Gavrilov Posad (Russian: Гаври́лов Поса́д) is a town and the administrative center of Gavrilovo-Posadsky District in Ivanovo Oblast, Russia, located on the Voymiga River at its confluence with the Irmes River, 85 kilometers (53 mi) southwest of Ivanovo, the administrative center of the oblast.
Gavrilov Posad was first mentioned in a legal document in 1434 as the settlement of Gavrilovskoye.
[2] In 1789, it was renamed Gavrilovsky Posad and granted town status.
[1] Prior to the adoption of the Law #145-OZ On the Administrative-Territorial Division of Ivanovo Oblast in December 2010, it used to be incorporated separately as an administrative unit with the status equal to that of the districts.
[10] As a municipal division, the town of Gavrilov Posad, together with eleven rural localities in Gavrilovo-Posadsky District, is incorporated within Gavrilovo-Posadsky Municipal District as Gavrilovo-Posadskoye Urban Settlement.