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Privolzhsk

Historical information

Historical information
Temples
Handicrafts, trades
Accommodation
    Founded in 1485. Town form 1938. Town of regional authority (Privolzhsky region Ivanovo district). Situated on the river Shacha, the right tributary of the Volga, 20 km form Fourmanov railway station, 51 km North- East from Ivanovo. Known since 1485as the village Yakovlevskoye the Big. In 16 century it belonged to Ipatievsky monastery in Kostroma. In 18-19 centuries the village of Yakovlavskoye was a big center of flax cloth production.
    Town Privolzhsk since 1938; formed from the village of Yakovlevskoye and nearby factory settlements. The name is not connected with the position on the Volga (it is in 15 km) but with the flax mill Privolzhskaya Communa.

Temples

St. Nikolsky nunnery
155510, Ivanovo region, Privolzhsk town, Revolutionnaya str.
The Nikolskaya church in Privolzhsk was built in baroque traditions of in 1779 by Kostroma masters on the place of a wooden church with hipped roof known acc. documents since 1523. Situated in the town centre on a small trade square. Dominates among surrounding buildings, it is seen well at the great distance from it at the entrance on the Ivanovo- Plyos motor car road.
    The church was closed in 1939 and used as a store-house. In 1989 there began to solicit for church restitution to believers what provoked authorities’ protest. But the question was decided unexpectedly: in the hipped roof of the bell-tower it struck the lightning and the next day the bell tower crashed down inwards and wrecked arches. In such condition it was transferred to the community. In the same 1989 it was conducted the first in the Soviet period a religious procession in the central streets of the town. In 1993 it was created at church a Nikolayevskaya monastic community of the Resurrection which united Privolzhsk Nikolskaya church and Voskresenskaya church of the village Tolpygino. In 1997 it was opened at the Nikolskaya church an asylum for girls-orphans and an orthodox school. The next year the community was reorganized. In Privolzhsk it was set up a Nikolsky nunnery and the church of the Resurrection became a podvorye of the Ivanovo monastery of the Assumption.
    The Nikolskaya church which is a distinctive symbol of Privolzhsk is restored now , cupolas, hipped roof, inner decoration are renewed.
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Handicrafts, trades

Joint-Stock Company "Privolzhsky jewellery factory "Krasnaya Presnya"

133310, Ivanovo district,.Privolzhsk, Fabrichnaya str., h.10
Ph.: (09339)3-10-28

In the city of Privolzhsk of Ivanovo district, not far from picturesque banks of the Volga, on the way to " the Gold ring ", there is one of the unique jewellery enterprises of Russia - Privolzhsky jewellery factory " Krasnaya Presnya ". Individual workers had long ago practiced jewellery craft in this region. From their association in 1930 artel "Krasnaya Presnya" was formed and in 1973 it is renamed into a factory. From the beginning of the origin and to this day the factory specializes on release of ornaments from silver and cupronickel with cut crystal glass. Color glass,as a result of a manual facet and polishing, acquires in the skilful hands of jewellers a variety of forms and colors, from colorless crystal with sparkling sides to opaque stones and beads imitating coral, turquoise, and greenstone.
Alongside with cut glass ornaments with enamel, corundums, phianits, amber, ornamental stones, and without inserts with application of multi-colored enamels are also produced.
Now Privolzhsky jewellery factory "Krasnaya Presnya" is a well developed jewellery manufacture having modern equipment where in a combination with the mechanized techniques traditional manual labor is widely used.
As a decoration of cupronickel and silver jewellery galvanic gilding and silvering with oxidant and polishing is used. Firmness and durability of galvanic coverings is a prominent feature of production of the factory, attracting buyers.
The production of the factory is distinguish by high quality, refined composite completeness, magnificent light of multi-colored inserts and skill of performance.
Jewellery keeps the best traditions of the past and makes the unique music of metal and a glass sound in a modern way. Phianits, corundums, multi-colored crystal, enamel give to ornaments from metal gallantry and nobleness even to a daily dress. The strict beauty of line keeps the individuality of each product that will undoubtedly satisfy any taste of the customer. Ring or ear-rings, brooch or pendent, a bracelet or a necklace, hairpins or a medallion from metal with color crystal, corundum or phianite bring accents of modern and classical fashion to women dress. They are well-known and are in demand not only at domestic, but also foreign customers.
Now the factory releases more than 250 kinds of ornament from cupronickel and 160 kinds from silver of 925 carats. They are constantly added with new developments of creative collective of artists. Their authentic works, and also production of the factory were exhibited at international and domestic exhibitions and were marked by awards and diplomas not once.

Ryapolovskaya weaving factory

Ivanovo district, Privolzhsky region, Ryapolovo.
It is created on the basis of artel "Zavievy Ilyicha", based in 1924 as a result of reorganization of "varnia" - private enterprise of manual jakkard weaving where the boiling of thin, so-called Dutch, cloth was made
Jakkard wooden machines have appeared in Ryapolovo in the second half of XIX century then the manufacture of special flax table cloths of first-rate quality has been adjusted. In 1923 at the All-Russia handicraft exhibition in Moscow the high quality Ryapolovsky products has been marked. In the 30-40s the factory releases flax and half flex jakkard table cloths and blankets, and also coupon fabrics for man's shirts and summer female dresses from linen, cotton and viscose yarn. At the common high technical quality of products of Repolovsky factory of this period the basic part of it was developed according to old drawings of the beginning of XX century in "modernist style. New drawings were frequently not very artistic as the factory had no constant qualified artist. Since the 50s the work of the factory is connected with creativity of artist T.A.Isaeva who from 1951 till 1958 works there constantly, and from 1961 to 1970 - as an employee NIIHP and periodically helps the factory in development of new assortment of products and in definition of its art orientation. The main feature of Ryapolov weaving factory which singles it out from a lot of other enterprises of jakkard weaving is that connection with Russian folk art is clearly seen in the products. So, Ryapolov jakkard table cloths and napkins of the last years (artist T.A.Isaeva) remind with their character of ornamentals and folk techniques of the execution North-Russian old table cloths("stoleshniky").Unique exhibition products such as curtain "Cities - heroes", and also a series of souvenir-gift products in technics of jakkard weaving with the manual embroidery of authors T.A.Isaeva and L.I.Karmanova (1967-1968) have been executed at the factory. Ryapolovsky products from pure flax with the use of techniques of folk weaving, produced in small series, have high art quality. Alongside with highly artistic small series products the factory produces massively cotton blankets, half flax tablecloths and curtain fabrics.
Since 1960 gradual transition of Ryapolovskaya weaving factory to release of weaven products made after patens of folk weaving on mechanical jakkard machines is carried out.
Three manual jakkard machines were left in the factory for producing of small series articles of high artistic quality with the use of folk weaving techniques.

Accommodation

Feeding

Dining room Ltd. "Union"

155550, Ivanovo district, Privolzhsk Revoliutsionnaya street, h.73
For 100 places.

Bar "Terem"

155550, Ivanovo district, Privolxhsk, Fabrichnaya street, h.8
For 50 places.