Pavlovsky Posad
Pavlovsky Posad (Russian Павловский Посад, even Pavlov Posad ) is a city in Russia with 63 711 inhabitants (as of October 14, 2010 ). It is located in the Moscow Oblast on the river Klyazma and on the railway line Moscow - Vladimir - Nizhny Novgorod, about 68 km east of Moscow.
History
The town was founded as a village Pavlovo already around 1328. During the 18th century here, the textile industry, which had earned a reputation over the decades also outside the village developed. This led to a lively economic growth through trade with the locally produced products. 1844 Pavlovo concluded with some neighboring villages to a place together. This at the same time received the status of a city within the Moscow province awarded. The new name Pavlovsky Posad meant so much as Pawlowoer suburb. Until the early 20th century, the city grew by more industrial enterprises, most of them were textile factories. Even today, enjoy produced in Pavlovsky Posad shawls and scarves a good reputation.
Economy and Transport
The textile industry still dominates today the economic life of the city. The most famous operation is the Pavlov Poss wire cloth factory, which has emerged from the silk cloth mill founded by Ivan Bauer labsin 1795. There also exist in Pavlovsky Posad a brickyard, a food plant and some other smaller factories. Even if in the vicinity of the city especially is agriculture based increasingly on industry (eg, another site of BASF Coatings ).
The city has stopped at the local trains, among others, to and from Moscow ( Kursk station ) and Vladimir a railway station.
Attractions
- Vasily Monastery
- Bell tower of the Resurrection Cathedral (the latter is not even receive )
- Museum of Russian cloth production
Sons and daughters of the town
- Valeri Bykowski, Cosmonaut
- Alexei Medvedev, football player
- Natalya Petrusjowa, speed skater
- Vyacheslav Tikhonov, actor