Lyakhovo, Orekhovo-Zuyevsky District, Moscow Oblast
55°37.162′N 38°50.28′E / 55.619367°N 38.83800°E
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Lyakhovo (Russian: Ля́хово) is a village in Orekhovo-Zuyevsky District of Moscow Oblast, Russia, located 75 kilometers (47 mi) south-east of Moscow. Population: 71 (1997 est.). Postal code: 142641.
Municipally, the village is a part of Davydovsky Rural Settlement (the administrative center of which is the village of Davydovo).
History[edit]
The village is located in the historical area of Zakhod (a part of Guslitsa).[1]
In the 19th century, it was a part of Zaponerskaya Volost of Bogoroditsky Uyezd. As of 1862, the population of Lyakhovo consisted of 43 homesteads comprising 382 people (191 male and 191 female).[2]
The overwhelming majority of the population of Lyakhovo were Old Believers and from the end of the 19th century they were under the auspices of the Russian Orthodox Old-Rite Church. There was an Old Believers chapel in the village.[2]
According to legends, all people from Lyakhovo were sorcerers.[1]
References[edit]
- ^ a b Михайлов С. С., Марков А. П. Старообрядцы Гуслиц Archived 2009-09-21 at the Wayback Machine. (in Russian)
- ^ a b Издание Центрального статистического комитета Министерства внутренних дел. "Списки населённых мест Российской Империи. XXIV Московская губерния". Санкт-Петербург, 1862. Стр. 31.
External links[edit]
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- Orekhovo-Zuyevo portal. Information about Lyakhovo. (in Russian)