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15-408: The Voskresensky Monastery has given rise to the eponymous village, which has grown into the town of Voskresensk (currently known as Istra ). From 2010 to 2016, a large-scale restoration was carried out. The New Jerusalem Monastery was founded in 1656 by Patriarch Nikon as a patriarchal residence in the vicinity of Moscow . The monastery took its name from the concept of New Jerusalem . This site

30-638: A Ukrainian context ( Ukrainian : повіт ) was a type of administrative subdivision of the Grand Duchy of Moscow , the Tsardom of Russia , the Russian Empire , the Russian SFSR , and the early Soviet Union , which was in use from the 13th century. For most of Russian history, uezds were a second-level administrative division . By sense, but not by etymology, uezd approximately corresponds to

45-523: The Istra River , 40 kilometers (25 mi) west of Moscow , on the Moscow– Riga railway. Population: 35,111 ( 2010 Census ) ; 33,652 ( 2002 Census ) ; 35,046 ( 1989 Soviet census ) . It was previously known as Voskresenskoye , Voskresensk (until 1930). Known since the 16th century as the village of Voskresenskoye, it was acquired by Patriarch Nikon to serve the needs of

60-519: The English " county ". Originally describing groups of several volosts , they formed around the most important cities. Uezds were ruled by the appointees ( namestniki ) of a knyaz and, starting from the 17th century, by voyevodas . In 1708, an administrative reform was carried out by Peter the Great , dividing Russia into governorates . The subdivision into uyezds was abolished at that time but

75-484: The New Jerusalem Monastery. Before their retreat they blew up its unique great belfry; the towers were demolished; the vaults of the cathedral collapsed and buried its famous iconostasis, among other treasures . In 1959, the museum was re-opened to the public. The New Jerusalem Monastery was re-established as a religious community only in the 1990s. The main buildings within the walled circuit are

90-812: The Town of Istra is incorporated within Istrinsky Municipal District as Istra Urban Settlement . There is a large high voltage research center near Istra at 55°55′26″N 36°49′10″E  /  55.92389°N 36.81944°E  / 55.92389; 36.81944  ( research center ) . There are 4 secondary schools in Istra: #1 after A. P. Chekhov, founded in 1908 #2 after N.K. Krupskaya, reconstructed in 2008 #3 after M.Y. Lermontov #4 Liceum Other educational institutions in Istra: - Musical School - School of Arts - Pedagogical College. New Jerusalem Monastery , also known as

105-648: The Voskresensky Monastery, is located in Istra. Famous Russian short-story writer and playwright Anton Chekhov used to work in Istra and its outskirts, while his brother Ivan Chekhov was a teacher at a local school. Soviet geographer Alexander Kruber was born in Istra. Istra is twinned with: [REDACTED] Media related to Istra, Russia at Wikimedia Commons Uyezd An uezd (also spelled uyezd ; Russian: уе́зд ( pre-1918 : уѣздъ) , IPA: [ʊˈjest] ), or povit in

120-399: The building remained unfinished. His cleric Ioann Shusherin records that the royal family, in particular Tsarevna Tatyana and Regent Sophia , then oversaw the building work and ensured the buildings completion, finalised with its consecration in 1685. In the 17th century, the New Jerusalem Monastery owned a large library , compiled by Nikon from manuscripts taken from other monasteries. By

135-528: The following: In March 2009 Russian president Dmitry Medvedev signed a presidential decree on the restoration and renovation of the New Jerusalem Monastery. The federal government was instructed to subsidize the monastery restoration fund from the federal budget from 2009, with deputy prime minister in Putin's cabinet , Viktor Zubkov estimating it will cost about 13–20 billion Russian roubles . As of June 2016, there has been great restoration done in

150-508: The main cathedral, with much of the interior reconstructed and readorned. The great belltower was rebuilt to old designs. The monastery is open to visitors and is actively serving again. Many thousands of visitors come each day, especially on holidays. Istra, Istrinsky District, Moscow Oblast Istra ( Russian : И́стра ) is a town and the administrative center of Istrinsky District in Moscow Oblast , Russia , located on

165-471: The neighbouring Voskresensky (Resurrection) Monastery . By 1781, the village had grown into the town of Voskresensk and become the seat of an uyezd . In 1930, the town was renamed Istra (after the river which flows through it) in order to avoid the old name's religious connotations. As a result of short-term occupation during the Great Patriotic War (from November 25 to December 11, 1941),

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180-524: The time of the secularization of 1764, the monastery possessed some 13,000 volumes. In 1918, the New Jerusalem Monastery was closed down. In 1920, a museum of history and arts and another of regional studies were established on the premises of the monastery. In 1935, the Moscow Oblast Museum of Regional Studies was opened in one of the monastic buildings. In 1941, the German army ransacked

195-535: The town was severely damaged. After the war, Istra became a center of research in the area of electrical power engineering. Within the framework of administrative divisions , Istra serves as the administrative center of Istrinsky District . As an administrative division, it is, together with two rural localities , incorporated within Istrinsky District as the Town of Istra . As a municipal division ,

210-582: Was chosen for its resemblance to the Holy Land. The River Istra represents the Jordan , and the buildings represent the 'sacral space' or holy places of Jerusalem. In his time, Patriarch Nikon recruited a number of monks of non-Russian origin to populate the monastery, as it was intended to represent the multinational Orthodoxy of the Heavenly Jerusalem. By the patriarch's death in 1681, however,

225-713: Was reinstated in 1727, as a result of Catherine I 's administrative reform . By the USSR administrative reform of 1923–1929, most of the uezds were transformed into raions (districts). In UkSSR , uezds were reformed into forty okruhas which were the primary-level of administrative division from 1925 to 1930. In the Baltic governorates the type of division was known as Kreis. The uezds of Bessarabia Governorate were called Ținut or Județ in Romanian , which would translate as "county". The Ukrainian word for uezd

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