Yegoryevsk
city in Moscow Oblast, Russia
Yegoryevsk (Russian: Его́рьевск) is a town and the administrative center of Yegoryevsk Urban Settlement in Moscow Oblast, Russia, located on the bank of the Guslitsa River 114 kilometers (71 mi) 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 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 N. M. Bardygin.
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