Slobodishche. Old Believers' Our Lady of Kazan wooden church
Slobodishche. Ruins of arched gates
Slobodishche (Russian: Слободи́ще) is a village in Orekhovo-Zuyevsky District of Moscow Oblast, Russia, located on the Guslitsa River (Nerskaya's tributary) some 93 kilometers (58 mi) south-east of Moscow. Municipally, the village is a part of Ilyinskoye Rural Settlement (the administrative center of which is the village of Ilyinsky Pogost). Population: 327 (1997). Postal code: 142651.
Slobodishche was first mentioned in 1674.
The village is located in the historical area of Guslitsa (former Guslitskaya volost). An Old Believers' (Russian Orthodox Old-Rite Church) Our Lady of Kazan wooden church (built around 1881) is located in Slobodishche.
According to a legend, all inhabitants of Slobodishche were sorcerers.
External links
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- Orekhovo-Zuyevo portal. Information about Slobodishche. (in Russian)
- Михайлов С. С., Марков А. П. Старообрядцы Гуслиц. (in Russian)
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