Zagorsk

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Zagorsk is the former Soviet-era name of the Russian town now known as Sergiyev Posad, a major center of Orthodox Christianity northeast of Moscow.

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Zagorsk canonical 2

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Predicate Object
instanceOf former name
town
associatedWith Russian Orthodox Church NERFINISHED
associatedWithReligion Eastern Orthodoxy NERFINISHED
country Russia
Soviet Union
distanceFromMoscow approximately 70 km
formerNameOf Sergiyev Posad NERFINISHED
hasFunction administrative center
hasLandmark Trinity Lavra of St. Sergius NERFINISHED
hasReligiousRole pilgrimage center
historicalContext Soviet to post-Soviet toponymic change
languageOfName Russian
locatedIn Moscow Oblast
Russian SFSR NERFINISHED
northeast of Moscow
namedAfter Vladimir Zagorsky NERFINISHED
nowKnownAs Sergiyev Posad NERFINISHED
partOf Golden Ring of Russia NERFINISHED
region Central Federal District NERFINISHED
religiousHeritage churches
monasteries
religiousSignificance major center of Russian Orthodox Christianity
replacedName Sergiyev Posad NERFINISHED
successorName Sergiyev Posad NERFINISHED
timePeriod Soviet era
toponymType commemorative name
urbanStatus town
usedAsOfficialName yes

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