Yegoryevsk () is a town and the administrative center of Yegoryevsk Urban Settlement in Moscow Oblast, Russia, located on the bank of the Guslitsa River southeast of Moscow.
Toponymy
Yegoryevsk was named in honor of St. Egor (
Saint George).
History
When it was founded in 1462, it was known as the village of
Vysokoye (Высо́кое). It was granted town status in 1778. The new town was quite small with a population of only 280 males and 295 females, mostly consisting of merchants and burgesses.
Yegoryevsk was famous for its annual , where bread was mainly sold. In the 19th century, Yegoryevsk became a center of the Russian textile industry. The Khludov brothers cotton factory has been in operation since 1845 - it has survived to this day and its clocktowers are one of the main sights of the town. A lot of the town's development happened from 1872 to 1901, under the mayor . At his order, the Moscow architect built the Egoryevsk Mechanical and Electrical Engineering School named after Tsarevich Alexei, and the Holy Trinity Mariinsky Convent was rebuilt.
Yegoryevsk is also an important center of Old Believers.
Administrative and municipal status
Within the framework of administrative divisions, Yegoryevsk serves as the administrative center of Yegoryevsky District.
[Resolution #123-PG] As an administrative division, it is, together with sixty-two rural localities, incorporated within Yegoryevsky District as the
Town of Yegoryevsk.
As a municipal division, the Town of Yegoryevsk is incorporated within Yegoryevsky Municipal District as
Yegoryevsk Urban Settlement.
[Law #152/2004-OZ]
Culture
The town is home to many historic buildings from the 18th and 19th centuries, as well as a museum with both art and artifacts of daily life in earlier centuries.
Military
Yegoryevsk was home to the 924th Center of Combat Application for
, prior to the center being reincorporated in
Kolomna as the 1327th UAV Combat Training Center in 2009.
Notable people
Twin towns and sister cities
Yegoryevsk is twinned with:
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