Palech

Urban-type settlement Palekh Палех flag coat of arms Federal district Central Russia Oblast Ivanovo Rajon Palech head J. Below First mention 15th century Urban-type settlement since 1947 surface 5.8  km² population 5337 inhabitants (as of Oct. 14, 2010) Population density 920 inhabitants / km² Time zone UTC + 3 Telephone code (+7) 49334 Post Code 155620 License Plate 37, 137 OKATO 24 217 551 Website http://palekh-online.ipn.ru Geographical location Coordinates 56 ° 48 '  N , 41 ° 51'  E Coordinates: 56 ° 48 '0 "  N , 41 ° 51' 0"  E

Location in the western part of Russia

Location in Ivanovo Oblast

Palech ( Russian Па́лех ) is an urban-type settlement with 5337 inhabitants (as of October 14, 2010) in Ivanovo Oblast , Russia . The place is known above all for the icon painting and varnishing craft that is cultivated here .

Geography and traffic

Palekh is located in the south of Ivanovo Oblast, 64 km from the regional capital Ivanovo and 30 km from the nearest city Shuja . It is the administrative center of the eponymous Rajons (district) of the Oblast. The river Paleschka flows through the village. There is a road connection to Ivanovo and Nizhny Novgorod , but no railway connection of its own: the nearest passenger station is in Shuja.

history

According to documents, Palech emerged as a village in the 15th century at the latest and held this status until the 20th century. The place name has its origins in Finno-Ugric languages , which suggests that the area around the area was settled well before the 12th century. In the 15th century the village belonged to a son of Tsar Ivan IV (the Terrible) , towards the end of the century a (wooden) church was built there for the first time, a predecessor of today's Church of the Exaltation of the Cross.

Church of Exaltation of the Cross in Palech

The origin of the Palech icon painting art is presumed from the 16th century, when Palech became a craftsmen, in which among other things wood carvers were active. At the beginning of the 18th century, an independent style of icon painters was established here, which, among other things, was based on the traditions of the old Suzdal state .

After the October Revolution of 1917, icon painting in Palech fell sharply in connection with the state anti-religious campaign of the communists and almost ceased to exist for a time. In 1924 in an Artel of artists, relying on wood paintings and to paint miniatures (see: lacquer miniatures from Palekh ) specialized. This handicraft (so-called Palech miniature) has survived in Palech to this day, and the old icon-painting traditions have been revived since the end of the Soviet Union.

In 1947, Palekh received urban-type settlement status.

Population development

year	Residents
1939	2583
1959	3363
1970	4678
1979	5446
1989	6202
2002	5814
2010	5337

Note: census data

economy

Today Palech lives mainly from handicrafts and tourism; there is an art school and several wood painting workshops. Other industrial companies that existed during the Soviet era (including textile factories) have been out of service since the 1990s.

Sons and daughters of the place

• Pavel Korin (1892–1967), painter

Web links

Commons : Palech  - collection of images, videos and audio files

• Official website of Palech Raion (Russian)
• Website of the Painting Museum Palekh (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)