Yegoryevsk


Yegoryevsk is a town and the administrative center of Yegoryevsk Urban Settlement in Moscow Oblast, Russia, located on the right bank of the Guslitsa River southeast of Moscow.

Toponymy

Yegoryevsk was named honor of St. Egory, that is Saint George.

History

It has been known since 1462 as the village of Vysokoye. Town status was granted to it in 1778. The newborn town was quite small. There were only 280 males and 295 females. These were mostly merchants and burgesses.
Yegoryevsk was famous for its annual fairs, where bread was mainly sold. In the 19th century, Yegoryevsk became the center of the textile industry. Since 1845, the Khludov brothers cotton factory has been operating. It has survived to this day and its watches are one of the main sights of the town. Yegoryevsk also owed his development to the mayor in 1872−1901 :ru:%D0%91%D0%B0%D1%80%D0%B4%D1%8B%D0%B3%D0%B8%D0%BD, %D0%9D%D0%B8%D0%BA%D0%B8%D1%84%D0%BE%D1%80 %D0%9C%D0%B8%D1%85%D0%B0%D0%B9%D0%BB%D0%BE%D0%B2%D0%B8%D1%87|N. M. Bardygin. According to his order, the Moscow architect :ru:%D0%91%D0%B0%D1%80%D1%8E%D1%82%D0%B8%D0%BD, %D0%98%D0%B2%D0%B0%D0%BD %D0%A2%D0%B8%D0%BC%D0%BE%D1%84%D0%B5%D0%B5%D0%B2%D0%B8%D1%87|I.T. Baryutin built the Egoryevsk Mechanical and Electrical Engineering School named after Tsarevich Alexei, the Holy Trinity Mariinsky Convent was rebuilt.
Also, Egorievsk is 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

Olympic gymnast Aliya Mustafina was born and raised in Yegoryevsk.

Twin towns and sister cities

Yegoryevsk is twinned with: