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Pavlovskiy Posad

 

A former industrial town to the East of Moscow. It was formed in the middle of the 19th century as a merger of several villages. Central part of Pavlovskiy Posad is not particularly interesting and has a standard set of more or less preserved pre-revolutionary architecture. Fire tower.

 

Pharmacy in water tower.

 

Museum of local history and art.

 

New poles at pedestrian crossings with illumination and a traditional flower pattern.

 

Bell tower of the Church of the Resurrection of the Word (1839). The church was a warehouse in the Soviet times, in late 1950s it was destroyed after the stored oxygen cylinders exploded. Only the bell tower survived.

 

Church of the Ascension in Gorodok. It has a vice a versa brand new bell tower but the church itself is preserved.

 

Few old houses in the central and eastern part of the town.

 

Most of Pavlovskiy Posad's factories are now abandoned or rented by small businesses. Former wool-weaving and silk-weaving factory in Gorodok.

 

A silk weaving factory in Filimonovo.

 

The house of Sokolikov, former owner of the factory.

 

Wooden barracks for workers (1939). Type one.

 

And type two.

 

And another abandoned factory nearby, foundry this times.

 

The mosaic near the foundry reads: "Communism establishes peace on Earth, labor, freedom, equality, the brotherhood, happiness of all peoples".

 

Furry guardian of the grocery store.

Getting in (as of August 2022): M7 Volga highway (expect heavy jams on weekends). Suburban trains from Kurskiy railway station in Moscow.

Where to eat: The Vkusno i Tochka (former McDonald's).

What to buy: Pavlovo Posad woolen shawls with the traditional floral or fractal ornaments.

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