Gavrilov Posad

city Gavrilov Posad Гаврилов Посад flag coat of arms Federal district Central Russia Oblast Ivanovo Rajon Gavrilov Posad First mention 1434 City since 1789 surface 6  km² population 6434 inhabitants (as of Oct. 14, 2010) Population density 1072 inhabitants / km² Height of the center 120  m Time zone UTC + 3 Telephone code +7 (49355) Post Code 155000 License Plate 37, 137 OKATO 24 203 501 Geographical location Coordinates 56 ° 34 '  N , 40 ° 7'  E Coordinates: 56 ° 34 '0 "  N , 40 ° 7' 0"  E

Location in the western part of Russia

Location in Ivanovo Oblast

List of cities in Russia

Gavrilow Possad ( Russian Гаврилов Посад ) is a small town in Ivanovo Oblast ( Russia ) with 6434 inhabitants (as of October 14, 2010).

geography

The city is located at the eastern end of a foothill of the Moscow ridge about 85 km southwest of the Oblast capital Ivanovo at the mouth of the river Woimiga in the Irmes in the river system of the Volga .

Gavrilow Posad is the administrative center of the raion of the same name .

history

The place was first mentioned in 1434 as the village of Gavrilowskoje . It is possible that the village was founded at the beginning of the 13th century and named "Big Nest" by the Vladimir Grand Duke Vsevolod after the baptismal name of his son Svyatoslav , Gavriil .

In 1609 the village belonged to the Russian Tsar's court as Gawrilowa sloboda .

In 1789 the town charter was granted under the name Gawrilowski Possad ; the current form of the name only became common at the beginning of the 20th century. Still an important regional trading point in the 19th century, the city's development stagnated compared to other cities in the area.

Population development

year	Residents
1897	1160
1926	2200
1939	6139
1959	6710
1970	7491
1979	7838
1989	8492
2002	7193
2010	6434

Note: census data (1926 rounded)

Culture and sights

The city has a local museum.

Economy and Infrastructure

Gavrilow Posad is the center of an agricultural area. There are smaller companies in the food and textile industries.

Not far there is a stud on which the Wladimir draft horse breed (Russian Wladimirski Tjaschelowos ) is bred (see city arms).

The city lies on the railway line ( Moscow -) Belkowo –Iwanowo (km 238 from Moscow), which opened on this section in 1899 .

Web links

Commons : Gawrilow Possad  - collection of pictures, videos and audio files

• Gavrilow Posad on mojgorod.ru (Russian)

Individual evidence

1. ↑ ^{a b} Itogi Vserossijskoj perepisi naselenija 2010 goda. Tom 1. Čislennostʹ i razmeščenie naselenija (Results of the All-Russian Census 2010. Volume 1. Number and distribution of the population). Tables 5 , pp. 12-209; 11 , pp. 312–979 (download from the website of the Federal Service for State Statistics of the Russian Federation)