Pavlovsky Posad, Industrial town in Moscow Oblast, Russia
Pavlovsky Posad is a town in Moscow Oblast, roughly 68 kilometers east of the capital, where the Klyazma and Vokhna rivers meet. The settlement sits at an elevation of around 130 meters and covers close to 40 square kilometers, with factory buildings and residential blocks spread across the terrain.
The settlement formed in 1844 when four villages merged on land belonging to Trinity Lavra monastery: Pavlovo, Dubrovo, Zakharovo, and Melenki. Over the following decades it grew into a center for textile production, drawing thousands of workers and shaping the surrounding region.
Local factories produce woolen shawls decorated with floral patterns that draw on Russian folk motifs and are still printed using older methods. Craftspeople work at wide wooden tables, applying colors by hand and guiding each piece through several stages of production.
The Moscow to Vladimir railway line connects the town to both cities, with trains stopping several times a day at the local station. Walking visitors can orient themselves by the wide main roads that branch out from the center, linking the main factory zones and residential areas.
The town grew from around 2,900 residents in the mid-19th century to over 65,000 by 2021, showing the rapid shift from a rural cluster to a medium-sized industrial center. The name comes from the village of Pavlovo, named after an early landowner, which later gave its identity to the entire merged settlement.
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