Shuvoye
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From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Shuvoye (Russian: Шуво́е) is a settlement in Yegoryevsky District of Moscow Oblast, Russia, located on the Shuvoyka River (Guslitsa's tributary). Shuvoye is the administrative center of Shuvoyskoye Rural Settlement. Postal code: 140342. Dialing code: +7 49640.
The settlement was founded in 1627. In 1935, it was granted urban-type settlement status.[1] During Soviet times, it was called Krasny Tkach (Кра́сный Ткач, lit. red weaver); the original name was restored in August 2001.[2] In December 2001, it was demoted to a settlement of rural type.[3]
The settlement is located in the historical area of Guslitsa. There is a wooden Old Believers' (Russian Orthodox Old-Rite Church) Trinity Church built in 1924 in Shuvoye, a rare instances of a church having been built during the Soviet era.
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