Cities and Towns in Ivanovo Oblast - Ivanovo, Shuya, Kineshma, Puchezh, Gavrilov Posad, Zavolzhsk, Komsomolsk, Ivanovo Oblast, Yuryevets (Paperback)

Chapters: Ivanovo, Shuya, Kineshma, Puchezh, Gavrilov Posad, Zavolzhsk, Komsomolsk, Ivanovo Oblast, Yuryevets, Ivanovo Oblast, Plyos, Privolzhsk, Teykovo, Furmanov, Kokhma, Navoloki, Yuzha, Vichuga. Source: Wikipedia. Pages: 42. Not illustrated. Free updates online. Purchase includes a free trial membership in the publisher's book club where you can select from more than a million books without charge. Excerpt: Ivanovo - Ivanovo was created by merging the old flax-processing village Ivanovo (first documented in 1561) with the industrial Voznesensky Posad in 1871. Until 1932, its official name was Ivanovo-Voznesensk. By the early 20th century, Ivanovo competed with od (also a part of the Russian Empire at that time) for the title of the primary textile production centre in Europe. As the workers' living conditions were appalling, the strikes were frequent. One of these strikes led to the first Russian revolution. According to the Soviet historiography, e.g., Great Soviet Encyclopedia, article "Soviets of Workers' Deputies" (Russian: ), the Ivanovo Soviet (created in May 1905) was one of the first Soviets in the history. However this statement is contested, see Saint Petersburg Soviet. Ivanovo is twinned with: Notes ...More: http: //booksllc.net/?id=930108