Gora is a rural locality (a village) in Orekhovo-Zuyevsky District

Orekhovo-Zuyevsky District

Orekhovo-Zuyevsky District is an administrative and municipal district , one of the 38 in Moscow Oblast, Russia....

 of Moscow Oblast

Moscow Oblast

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, Russia

Russia

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, located some 75 kilometres (46.6 mi) south-east of Moscow

Moscow

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Municipally, the village is a part of Davydovsky Rural Settlement (the administrative center of which is the village of Davydovo

Davydovo, Orekhovo-Zuyevsky District, Moscow Oblast

Davydovo is a village in Orekhovo-Zuyevsky District of Moscow Oblast, Russia, located some south-east of Moscow and south of Orekhovo-Zuyevo. Municipally, the village is the administrative center of Davydovskoye Rural Settlement. Population: 12,000 ; 11,840...

). Population: 145 (1997). Postal code: 142641.

History

The village is located in the historical area of Zakhod (a part of Guslitsa

Guslitsa

Guslitsa, Guslica, or Guslicy is a region situated in the eastern part of Moscow Oblast. Guslitsa is famous for it was almost entirely inhabited by the Old Believers, mainly popovtsy...

). In the 19th century, it was a part of Zaponorskaya Volost of Bogorodsky Uyezd of Moscow Governorate

Moscow Governorate

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. The overwhelming majority of the population of Gora were Old Believers

Old Believers

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, who from the end of the 19th century were guided by the Russian Orthodox Old-Rite Church

Russian Orthodox Old-Rite Church

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As in many other Guslitsa's villages, iconography

Iconography

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was a developed craft in Gora.

Population

In 1852, the village consisted of 39 homesteads comprising 387 inhabitants (184 male and 203 female). By 1862, the population increased slightly to 46 homesteads comprising 389 people (188 male and 201 female). By 1925, the population of 74 homesteads comprised 398 inhabitants. As of January 1, 1997, the population was 145.