Ilyinsky Pogost
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of Moscow Oblast
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, Russia
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, located on the Guslitsa River
Guslitsa River
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(Nerskaya
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's tributary
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). In the past, it was named Guslitsa and Pogost na Guslitse .
Ilyinsky Pogost is the administrative center of Ilynskoye Rural Settlement, the population of which was 4,000 as of the 2002 Census
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. The postal code of the village is 142651.
Ilyinsky Pogost was first mentioned in 1585 and later served as the center of the historical area of Guslitsa
Guslitsa
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(Guslitskaya volost
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).
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church (of the Moscow Patriarchate
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) is located in Ilyinsky Pogost. The church was built in 1822 and consecrated in 1840. In 1849, the construction of a belltower over 70 metres (229.7 ft) in height was finished. In 1937, the church was closed, and its building was used to house a sewing workshop between 1940 and 1953. In 1953, the building was turned into a warehouse used by the village's collective farm, and was used for this purpose until 1961. In 1961–1990 it housed a tare shop. During the German-Soviet War the belltower was used as an observation post. On March 25, 1990 the church was returned to the local community of believers.