Slobodishche, Moscow Oblast

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Slobodishche (Russian: Слободи́ще) is a village in Orekhovo-Zuyevsky District of Moscow Oblast, Russia, located on the Guslitsa River (Nerskaya's tributary) some 93 kilometers (58 mi) south-east of Moscow. Municipally, the village is a part of Ilyinskoye Rural Settlement (the administrative center of which is the village of Ilyinsky Pogost). Population: 327 (1997). Postal code: 142651.

Slobodishche. Old Believers' Our Lady of Kazan wooden church

Slobodishche. Ruins of arched gates

Slobodishche was first mentioned in 1674.

The village is located in the historical area of Guslitsa (former Guslitskaya volost). An Old Believers' (Russian Orthodox Old-Rite Church) Our Lady of Kazan wooden church (built around 1881) is located in Slobodishche.

According to a legend, all inhabitants of Slobodishche were sorcerers.

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• Orekhovo-Zuyevo portal. . (in Russian)
• Михайлов С. С., Марков А. П. Старообрядцы Гуслиц. (in Russian)

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