely populate ...

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, located on the bank of the

Guslitsa River The Guslitsa (), also known as Guslyanka (Гусля́нка) is a river in Moscow Oblast, Russia. It is a left tributary of the Nerskaya ( Moskva tributary). It is long, and has a drainage basin of .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 with ...

Toponymy

Yegoryevsk was named in honor of St. Egor (

Saint George Saint George (;Geʽez: ጊዮርጊስ, , ka, გიორგი, , , died 23 April 303), also George of Lydda, was an early Christian martyr who is venerated as a saint in Christianity. According to holy tradition, he was a soldier in the ...

History

When it was founded in 1462, it was known as the village of ''Vysokoye'' (). It was granted town status in 1778. The new town was quite small with a population of only 280 males and 295 females, mostly consisting of merchants and burgesses. Yegoryevsk was famous for its annual

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s, where bread was mainly sold. In the 19th century, Yegoryevsk became a center of the Russian textile industry. The Khludov brothers cotton factory has been in operation since 1845 - it has survived to this day and its clocktowers are one of the main sights of the town. A lot of the town's development happened from 1872 to 1901, under the mayor . At his order, the Moscow architect built the Egoryevsk Mechanical and Electrical Engineering School named after

Tsarevich Alexei Grand Duke Alexei Petrovich of Russia (28 February 1690 – 26 June 1718) was a Russian Tsarevich. He was born in Moscow, the son of Tsar Peter I and his first wife, Eudoxia Lopukhina. Alexei did not get along with his father and repeatedly ...

, and the Holy Trinity Mariinsky Convent was rebuilt. Yegoryevsk is also an important center of

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 ...

Administrative and municipal status

Within the framework of administrative divisions, Yegoryevsk serves as the

of Yegoryevsky District.Resolution #123-PG As an administrative division, it is, together with sixty-two rural localities, incorporated within Yegoryevsky District as the

Town A town is a type of a human settlement, generally larger than a village but smaller than a city. The criteria for distinguishing a town vary globally, often depending on factors such as population size, economic character, administrative stat ...

of Yegoryevsk. As a municipal division, the Town of Yegoryevsk is incorporated within Yegoryevsky Municipal District as Yegoryevsk Urban Settlement.Law #152/2004-OZ

Culture

The town is home to many historic buildings from the 18th and 19th centuries, as well as a museum with both art and artifacts of daily life in earlier centuries.

Military

Yegoryevsk was home to the 924th Center of Combat Application for

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s, prior to the center being reincorporated in

Kolomna Kolomna (, ) is a historic types of inhabited localities in Russia, city in Moscow Oblast, Russia, situated at the confluence of the Moskva River, Moskva and Oka Rivers, (by rail) southeast of Moscow. Population: History Mentioned for the fir ...

as the 1327th UAV Combat Training Center in 2009.

Notable people

Aliya Mustafina Aliya Farkhatovna Mustafina (; born 30 September 1994) is a Russian former artistic gymnast. She was the 2010 all-around world champion, the 2013 European all around champion, the 2012 and 2016 Olympic uneven bars champion and a seven-time ...

(born 1994), retired Olympic gymnast *

Vadim Romanov Vadim Yuryevich Romanov (; born 3 May 1978) is a Russian professional football coach and a former player. He is the assistant coach of FC Spartak Moscow FC Spartak Moscow (, ) is a Russian professional association football, football club ba ...

(born 1978), Russian professional football player and coach

Twin towns and sister cities

Yegoryevsk is twinned with: *

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External links

Unofficial website of Yegoryevsk
{{Authority control Cities and towns in Moscow Oblast Yegoryevsky Uyezd