Yegoryevsk
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Yegoryevsk (Russian: Его́рьевск) is a town in Moscow Oblast, Russia, located on the right bank of the Guslitsa River 114 km southeast of Moscow. Population: 68,303 (2002 Census); 73,854 (1989 Census); 68,000 (1971); 56,000 (1939); 29,700 (1926). It is known since the 1462 as the village of Vysokoye (Высо́кое). Town status since 1778.
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.