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Zaraysk is a town in Moscow Region, Russia, center of the Zaraysky district , which is situated about 100 km south from Moscow.Zaraysk stands on the right bank of the Osetr river (right confluent of Oka river). About 26 000 inhabitants. Is known from the 13th century: first as a village Krasny, later as a town of Novogorodok-upon-Osetr. From 1528 the town was called The Town of Nicola Zarazsky and only by the beginning of 17th century it received its present name of Zaraysk.
In those times Zaraysk was one of the fortresses, appearing as a part of the Great Abatis Border - a fortified line of felled trees, barricades, fortresses, ditches etc., which were build by Russians as a protection against the Mongolo-Tatars hordes.
Before entering the Moscow princedom Zaraysk was part of the Ryazan princedom . In the 19th century in was also a part of the Ryazan Region , and although in the soviet times it was transferred to the Moscow Region, the architectural style of buildings in Zaraysk and the dialect, used in this town, are both of Ryazan type.
In the 1531 a stone citadel ( kremlin) was built on a place of the former wooden citadel. In the 1533Events January 25 King Henry VIII of England marries Anne Boleyn, his second Queen consort. March 30 Thomas Cranmer becomes Archbishop of Canterbury May 23 King Henry VIII of England marriage with Catherine of Aragon officially declared annulled. Catherin, 1541Events The first official translation of the entire Bible in Swedish February 12 Pedro de Valdivia founds Santiago de Chile. May 8 Hernando de Soto reaches the Mississippi River naming it Rio de Espiritu Santo. May 23 Jacques Cartier departs Saint-Malo Fr and 1570Events January 23 The assassination of regent James Stewart, Earl of Moray throws Scotland into civil war February 25 Pope Pius V excommunicates Queen Elizabeth I of England. May 20 Abraham Ortelius issues the first modern atlas. August 8 The Peace of Sai the town was exposed to raids of Mongolo-Tatars, but the citadel was never captured. It also resisted attacks of the Lithuanians when in the beginning of the 17th century (during the Russian Time of TroublesFor the Dungeons & Dragons plotline, see Time of Troubles (Forgotten Realms . The Time of Troubles ( Russian: Smutnoye Vremya was a period of Russian history comprising the end of 16th and beginning of 17th century. For more information, see Muscovy: Time) they laid sieges to Russian towns.
The citedel in Zaraysk remains and is kept in a rather good condition. The citadel is very small and has a rectangular shape, with 6 towers and gates in 2 of them. 5 cathedrals and churches remain in Zaraysk.
At present time Zaraysk is an industrial center of the district, with polygraphy, building materials, foodstuff and footwear industry.
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Moscow OblastMoscow oblast is an administrative subdivision of Russia officially established on January 14, 1929. It is the most populous Russian oblast while its area is a modest 47,000 kmē (45,000 kmē without Moscow), which makes it one of the most densely populated
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