Shilovo is a Russian industrial township, the administrative center of the Shilovo District of the Ryazan Region. It is located on the right bank of River Oka, 100 km to the southeast of Ryazan.

It has the population of 15 669 people.

History of Shilovo

In pre-Mongolian time it was the place of the Old Russian town of Nerinsk recorded in chronicles in 1147. In 1316 it was handed by the Ryazan princes over to the Shilovs family. In the late 14th century it was mentioned as Shilov town in The List of Ryazan Towns.

After the Ryazan Principality was attributed to the Moscow State a border line was built.

By the late 17th century Shilovo was already a settlement of 24 house yards. In the 14th —17th centuries Shilovo was a considerable grain pier on River Oka. The railroad laid through the settlement in 1893 promoted its development.

Shilovo became the center of the Shilovo District in 1929. It got the town status in 1938.

Sights in Shilovo

The town has the Assumption Church with the side-altars of Catherine the Great and Nicholas the Wonderworker. It was founded in 1316 — 1320 and reconstructed in its present stone version in the mid 19th century by A. N. Kolemin.