Shuvoye () is a

settlement Settlement may refer to: *Human settlement, a community where people live *Settlement (structural), downward movement of a structure's foundation *Settlement (finance), where securities are delivered against payment of money *Settlement (litigatio ...

in Yegoryevsky District of

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 Shuvoyka River (

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 Ol ...

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). Shuvoye is the administrative center of Shuvoyskoye Rural Settlement. Postal code: 140342. Dialing code: +7 49640.

History

The settlement was founded in 1627. In 1935, it was granted

urban-type settlement Urban-type settlement, abbreviated: ; , abbreviated: ; ; ; ; . is an official designation for lesser urbanized settlements, used in several Central and Eastern Europe, Central and Eastern European countries. The term was primarily used in the So ...

status. During

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times, it was called Krasny Tkach (, lit. ''red weaver''); the original name was restored in August 2001. In December 2001, it was demoted to a settlement of rural type. The settlement is located in the historical area of

. There is a wooden

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 ...

' (

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 ...

) Trinity Church built in 1924 in Shuvoye, a rare instances of a church having been built during the Soviet era.

References

*А. И. Капустин�
Приход Шувое-Нареево Егорьевского района Московской области.

External links

*Temples.ru
Pictures of the Trinity Church in Shuvoye
{{Authority control Rural localities in Moscow Oblast Old Believer communities in Russia Populated places established in 1627 1627 establishments in Russia Moscow Governorate