Yegoryevsk

Yegoryevsk (English)
Егорьевск (Russian)
-  Town[1]  -

Sovetskaya Street in Yegoryevsk

Location of Moscow Oblast in Russia
Yegoryevsk
Location of Yegoryevsk in Moscow Oblast
Coordinates: 55°23′N 39°03′E / 55.383°N 39.050°E / 55.383; 39.050Coordinates: 55°23′N 39°03′E / 55.383°N 39.050°E / 55.383; 39.050
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Administrative status (as of September 2013)
Country Russia
Federal subject Moscow Oblast[1]
Administrative district Yegoryevsky District[1]
Town Yegoryevsk[1]
Administrative center of Yegoryevsky District,[1] Town of Yegoryevsk[1]
Municipal status (as of November 2010)
Municipal district Yegoryevsky Municipal District[2]
Urban settlement Yegoryevsk Urban Settlement[2]
Administrative center of Yegoryevsky Municipal District,[2] Yegoryevsk Urban Settlement[2]
Statistics
Population (2010 Census) 70,081 inhabitants[3]
- Rank in 2010 226th
Time zone MSK (UTC+03:00)[4]
Known since 1462
Town status since 1778
Previous names Vysokoye
Postal code(s)[5] 140300–140306, 140308
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Yegoryevsk (Russian: Его́рьевск) is a town and the administrative center of Yegoryevsky District in Moscow Oblast, Russia, located on the right bank of the Guslitsa River 114 kilometers (71 mi) southeast of Moscow. Population: 70,081 (2010 Census);[3] 68,303 (2002 Census);[6] 73,854 (1989 Census);[7] 68,000 (1971); 56,000 (1939); 29,700 (1926).

History

It has been known since 1462 as the village of Vysokoye (Высо́кое). Town status was granted to it in 1778.

Administrative and municipal status

Within the framework of administrative divisions, Yegoryevsk serves as the administrative center of Yegoryevsky District.[1] As an administrative division, it is, together with sixty-two rural localities, incorporated within Yegoryevsky District as the Town of Yegoryevsk.[1] As a municipal division, the Town of Yegoryevsk is incorporated within Yegoryevsky Municipal District as Yegoryevsk Urban Settlement.[2]

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.

Notable people

Olympic gymnast Aliya Mustafina was born and raised in Yegoryevsk.

Twin towns and sister cities

Yegoryevsk is twinned with:

References

Notes

  1. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Resolution #123-PG
  2. 1 2 3 4 5 Law #152/2004-OZ
  3. 1 2 Russian Federal State Statistics Service (2011). "Всероссийская перепись населения 2010 года. Том 1" [2010 All-Russian Population Census, vol. 1]. Всероссийская перепись населения 2010 года (2010 All-Russia Population Census) (in Russian). Federal State Statistics Service. Retrieved June 29, 2012.
  4. ↑ Правительство Российской Федерации. Федеральный закон №107-ФЗ от 3 июня 2011 г. «Об исчислении времени», в ред. Федерального закона №248-ФЗ от 21 июля 2014 г. «О внесении изменений в Федеральный закон "Об исчислении времени"». Вступил в силу по истечении шестидесяти дней после дня официального опубликования (6 августа 2011 г.). Опубликован: "Российская газета", №120, 6 июня 2011 г. (Government of the Russian Federation. Federal Law #107-FZ of June 31, 2011 On Calculating Time, as amended by the Federal Law #248-FZ of July 21, 2014 On Amending Federal Law "On Calculating Time". Effective as of after sixty days following the day of the official publication.).
  5. ↑ Почта России. Информационно-вычислительный центр ОАСУ РПО. (Russian Post). Поиск объектов почтовой связи (Postal Objects Search) (Russian)
  6. ↑ Russian Federal State Statistics Service (May 21, 2004). "Численность населения России, субъектов Российской Федерации в составе федеральных округов, районов, городских поселений, сельских населённых пунктов – районных центров и сельских населённых пунктов с населением 3 тысячи и более человек" [Population of Russia, Its Federal Districts, Federal Subjects, Districts, Urban Localities, Rural Localities—Administrative Centers, and Rural Localities with Population of Over 3,000] (XLS). Всероссийская перепись населения 2002 года [All-Russia Population Census of 2002] (in Russian). Retrieved August 9, 2014.
  7. ↑ Demoscope Weekly (1989). "Всесоюзная перепись населения 1989 г. Численность наличного населения союзных и автономных республик, автономных областей и округов, краёв, областей, районов, городских поселений и сёл-райцентров" [All Union Population Census of 1989: Present Population of Union and Autonomous Republics, Autonomous Oblasts and Okrugs, Krais, Oblasts, Districts, Urban Settlements, and Villages Serving as District Administrative Centers]. Всесоюзная перепись населения 1989 года [All-Union Population Census of 1989] (in Russian). Институт демографии Национального исследовательского университета: Высшая школа экономики [Institute of Demography at the National Research University: Higher School of Economics]. Retrieved August 9, 2014.

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