Gora (Davydovskoye Rural Settlement), Orekhovo-Zuyevsky District, Moscow Oblast
55°36.27′N 38°51.04′E / 55.60450°N 38.85067°E
Gora (Russian: Гора́) is a rural locality (a village) in Orekhovo-Zuyevsky District of Moscow Oblast, Russia, located some 75 kilometers (47 mi) south-east of Moscow.
Municipally, the village is a part of Davydovsky Rural Settlement (the administrative center of which is the village of Davydovo). Population: 145 (1997).[1] Postal code: 142641.
History edit
The village is located in the historical area of Zakhod (a part of Guslitsa).[2] In the 19th century, it was a part of Zaponorskaya Volost of Bogorodsky Uyezd of Moscow Governorate.[3] The overwhelming majority of the population of Gora were Old Believers, who from the end of the 19th century were guided by the Russian Orthodox Old-Rite Church.
As in many other Guslitsa's villages, iconography was a developed craft in Gora.[2]
Population edit
In 1852, the village consisted of 39 homesteads comprising 387 inhabitants (184 male and 203 female).[1] By 1862, the population increased slightly to 46 homesteads comprising 389 people (188 male and 201 female).[3] By 1925, the population of 74 homesteads comprised 398 inhabitants.[1] As of January 1, 1997, the population was 145.[1]
References edit
- ^ a b c d Orekhovo-Zuyevo portal. Information about Gora 2011-10-04 at the Wayback Machine (in Russian)
- ^ a b Михайлов С. С., Марков А. П. Старообрядцы Гуслиц 2009-09-21 at the Wayback Machine. (in Russian)
- ^ a b Издание Центрального статистического комитета Министерства внутренних дел. "Списки населённых мест Российской Империи. XXIV Московская губерния". Санкт-Петербург, 1862. Стр. 29.