Zuevo was a historic village in

Bogorodsky Uyezd Bogorodsky Uyezd (russian: Богородский уезд) was one of the subdivisions of the Moscow Governorate of the Russian Empire. It was situated in the eastern part of the governorate. Its administrative centre was Bogorodsk (Noginsk). D ...

Moscow Governorate Moscow Governorate (russian: Московская губерния; pre-reform Russian: ), or the Government of Moscow, was an administrative division (a '' guberniya'') of the Tsardom of Russia, the Russian Empire, and the Russian SFSR, which ...

Imperial Russia The Russian Empire was an empire and the final period of the List of Russian monarchs, Russian monarchy from 1721 to 1917, ruling across large parts of Eurasia. It succeeded the Tsardom of Russia following the Treaty of Nystad, which ended th ...

. It was the administrative centre of Zuevskaya volost. Since 1917 it has been part of the city of

Orekhovo-Zuyevo Orekhovo-Zuyevo (russian: Оре́хово-Зу́ево, ) is an industrial city in Moscow Oblast, Russia, located east of Moscow in a forested area on the Klyazma River (a tributary of the Oka). Orekhovo (russian: Оре́хово), often prono ...

. It was the birthplace of

Savva Vasilyevich Morozov Savva Vasilyevich Morozov (24 April 1770 – 1860) was an eighteenth-century Russian entrepreneur, who founded the Morozov dynasty. Origins He was born a serf, his father, a fisherman having been sold by Vsevoloshsky along with other serfs, buil ...

and

Semyon Grigorievich Zimin Semyon Grigorievich Zimin (1760, Zuevo - 1840) was a Russian entrepreneur and founder of the Zimin dynasty. He was born a serf owned by the landowner Ryumin. He married Anastasia Grigorievna with whom he had five sons: Kipriyan, Ivan, Pavel, Niki ...

, both peasants who became industrialists ensuring Zuevo play an important role in the industrialisation of

Early development

The village belonged to the Vsevolozhsky familyThe village was originally an area of arable agriculture. In the ''Economic Notes'' of 1760 it states of the population "they plow the land all over, and they also use carts to hire them to different cities." However, from 1771 when two peasants gained permission to start

silk weaving Silk is a natural protein fiber, some forms of which can be woven into textiles. The protein fiber of silk is composed mainly of fibroin and is produced by certain insect larvae to form cocoons. The best-known silk is obtained from the coc ...

in five locations, the village played a part in the developing textile sector in Imperial Russia. This contributed to the expansion of the population: By the mid 1790s there were 9 factories employing 63 workers. The largest was that of Feodor Kononov, who employed 15 workers. He lent one his workers, Savva Morozov, 1,500 to buy himself out of military service. Morozov repaid the debt in two years.

Creation of Orekhovo-Zuyevo

Following the

February Revolution The February Revolution ( rus, Февра́льская револю́ция, r=Fevral'skaya revolyutsiya, p=fʲɪvˈralʲskəjə rʲɪvɐˈlʲutsɨjə), known in Soviet historiography as the February Bourgeois Democratic Revolution and somet ...

of 1917 a

soviet The Soviet Union,. officially the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics. (USSR),. was a List of former transcontinental countries#Since 1700, transcontinental country that spanned much of Eurasia from 1922 to 1991. A flagship communist state, ...

of workers deputies was created linking the villages of Orekhovo, Zuevo and Nikolskoye in March 1917. It was one of the first soviets to be dominated by the

Bolsheviks The Bolsheviks (russian: Большевики́, from большинство́ ''bol'shinstvó'', 'majority'),; derived from ''bol'shinstvó'' (большинство́), "majority", literally meaning "one of the majority". also known in English ...

. By May 1917 this soviet had taken over the factories of the

Morozovs The Morozovs (russian: Морозовы) is a famous Old Believers Russian family of merchants and entrepreneurs. The family name Morozov originates from a Russian word ''moroz'' (мороз) that means ''frost''. The founder of the family was ...

. The Soviet called on the

Provisional government A provisional government, also called an interim government, an emergency government, or a transitional government, is an emergency governmental authority set up to manage a political transition generally in the cases of a newly formed state or f ...

to unify the three settlements as the city of Orekhovo-Zuyevo, which they did on 3 June, 1917.

References

{{reflist Bogorodsky Uyezd