Yegoryevsk

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 fairs, 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. 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.

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 UAVs, prior to the center being reincorporated in Kolomna as the 1327th UAV Combat Training Center in 2009.

Notable people

• Aliya Mustafina (born 1994), retired Olympic gymnast
• Vadim Romanov (born 1978), Russian professional football player and coach

Twin towns and sister cities

Main article: List of twin towns and sister cities in Russia

Yegoryevsk is twinned with:

• Bulgaria Pirdop, Bulgaria
• Belarus Mazyr, Belarus
• China Zhuji, China
• Ukraine Zghurivka, Ukraine

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2. "Перечень субъектов РФ".
3. Resolution #123-PG
4. Law #152/2004-OZ
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