Ivanovo is a small, picturesque town located on the river Uvod. Located in the Central part of Russia, the administrative center of Ivanovo oblast. Population - 418,6 thousand people. the Distance from Moscow is 275 km
The history of the city of Ivanovo
The first settlement was mentioned in the ancient books in 1561. According to historians the village was donated by Ivan the Terrible to the relatives of his second wife, princes Cherkasy, people from the North Caucasus. It is believed that in the village there was a Church or chapel in the name of John the Baptist. So the village got the name Ivan. According to another version, the village was named after its founder or perogies Ivan.
The city was founded in 1871 by the merger of the village of Ivanovo with Voznesensky Posad. And until 1932 was called Ivanovo-Voznesensk.
As many of you know this is the city of brides.
Ivanovo, centre light industry, became known as the "city of brides", as the manufacturing and processing of fabrics worked great number of women. A certain role in promoting the expression played a song Andrei Mironov, "Well what we do not pair"made in the 1981 film "Honest, intelligent, unmarried". In each of its three verses are these lines:
Love all telling you again,
But when nothing saying you're tired,
And know that I will be leaving in Ivanovo
And Ivanovo - town brides.
But not only...
Ivanovo is a city with numerous symbols of the revolution. The birthplace of the First Council, the Third proletarian capital.
The revolution of 1905
The monument to the fighters of the revolution of 1905 Revolution square.
In the first decade of the twentieth century weavers and other workers were dissatisfied with their conditions of life and work, which has often led to the local strike of the proletariat. During the First Russian revolution in Ivanovo was formed by the city Council of workers ' deputies, which was the first in Russia (hence the name "city of the first Council").
In Ivanovo is the number of objects of cultural heritage. The town is primarily known architectural monuments of the epoch of constructivism: home "Ship" (1930), architect D. F. Friedman; the house of the "Horseshoe" (1934), architect A. I. Panov. Ivanovo is a city of bold architectural solutions!