Kostino is 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

Moscow Oblast , or Podmoskovye , is a federal subject of Russia . Its area, at , is relatively small compared to other federal subjects, but it is one of the most densely populated regions in the country and, with the 2010 population of 7,092,941, is the second most populous federal subject...

, Russia

Russia

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

Moscow

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 near the Likhocha River.

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: 185 (1997 est.). Postal code: 142642.

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

Moscow Governorate , or Government of Moscow, was an administrative division of the Russian Empire, which existed in 1708–1929....

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

Old Believers

In the context of Russian Orthodox church history, the Old Believers separated after 1666 from the official Russian Orthodox Church as a protest against church reforms introduced by Patriarch Nikon between 1652–66...

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

Russian Orthodox Old-Rite Church

The Russian Orthodox Old-Rite Church is an Eastern Orthodox Church of the Old Believers tradition, born from a schism within the Russian Orthodox Church following the liturgical reforms of Patriarch Nikon in the second half of 17th century...

.

In 1862, there was already an Old Believers' chapel

Chapel

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 in the village.

Before the Revolution

October Revolution

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, guslyaki (residents of Guslitsa) were known for their criminal tendencies and a propensity for horse-stealing. A large number of horse thieves

Horse thief

-United States:The term horse thief came into great popularity in the U.S. during the 19th century. During that time the Great Plains states, Texas, and other western states were sparsely populated and negligibly policed. As farmers tilled the land and migrants headed west through the Great...

 were from Yelizarovo

Yelizarovo, Orekhovo-Zuyevsky District, Moscow Oblast

Yelizarovo is a village in Orekhovo-Zuyevsky District of Moscow Oblast, Russia, located south-east of Moscow, west of Davydovo.Municipally, the village is a part of Davydovsky Rural Settlement . Population: 132...

 and Kostino. Stolen horses were usually sold in nearby Yegoryevsk

Yegoryevsk

Yegoryevsk is a town and the administrative center of Yegoryevsky District of Moscow Oblast, Russia, located on the right bank of the Guslitsa River southeast of Moscow. Population: 68,000 ; 56,000 ; 29,700 . It is known since 1462 as the village of Vysokoye...

, which at the time was a part of Ryazan Governorate and thus not in jurisdiction of the Moscow Governorate's police.

Population

In 1825, the village consisted of 84 homesteads comprising 843 inhabitants (408 male and 435 female). By 1862, the population increased slightly to 89 homesteads comprising 965 people (482 male and 483 female). By 1925, the population grew to 125 households comprising 618 inhabitants. As of January 1, 1997, the population was 185.