Kurovskoye
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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
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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
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's tributary
Tributary
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) 92 kilometres (57.2 mi) southeast of Moscow
Moscow
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. Population:
Kurovskoye was first mentioned in the 16th century as a small settlement of Kurovsky . In 1646, it was mentioned as a village of Kurovskaya . In 1952, it was renamed Kurovskoye and granted town status.
Geographically, Kurovskoye is located in what historically used to be the 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...
. The overwhelming majority of the population of the village of Kurovskaya were Old Believers
Old Believers
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. Presently, Kurovskoye is home to Guslitsky Spaso-Preobrazhensky Monastery (Russian Orthodox Church
Russian Orthodox Church
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) and an Edinoverie
Edinoverie
Edinoverie is an arrangement between certain Russian Old Believer communities and the official Russian Orthodox State Church, whereby the communities are treated as a part of the normative Orthodox Church system, while maintaining their own traditional rites...
Church of John Climacus.