Gavrilov Posad, Russia

 

Gavrilov Posad is located in the Ivanovo region. A small town with a population of 6.5 thousand people in the southwest of the region in the Vladimir-Suzdal Opolye. Administrative center of the Gavrilovo-Posad district.

 

Sights

Temple architecture
Temple complex of the Ilyinsky metochion of the Holy Vvedensky convent. includes the churches of Elijah the Prophet and St. Nicholas the Wonderworker. The churches were built in the 18th century in Baroque style.
Temple of the Prophet Elijah.

Civil architecture
Fire station building.
Zimin's house.
House of the Koshelevs.
Bessonova's restaurant.

Historical enterprises
Stud farm. Wikidata element
Distillery.

 

Things to do

Gavrilovo-Posad Municipal Museum of Local Lore, st. Rosa Luxemburg, 5. from 11.00 to 18.00, closed on Mon.

 

How to get there

By train
The Moscow-Ivanovo and Moscow-Kineshma trains stop at the Gavrilov Posad station. You can also get to the city by train, which connects Gavrilov Posad with Ivanovo, Aleksandrov and Yuryev-Polsky.

By car
91 km from Ivanovo.

By bus
The city is connected by intercity bus service with Ivanovo and Suzdal.

 

Geography

Geographical position

The city is located on the Irmes River (a tributary of the Nerl), 85 km from Ivanovo. The Voymiga River, which is a tributary of the Irmes River, flows through the city. The city has a railway station of the same name on the Moscow - Alexandrov - Belkovo - Ivanovo - Kineshma line. The city is located in the natural-historical region of Vladimir-Suzdal opole. The geographical location is quite convenient: 30 kilometers to Suzdal, 80 to the regional center - Ivanovo and about 200 to Moscow.

 

History

Gavrilov Posad as the village of Gavrilovskoye is mentioned in the Completion (agreement) of the Great Moscow Prince Vasily Vasilyevich with Prince Dmitry Yuryevich Shemyaka in 1434.

The history of Gavrilovsky Posad and the surrounding villages is closely connected with the palace stud farm, which, according to legend, was founded during the time of Ivan Vasilyevich “The Terrible”. The first written mention of the plant is in the scribe books of Gavrilovskaya Sloboda for the years 1632-1633, but the first indirect mention of the sovereign's stable in Gavrilovskaya Sloboda dates back to 1587.

City status was granted by Catherine II in 1789. At that time, city status was assigned if the total capital of the merchants of a given locality exceeded 100,000 rubles.

In 1899, a railway passed through Gavrilovsky Posad, connecting Aleksandrov and Ivanovo-Voznesensk.

In 1941, the State Pedigree Horse Breeding Nursery of the USSR People's Commissariat for the Brabançon and Clydesdale breeds was located in Gavrilov Posad.

In September 2016, representatives of Gavrilov Posad, Sergiev Posad and Mariinsky Posad took part in the 1st interregional festival of posads “Preserving history and traditions”, which was held in the Mariinsky Posad district of Chuvashia.

Improvement of Sovetskaya Square.
In 2018, the city won a competition for the improvement of small towns, which gave it 30 million rubles, the federal program “Comfortable Urban Environment” added another 50 million rubles and the city budget, 27 million. This provided funds for the development of the project and reconstruction of the old square. In 2019, earlier than planned, the square was completed.