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Sergiev Posad

Sergiyev Posad (English)
Сергиев Посад (Russian)
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Central part of the city
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Location of Moscow Oblast in Russia
Sergiyev Posad is located in Moscow Oblast
Sergiyev Posad
Sergiyev Posad
Location of Sergiyev Posad in Moscow Oblast
Coordinates: 56°18′N 38°08′E / 56.300°N 38.133°E / 56.300; 38.133Coordinates: 56°18′N 38°08′E / 56.300°N 38.133°E / 56.300; 38.133
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Administrative status (as of September 2013)
Country Russia
Federal subject Moscow Oblast
Administrative district Sergiyevo-Posadsky District
City Sergiyev Posad
Administrative center of Sergiyevo-Posadsky District, City of Sergiyev Posad
Municipal status (as of October 2011)
Municipal district Sergiyevo-Posadsky Municipal District
Urban settlement Sergiyev Posad Urban Settlement
Administrative center of Sergiyevo-Posadsky Municipal District, Sergiyev Posad Urban Settlement
Representative body Council of Deputies
Statistics
Area 50.40 km2 (19.46 sq mi)
Population (2010 Census) 111,179 inhabitants
Rank in 2010 142nd
Density 2,206/km2 (5,710/sq mi)
Time zone MSK (UTC+03:00)
Founded 1347
City status since 1782
Previous names Sergiyev Posad (until 1919),
Sergiyev (until 1930),
Zagorsk (until 1991)
Postal code(s) 141300–141315, 141318
Dialing code(s) +7 496
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Sergiyev Posad (Russian: Се́ргиев Поса́д; IPA: [ˈsʲɛrgʲɪɪf pɐˈsat]) is a city and the administrative center of Sergiyevo-Posadsky District in Moscow Oblast, Russia. Population: 111,179 (2010 Census);113,581 (2002 Census);114,696 (1989 Census).

Sergiyev Posad grew in the 15th century around one of the greatest of Russian monasteries, the Trinity Lavra established by St. Sergius of Radonezh, still (as of 2015) one of the largest monasteries in Russia. Town status was granted to Sergiyev Posad in 1742. The town's name, alluding to St. Sergius, has strong religious connotations. Soviet authorities changed it first to just Sergiyev in 1919, and then to Zagorsk in 1930, in memory of the revolutionary Vladimir Mikhailovich Zagorsky  ( ).

The original name was restored in 1991.

Within the framework of administrative divisions, Sergiyev Posad serves as the administrative center of Sergiyevo-Posadsky District. As an administrative division, it is, together with twenty-six rural localities, incorporated within Sergiyevo-Posadsky District as the City of Sergiyev Posad. As a municipal division, the City of Sergiyev Posad is incorporated within Sergiyevo-Posadsky Municipal District as Sergiyev Posad Urban Settlement.


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