Yegoryevsk
Egoryevsk (Russian Егорьевск ) is a city and district center in Russia in the Moscow Oblast. It has 70 081 inhabitants (as of October 14, 2010 ) and is located about 100 km southeast of Moscow.
History
The place was first mentioned in 1462 as a village called Wyssokoje. In the 16th century a church was built, which bore the name of St. George. From Yegor, one of the Russian variants of the name George, is derived from the city's current name. In the 17th and 18th centuries, the village gained thanks to its favorable location for trade relations between Moscow and the Ryazan region as well as between Kolomna and Vladimir importance as Jahrmarktort. In 1778 he received the city status and was first called Jegorjew, later Egoryevsk.
After obtaining the rights Egoryevsk city grew throughout the 19th century on. It originated here first textile mills and other factories, a water pipe, schools, many new church building. At that time it was Egoryevsk as a major center of Old Believers of Moscow environs, what still reminds the Church of Saint George in 1882.
Economy and Transport
The textile industry has in Egoryevsk today a greater importance. Other establishments include a mechanical, a furniture factory, a sawmill, several food factories. In the city environment and agriculture is mined phosphates and peat.
The nearby town of Kolomna has Egoryevsk connection to the highway M5 and the railway ( Moscow- Kazan ).
Attractions
- Alexander Nevsky Church (1897 )
- Remains of the Trinity convent (19th century)
- Altorthodoxe George's Church (1882 )
- History and Art Museum
- Old school building in Art Nouveau style (1909 )
- Palace of Culture (1929 )
Sons and daughters of the town
- Marina Schirowa ( b. 1963 ), athlete
- Walerija Scholobowa (* 1992), wrestler
- Eduard Uspensky (* 1937), children's book author
- Aliya Mustafina (* 1994), gymnast