Ivanovo region

Main article: Subjects of the Russian Federation

Ivanovo region is a subject of the Russian Federation, part of the Central Federal District, the area is 21.4 thousand km ². The population is 987,032 people (as of January 1, 2021).

Illustration: maps-rf.ru

Federal authorities

Territorial branches of federal authorities:

• Branch of the FIU in the Ivanovo region

Government

Main article: Government of the Ivanovo region

• Department of Economic Development and Trade of the Ivanovo Region
• Department of tenders and auctions of the Ivanovo region

• Department for the Development of the Information Society of the Ivanovo region

• Department of Education of the Ivanovo Region
• Department of Health of the Ivanovo Region
• Department of Social Protection of the Population of the Ivanovo Region
• Ivanovo Region Committee on Labor, Promotion of Employment and Labor Migration
• Committee of the Ivanovo region registry office

• Department of Property Management of the Ivanovo Region
• Department of Housing and Communal Services of the Ivanovo Region
• Department of Construction and Architecture of the Ivanovo Region
  • ASU "Department of State Expertise of the Ivanovo Region"

• Department of Natural Resources and Ecology of the Ivanovo Region

• Ivanovo Regional Duma

MPSC

• MPSC Ivanovo region

Settlements

• Administration of Ivanovo Municipal District
• Administration of the city of Ivanovo
  • Municipal Unitary Enterprise "Specialized Automobile Base of Housing of the City of Ivanov"

Information Technology

Department for the Development of the Information Society of the Ivanovo region

• IT companies in Ivanovo

Light industry

2024: Light industry of the Ivanovo region grew by 18% over the year and reached ₽160,1 billion

The volume of shipped products of light industry enterprises in the Ivanovo region in 2024 increased by 18% and amounted to more than ₽160,1 billion. Deputy Prime Minister of the region Yulia Vasilyeva announced this in April 2025.

According to the press service of the government of the Ivanovo region, the region retains a share of 16% of the total volume of shipped textile and clothing products in the Russian Federation. Yulia Vasilyeva noted that in traditionally strong positions - home textiles, gauze, overalls - the Ivanovo region retained its leadership.

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Фото: Freepik

At the end of 2024, the region continues to maintain its leadership in Russia in the production of certain types of light industry products. The enterprises of the Ivanovo region account for 95% of the production of Russian medical gauze, 80% of cotton fabrics, 78% of bed linen, 74% of knitted or knitted fabrics, 65% of pile fabrics, 57% of overalls, 31% of knitted or knitted linen.

In the structure of industrial production of the region, the share of the textile industry occupies 40%. The number of small and medium-sized businesses registered in the Ivanovo region in light industry increased by 7% over the year and amounted to more than 3.9 thousand units. This is 9% of the total number of SMEs in the region.

The average number of employees employed in the production of textiles and clothing in the Ivanovo region amounted to 26.9 thousand people, or 39.8% of the total number of employees in industry. The volume of investments in fixed assets for large organizations in the production of textiles and clothing in January - December 2024 reached almost ₽3,3 billion.

In 2024, the Ivanovo region strengthened its position as the center of traditional cotton production and production of knitted fabrics. The development of high-tech sectors of light industry continues.^[1]

Power

• Ivanovo PSU
• Ivanovo TETs-3
• Ivanovo Thermal Block Station CJSC

Education

Department of Education of the Ivanovo Region

UNIVERSITIES of the Ivanovo region

• Ivanovo State University
• Ivanovo State Polytechnic University
• Ivanovo State University of Chemical Technology
• Ivanovo State Energy University named after V.I. Lenin
• Ivanovo State Agricultural Academy named after D.K. Belyaeva
• Ivanovo State Medical Academy
• GPS Emercom of Russia Ivanovo rescue and fire fighting academy

• Ivanovo Research Institute of Motherhood and Childhood named after V.N. Gorodkov Ministry of Health of Russia

Culture

Libraries

• Central Universal Scientific Library of the Ivanovo Region

Gavrilov Posad District Library. Ivanovo region. 1966

Health care

Department of Health of the Ivanovo Region

Clinics

• Federal State Budgetary Institution "Ivanovo Research Institute of Motherhood and Childhood named after V.N. Gorodkov" of the Ministry of Health of Russia

• OBUZ "Regional TB Dispensary named after M.B. Stoyunin"
• OBUZ "1st City Clinical Hospital"
• OBUZ "City Clinical Hospital No. 4"
• OBUZ "Teikovskaya Central District Hospital"
• Ivanovo Regional Oncological Dispensary
• Cherntsky boarding school

History

1910

Ascension Church (Church of the Ascension of the Lord) is a lost Orthodox church in Ivanovo. It was founded in 1848 by order of a number of local manufacturers according to the project of the famous Russian architect - Konstantin Andreevich Ton, author of the Cathedral of Christ the Savior in Moscow. Like the Cathedral of Christ the Savior, the church was built in the Russo-Byzantine style. The temple was completed and consecrated in 1851.

Voznesensky posad, Ivanovo-Voznesensk. Photo 1908-1910

In 1928, a library was opened in the temple building. Later, the temple was demolished.

1906

Pair photo portrait of Andryusha and Misha, Vladimir province, Shui district, Shuya, 1906

1902

Photo portrait of an unknown young couple, Vladimir province, Shuisky uyezd, Shuya, late 1890s and early 1900s

Organizations of Ivanovo

• Organizations in Ivanovo
• IT companies in Ivanovo

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