Gora () is a rural locality (a village) in Orekhovo-Zuyevsky District of Moscow Oblast, Russia, located some south-east of Moscow.
Municipally, the village is a part of Davydovsky Rural Settlement (the administrative center of which is the village of Davydovo). Population: 145 (1997).Orekhovo-Zuyevo portal. Information about Gora Postal code: 142641.
History The village is located in the historical area of Zakhod (a part of Guslitsa).Михайлов С. С., Марков А. П. Старообрядцы Гуслиц . In the 19th century, it was a part of Zaponorskaya Volost of Bogorodsky Uyezd of Moscow Governorate.Издание Центрального статистического комитета Министерства внутренних дел. "Списки населённых мест Российской Империи. XXIV Московская губерния". Санкт-Петербург, 1862. Стр. 29. The overwhelming majority of the population of Gora were Old Believers, who from the end of the 19th century were guided by the Russian Orthodox Old-Rite Church.
As in many other Guslitsa's villages, iconography was a developed craft in Gora.
Population In 1852, the village consisted of 39 homesteads comprising 387 inhabitants (184 male and 203 female). By 1862, the population increased slightly to 46 homesteads comprising 389 people (188 male and 201 female). By 1925, the population of 74 homesteads comprised 398 inhabitants. As of January 1, 1997, the population was 145.
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