Plyos () is a

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in Privolzhsky District of Ivanovo Oblast,

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, located on the right bank of the Volga River, northeast of Ivanovo, the administrative center of the

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. Population:

Paleontology

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of Early

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temnospondyls Temnospondyli (from Greek τέμνειν, ''temnein'' 'to cut' and σπόνδυλος, ''spondylos'' 'vertebra') or temnospondyls is a diverse ancient order of small to giant tetrapods—often considered primitive amphibians—that flourished wo ...

are known from Plyos. '' Wetlugasaurus angustifrons'' and '' Angusaurus weidenbaumi'' were found in the Lower

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deposits.

History

It was founded in 12th century. Some years later the was founded. It was destroyed in 1238 by

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. A border post of the

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was founded in 1410 by Vasily I.''П. Н. Травкин.'' Плёсская крепость 1410 года
It was granted town status in 1925.

Administrative and municipal status

Within the framework of administrative divisions, Plyos is subordinated to Privolzhsky District. Prior to the adoption of the Law #145-OZ ''On the Administrative-Territorial Division of Ivanovo Oblast'' in December 2010, it used to be incorporated separately as an administrative unit with the status equal to that of the

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.Law #27-OZ As a municipal division, the

of Plyos, together with twenty-three rural localities in Privolzhsky District, is incorporated within Privolzhsky Municipal District as Plyosskoye Urban Settlement.Law #48-OZ File:Plyos Sobor.jpg, Assumption Church File:Воскресенская деревянная церковь. 1699 г..JPG, Wooden Church of the Resurrection File:Vic Skumin.jpg, Cemetery of the Church of the Resurrection File:Plyos. Saint Barbara church P5251962 2425.jpg, Church of St. Barbara File:Plyos, Ivanovo Oblast, Russia, 155555 - panoramio (14).jpg, Church of the Resurrection File:Volga river. Plyos. House-museum of Isaac Levitan P5251797 2350.jpg, Isaac Levitan Museum

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