Sudislavl (russian: Судисла́вль) 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 ...

) and the

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Sudislavsky District Sudislavsky District (russian: Судисла́вский район) is an administrativeLaw #112-4-ZKO and municipalLaw #237-ZKO district (raion), one of the twenty-four in Kostroma Oblast, Russia. It is located in the southwest of the oblast. T ...

of Kostroma Oblast,

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, situated from Kostroma and northeast of

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. Population:

History

In the Middle Ages, Sudislavl was a town with its own timber

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's testament from 1572 is the first document that mentions Sudislavl.Белоруков Д.Ф. Город Судиславль. Деревни, сёла и города Костромского края
/ref> A later chronicle from the local Resurrection monastery claims that Sudislavl existed as early as 1360. In the 17th and 18th centuries Sudislavl was considered a "merchant town". The local merchants financed the construction of several stone churches which survive to this day. The

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emerged as the dominant religious group in the district. By the beginning of the 20th century, Sudislavl had entered a period of steady decline. It has not been ranked as a town since 1925.

References

{{Kostroma Oblast Urban-type settlements in Kostroma Oblast Populated places in Sudislavsky District Defunct towns in Russia Kostromskoy Uyezd