Ilyinsky Pogost (russian: Ильи́нский Пого́ст) is a
village
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(''
selo'') in
Orekhovo-Zuyevsky District
Orekhovo-Zuyevsky District (russian: Оре́хово-Зу́евский райо́н) is an administrativeLaw #11/2013-OZ and municipalLaw #67/2005-OZ district (raion), one of the thirty-six in Moscow Oblast, Russia. It is located in the east of ...
of
Moscow Oblast
Moscow Oblast ( rus, Моско́вская о́бласть, r=Moskovskaya oblast', p=mɐˈskofskəjə ˈobləsʲtʲ), or Podmoskovye ( rus, Подмоско́вье, p=pədmɐˈskovʲjə, literally "under Moscow"), is a federal subject of Rus ...
,
Russia
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, located on the
Guslitsa River
The Guslitsa (russian: Гу́слица), also known as Guslyanka (Гусля́нка) is a river in Moscow Oblast, Russia. It is a left tributary of the Nerskaya ( Moskva tributary). It is long, and has a drainage basin of . (
Nerskaya
The Nerskaya (russian: Не́рская) is a river in Moscow Oblast, Russia. It is a left tributary of the Moskva. It is 92 km in length, with a drainage basin of 1,510 km².[tributary
A tributary, or affluent, is a stream or river that flows into a larger stream or main stem (or parent) river or a lake. A tributary does not flow directly into a sea or ocean. Tributaries and the main stem river drain the surrounding drainage ...]
). In the past, it was named Guslitsa () and Pogost na Guslitse ().
Ilyinsky Pogost is the administrative center of Ilynskoye Rural Settlement, the population of which was 4,000 as of the
2002 Census. The postal code of the village is 142651.
Ilyinsky Pogost was first mentioned in 1585 and later served as the center of the historical area of
Guslitsa
Guslitsa, Guslica, or Guslicy (russian: Гу́слица, Гу́слицы) is a region situated in the eastern part of Moscow Oblast. Guslitsa is famous for it was almost entirely inhabited by the Old Believers, mainly popovtsy (Belokrinitska ...
(Guslitskaya
volost
Volost ( rus, во́лость, p=ˈvoləsʲtʲ; ) was a traditional administrative subdivision in Eastern Europe.
In earlier East Slavic history, ''volost'' was a name for the territory ruled by the knyaz, a principality; either as an absolute ...
).
A large
Resurrection of Jesus
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church (of
the Moscow Patriarchate) is located in Ilyinsky Pogost. The church was built in 1822 and consecrated in 1840. In 1849, the construction of a belltower over in height was finished. In 1937, the church was closed, and its building was used to house a sewing workshop between 1940 and 1953. In 1953, the building was turned into a warehouse used by the village's
collective farm
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, and was used for this purpose until 1961. In 1961–1990 it housed a tare shop. During the
German-Soviet War
The Eastern Front of World War II was a theatre of conflict between the European Axis powers against the Soviet Union (USSR), Poland and other Allies, which encompassed Central Europe, Eastern Europe, Northeast Europe (Baltics), and Sout ...
the belltower was used as an observation post. On March 25, 1990 the church was returned to the local community of believers.
External links
Website of Ilyinsky PogostWebsite of Ilyinsky Pogost SchoolWebsite of Orekhovo-Zuyevo Protopriest
Rural localities in Moscow Oblast
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