Gus-Zhelezny (russian: Гусь-Желе́зный, lit. ''iron goose'') is an
urban locality (an
urban-type settlement
Urban-type settlementrussian: посёлок городско́го ти́па, translit=posyolok gorodskogo tipa, abbreviated: russian: п.г.т., translit=p.g.t.; ua, селище міського типу, translit=selyshche mis'koho typu, ab ...
) in
Kasimovsky District
Kasimovsky District (russian: Каси́мовский райо́н) is an administrativeLaw #128-ZS and municipalLaw #82-OZ district (raion), one of the twenty-five in Ryazan Oblast, Russia. It is located in the north of the oblast. The area of th ...
of
Ryazan Oblast
Ryazan Oblast ( rus, Рязанская область, r=Ryazanskaya oblast, p=rʲɪˈzanskəjə ˈobləsʲtʲ) is a federal subjects of Russia, federal subject of Russia (an oblast). Its administrative center is the types of inhabited localities ...
,
Russia
Russia (, , ), or the Russian Federation, is a List of transcontinental countries, transcontinental country spanning Eastern Europe and North Asia, Northern Asia. It is the List of countries and dependencies by area, largest country in the ...
. Population:
It was founded in the 18th century on the
Gus River
The Gus (russian: Гусь, lit. ''goose'') is a river in Vladimir and Ryazan Oblasts, Russia. It is a left tributary of the Oka. It is long, and has a drainage basin of . 's bank.
The main point of interest of Gus-Zhelezny is the 19th century Russian orthodox Trinity Cathedral, built in a rare for Russia
Gothic Revival style
Gothic Revival (also referred to as Victorian Gothic, neo-Gothic, or Gothick) is an architectural movement that began in the late 1740s in England. The movement gained momentum and expanded in the first half of the 19th century, as increasingly ...
with elements of
neobaroque and
neoclassicism
Neoclassicism (also spelled Neo-classicism) was a Western cultural movement in the decorative and visual arts, literature, theatre, music, and architecture that drew inspiration from the art and culture of classical antiquity. Neoclassicism was ...
.
References
External links
*Proselki.ru
Information about Gus-Zhelezny
Urban-type settlements in Ryazan Oblast
Melenkovsky Uyezd
Populated places established in the 18th century
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