Sudislavl () is an urban locality (an

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) and the

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Sudislavsky District Sudislavsky District () is an administrativeLaw #112-4-ZKO and municipalLaw #237-ZKO district (raion), one of the twenty-four in Kostroma Oblast, Russia. It is located in the southwest of the oblast. The area of the district is . Its administrativ ...

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, situated from

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and northeast of

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. Population:

History

In the Middle Ages, Sudislavl was a town with its own timber

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's testament from 1572 is the first document that mentions Sudislavl.Белоруков Д.Ф. Город Судиславль. Деревни, сёла и города Костромского края
/ref> A later chronicle from the local Resurrection monastery claims that Sudislavl existed as early as 1360. In the 17th and 18th centuries Sudislavl was considered a "merchant town". The local merchants financed the construction of several stone churches which survive to this day. The

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emerged as the dominant religious group in the district. By the beginning of the 20th century, Sudislavl had entered a period of steady decline. It has not been ranked as a town since 1925.

References

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