Shuvoye (russian: Шуво́е) is a

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, located on the Shuvoyka River (

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 ...

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). Shuvoye is the administrative center of Shuvoyskoye Rural Settlement. Postal code: 140342. Dialing code: +7 49640.

History

The settlement was founded in 1627. In 1935, it was granted

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 ...

status. During

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times, it was called Krasny Tkach (, lit. ''red weaver''); the original name was restored in August 2001. In December 2001, it was demoted to a settlement of rural type. The settlement is located in the historical area of

. There is a wooden

Old Believers Old Believers or Old Ritualists, ''starovery'' or ''staroobryadtsy'' are Eastern Orthodox Christians who maintain the liturgical and ritual practices of the Russian Orthodox Church as they were before the reforms of Patriarch Nikon of Moscow bet ...

' (

Russian Orthodox Old-Rite Church The Russian Orthodox Old-Rite Church (or Russian Orthodox Oldritualist Church, Russian Orthodox Old-Ritualist Church) (russian: Русская Православная Старообрядческая Церковь) is an Eastern Orthodox Chur ...

) Trinity Church built in 1924 in Shuvoye, a rare instances of a church having been built during the Soviet era.

References

*А. И. Капустин�
Приход Шувое-Нареево Егорьевского района Московской области.

External links

*Temples.ru
Pictures of the Trinity Church in Shuvoye
{{Authority control Rural localities in Moscow Oblast Old Believer communities in Russia Populated places established in 1627 1627 establishments in Russia Moscow Governorate