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Olesovo Destination Guide

Touring Olesovo in Russia

Olesovo in the region of Ivanovo is a city located in Russia - some 183 mi or ( 294 km ) North-East of Moscow , the country's capital city .

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Time in Olesovo is now 06:22 AM (Sunday) . The local timezone is named " Europe/Moscow " with a UTC offset of 4 hours. Depending on your travel resources, these more prominent places might be interesting for you: Zales'ye, Voskresenskoye, Vologda, Vladimir, and Smertino. Being here already, consider visiting Zales'ye . Check out our recommendations for Olesovo ? We have collected some references on our attractions page.


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Interesting facts about this location

Palekh

Palekh is an urban locality and the administrative center of Palekhsky District of Ivanovo Oblast, Russia. Population: 5,337; 5,814; 6,202. Palekh has a very long history in Russian iconography, the art of painting Russian Orthodox icons for homes and churches. The village emerged as a leading center of Russian icon- and mural-painting in the nineteenth century. A good example of the Palekh school are the murals and icons from the Church of the Exaltation of the Cross (built in 1762–1774).

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Located at 56.80 41.86 (Lat./Long.); Less than 9 km away
Tags: Golden Ring of Russia, Urban-type settlements in Ivanovo Oblast

Kholuy miniature

A Kholuy miniature is a Russian folk handicraft of miniature painting, made with tempera on a varnished box of papier-mâché. This form of Russian lacquer art is produced exclusively by students of the Kholuy school, a rural settlement in Ivanovo Oblast. The Kholuy school of icon painting was founded in 1883. The school continued the local handicraft of icon painting known since the 16th century, but after the Russian Revolution the icon painting workshops were closed.

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Located at 56.73 41.87 (Lat./Long.); Less than 10 km away
Tags: Miniature painting, Russian handicrafts

Yuzhsky District

Yuzhsky District is an administrative and municipal district, one of the twenty-one in Ivanovo Oblast, Russia. It is located in the south of the oblast. The area of the district is 1,341 square kilometers . Its administrative center is the town of Yuzha. Population: 25,728; 28,793; 33,792. The population of Yuzha accounts for 55.1% of the district's total population.

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Located at 56.58 42.02 (Lat./Long.); Less than 22 km away
Tags: Districts of Ivanovo Oblast