Kostino, Orekhovo-Zuyevsky District, Moscow Oblast


Kostino is a village in Orekhovo-Zuyevsky District of Moscow Oblast, Russia, located south-east of Moscow near the Likhocha River.
Municipally, the village is a part of Davydovsky Rural Settlement. Population: 185. Postal code: 142642.

History

The village is located in the historical area of Zakhod. In the 19th century, it was a part of Zaponorskaya Volost of Bogorodsky Uyezd of Moscow Governorate. The overwhelming majority of the population of Kostino were Old Believers, who from the end of the 19th century were guided by the Russian Orthodox Old-Rite Church.
In 1862, there was already an Old Believers' chapel in the village.
Before the Revolution, guslyaki were known for their criminal tendencies and a propensity for horse-stealing. A large number of horse thieves were from Yelizarovo and Kostino. Stolen horses were usually sold in nearby Yegoryevsk, which at the time was a part of Ryazan Governorate and thus not in jurisdiction of the Moscow Governorate's police.

Population

In 1825, the village consisted of 84 homesteads comprising 843 inhabitants. By 1862, the population increased slightly to 89 homesteads comprising 965 people. By 1925, the population grew to 125 households comprising 618 inhabitants. As of January 1, 1997, the population was 185.