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Monument to St. Sergius near the lavra walls
Sergiyev Posad (Russian: Се́€гиев Ÿоса́д) is a city in and the administrative center
of Sergiyevo-Posadsky District of Moscow Oblast, Russia. The city grew up around the greatest of Russian monasteries, the Troitse-Sergiyeva Lavra or "Trinity". The town became incorporated in 1742. As its name had strong religious connotations, the Soviet authorities changed it to Zagorsk in 1930. The original name, literally meaning "Sergii's settlement" and alluding to St Sergii Radonezhsky, came back into official use in 1991. According to the 2002 Census, the town had population of 113,581. Geographical coordiantes 56°18€N 38°08€E.
Tourism associated with the Golden Ring plays a role in the regional economy. There is also an important factory of toys.
In 1947, the Soviet Union established its first factory to weaponize smallpox at the edge of Sergiyev Posad.
Later post are to reflect different element which exist within this community.
Sergiyev Posad Night Life ( NightLife ), RMC
Moscow Night Life ( Nightlife ), RMC, an Inter - City Cultural Communications website program between the cities of Moscow, Russia, and Ithaca, New York. The
focus of which is to exchange cultural information via the internet medium about the nightlife , dance, theatre life,
art, artist, entertainment, accommodations, restaurants, and dance scene. The second stage is to include the regional
communities under the sociocultural and socioeconomic influences of the city of Moscow. This add depth, and brings the online
user into the very national environment of each selected city within the growing network of Night Life ( Nightlife ), RMC.
More importantly, it allows a greater field of participation from the community online users to convey their interests and
contributions to this cultural democracy initiative. The selected region communities of Moscow are : Sergiyev Posad . Zhukovsky . Ramenskoye . Podol'sk . Klin . Obninsk . Serpukhov . There is more to come in the specific cultural areas which each city interculturally shares.
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