Khoteichi
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Khoteichi is a village (selo) 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 on the Nerskaya River
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....

 (Moskva
Moskva River
The Moskva River is a river that flows through the Moscow and Smolensk Oblasts in Russia, and is a tributary of the Oka River.-Etymology:...

's tributary
Tributary
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). Municipally, the village is a part of Sobolevskoye Rural Settlement (the administrative center of which is the village of Sobolevo). Population: 751 (1997). Postal code: 142649.

Khoteichi was first mentioned in 1631.

A Trinity
Trinity
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 church (of the Moscow Patriarchate
Russian Orthodox Church
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) is located in Khoteichi. The church was consecrated in 1823. In 1939, the church was closed and partially destroyed. Restoration of the church has begun in 1995.

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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