Yegoryevsk (English) Егорьевск (Russian) |
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Country | Russia |
Federal subject | Moscow Oblast |
Administrative district | Yegoryevsky District |
Town | Yegoryevsk |
Administrative center of | Yegoryevsky District, Town of Yegoryevsk |
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Municipal district | Yegoryevsky Municipal District |
Urban settlement | Yegoryevsk Urban Settlement |
Administrative center of | Yegoryevsky Municipal District, Yegoryevsk Urban Settlement |
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Population (2010 Census) | 70,081 inhabitants |
- Rank in 2010 | 226th |
Time zone | MSK (UTC+03:00) |
Known since | 1462 |
Town status since | 1778 |
Previous names | Vysokoye |
Postal code(s) | 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);68,303 (2002 Census);73,854 (1989 Census); 68,000 (1971); 56,000 (1939); 29,700 (1926).
It has been known since 1462 as the village of Vysokoye (Высо́кое). Town status was granted to it in 1778.
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.
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.
Olympic gymnast Aliya Mustafina was born and raised in Yegoryevsk.