Zaponorye
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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 on the Ponor River
Ponor River
The Ponor River , also known as Ponar is a river in Moscow Oblast, Russia. It is a right tributary of the Nerskaya River . It is 22 km in length. Source to the south in 1 km from the village of Krupino, Moscow oblast...
(Nerskaya
Nerskaya River
The Nerskaya River is a river in Moscow Oblast, Russia. It is a left tributary of the Moscow River. It is 92 km in length, with a drainage basin of 1,510 km². Its average discharge is 8,3 m³/s.The town Kurovskoye is situated on the Nerskaya....
's tributary
Tributary
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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: 135 (1997 est.). Postal code: 142641.
The village is located in the historical area 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...
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History
Zaponorye was first mentioned in 1587. The village was a part of the land owned by Chudov MonasteryChudov Monastery
The Chudov Monastery was founded in the Moscow Kremlin in 1358 by Metropolitan Alexius of Moscow. The monastery was dedicated to the miracle of the Archangel Michael at Chonae...
in Moscow
Moscow
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. At that time, the village was also known as Vlasyevskoye .
According to the cadastres of 1623—1624, the wooden Pokrov Church of Our Lady was located in the village of Zaponorye/Vlasyevskoye. In 1678, the village was home to ten peasant homesteads, which comprised 36 people.
In the 19th century, Zaponorye had a status of a selo and served as a center of Zaponorskaya Volost of Bogoroditsky Uyezd of Moscow Governorate
Moscow Governorate
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As of 1852, the village consisted of 72 homesteads comprising 391 people. By 1862, the population declined to 59 homesteads comprising 359 people (168 male and 191 female). Apart from the Orthodox Church, there was also an Old Believers' chapel
Chapel
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. Twice a year, on May 20 and October 1, a fair (Zaponorskaya yarmarka) was held in the village.
In 1925, the village population was 611 people in 115 households.
In 1940, the church in Zaponorye was closed, and in 1948 it was completely demolished.