Yuryevets, Ivanovo Oblast
Jurjewez (Russian Юрьевец ) is a city in the Ivanovo (Russia) with 10,210 inhabitants (as of October 14, 2010 ).
Geography
The city is located about 170 km northeast of the Oblasthauptstadt Ivanovo on the right bank of the dam here to Gorkier pent Volga.
Jurjewez is the administrative center of the homonymous Rajons.
History
The city was (also Georgi ) founded by Vladimir and Suzdal prince Yuri Vsyevolodovitch 1225 and ( now Tartu to distinguish Yuriev -Polsky and Yuriev Liwonski, Yuriev on the Volga ) named after him Yuriev Povolzhsky. Even the name Georgiyevsk was used.
Already in 1237 the city was captured by the troops of Batu Khan and destroyed, but recovered again.
From 1405 belonged Yuriev Povolzhsky the Principality Gorodez, from 1448 to the Grand Duchy of Moscow, from 1451 to Suzdal, before they finally came to Moscow. 1565, the city of Ivan IV the Oprichnina was overwritten. From about this time the city name in its present form is common.
In the Time of Troubles in the early 17th century Jurjewez was repeatedly attacked by Polish troops. 1661-1663 a stone fortress was built, which existed until the end of the 18th century.
1778 Jurjewez received the modern city law as an administrative center of a circle ( Ujesds ).
Demographics
Note: Census data (1926-1939 rounded)
Culture and sights
Although the strong meandering, opening at the opposite side in the Volga rivers Usta and Njomda with their floodplains disappeared by the flooding of the Gorkier dam in the 1950s under the water level, their mouths now over 15 kilometers from the city and are the appearance of the area has so fundamentally changed, Jurjewez still one of the most picturesque small towns on the Volga.
In the city center, the Old and the New Cathedral of the entry into Jerusalem are ( Входоиерусалимский собор / Wchodojerussalimski Sobor ) of 1806 or 1825 to 1833, the Epiphany ( Богоявленская церковь / Bogoyavlensky Tserkov ) from the early 18th century and the Nativity Church ( Рождественская церковь / Roschdestwenskaja Tserkov ) obtained from 1815.
Beyond the river port is known as the White City, remains of the fortress from 1661 to 1663.
The city has a local history museum, the Museum of the City Jurjewez, a brothers - Vesnin Museum and Andrei Tarkovsky - Museum.
Economy and infrastructure
In Jurjewez there is a linen mill, founded in 1871, as well as companies in the wood processing and food industry.
The town lies on the road R81 Kineschma - Jurjewez Putsch Esch- Purech ( at Sawolschje ).
Personalities
- Andrei Tarkovsky (1932-1986), film director; born in the village of Sawraschje Rajons Jurjewez, spent part of his childhood in Jurjewez
- Arseny Tarkovsky (1907-1989), poet, Father Andrei Tarkovsky; lived for a time in Jurjewez
- Alexander Vesnin (1883-1959), architect; Born in Jurjewez
- Viktor Vesnin (1882-1950), architect; Born in Jurjewez
The brothers Vesnin created or designed (often together with her older brother, who was born in Nizhny Novgorod Leonid Vesnin; 1880-1933 ) important buildings in the style of constructivism before they went in later years the " Stalinist " Neoclassicism ( DneproGES, Palace the Soviets ).