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Nikolo-Ugreshsky Monastery in Dzerzhinsky
No comments · Posted by Sergei Rzhevsky in Architecture, Religion, Travel
Nikolo-Ugreshsky Monastery is a monastery of the Russian Orthodox Church located in the town of Dzerzhinsky in the Moscow region, to the southeast of Moscow in the immediate vicinity of the Moscow Ring Road.
The monastery was founded by the Grand Duke Dmitry Donskoy on the site of the phenomenon of the icon of St. Nicholas the Wonderworker in 1380.
Tags: Moscow city · Moskovskaya oblast
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Krutitskoye Podvorye – the spirit of old Moscow
No comments · Posted by Sergei Rzhevsky in Architecture, History, Travel
Krutitskoye Podvorye (Krutitsy Patriarchal Metochion) is a picturesque preserved fragment of old Moscow located almost in the very center of Europe’s largest metropolis.
This is an excellent example of when the natural landscape allowed to preserve the look of a street of the 18th-19th centuries. Krutitskoye Podvorye on Google Maps. Photos by: Kirill Moiseev.
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St. Andrew’s Anglican Church in Moscow
No comments · Posted by Sergei Rzhevsky in Architecture, Cities, Religion
St. Andrew’s Church is the only Anglican church in Moscow located on Voznesenskiy Pereulok (Lane), house #8/5, building #2. Divine services are held only in English.
The parish of the church is international – people of different nationalities and branches of Christianity from more than 40 countries. Church of St. Andrew on Google Maps. Photos by: Vladimir d’Ar.
the spirit of old England in Moscow
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Russian banknotes and the sights depicted on them
No comments · Posted by Sergei Rzhevsky in Cities, Photos
On Russian banknotes you can see images of various attractions located in all corners of the country. In the following set of photos, you can see both banknotes and the places that are depicted on them. Photos by: Alexey Sergeevich.
10 rubles – Krasnoyarsk. Kommunalny Bridge across the Yenisei River included in the UNESCO book “The Best Bridges of the World”.
Tags: Arkhangelsk city · Khabarovsk city · Krasnoyarsk city · Moscow city · Saint Petersburg city · Yaroslavl city
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Tsaritsyno Museum-Reserve in July
No comments · Posted by Sergei Rzhevsky in Architecture, History, Travel
The State Historical, Architectural, Art, and Landscape Museum-Reserve “Tsaritsyno” is one of the largest museum and exhibition institutions in Moscow and the largest museum-reserve in the city.
The museum includes Tsaritsyno palace and park ensemble with a complex of palace buildings, Tsaritsyno ponds and a landscape park. Tsaritsyno on Google Maps. Photos by: Vladimir Dar.
stroll through the museum-reserve
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Assumption Cathedral in Dmitrov
No comments · Posted by Sergei Rzhevsky in Architecture, Photos, Religion
Dmitrov is a town with a population of about 67 thousand people located in the Moscow region, 65 km north of the center of Moscow. It is one of the oldest towns of the Moscow region founded by Prince Yury Dolgoruky in 1154.
One of the main architectural attractions of the town is the Assumption Cathedral built in the early 16th century and located on the territory of the Dmitrov Kremlin. Photos by: Vladimir Dar.
take a stroll around the cathedral
Tags: churches · Moscow city · Moskovskaya oblast
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Architectural Ensemble of the Volokolamsk Kremlin
No comments · Posted by Sergei Rzhevsky in Architecture, Photos, Travel
Volokolamsk, a small town with a population of about 20 thousand people, is located in the Moscow region, 123 km north-west of Moscow.
One of the oldest Russian towns, it was founded on an ancient waterway from Novgorod lands to the Volga-Oka basin. For the first time Volokolamsk was mentioned in chronicles in 1135. Photos by: Dmitry Gazin.
explore the Volokolamsk Kremlin
Tags: Moscow city · Moskovskaya oblast
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Church of the Holy Igor of Chernigov in Peredelkino
No comments · Posted by Sergei Rzhevsky in Architecture, Photos, Travel
With the collapse of the Soviet Union, in Russia, a real boom in the construction of new Orthodox churches has begun. Most of them are quite similar, without interesting architectural solutions. However, there are some exceptions.
For example, take a look at the Church of the Holy Igor of Chernigov in Novo-Peredelkino – a district of Moscow located 30 km from the Moscow Automobile Ring Road (MKAD). Church of the Holy Igor on Google Maps. Photos by: Vladimir Dar.
amazing church in the new Russian style
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Kolomna – the view from above
No comments · Posted by Sergei Rzhevsky in Cities, Photos, Travel
Kolomna is one of the oldest and most beautiful cities of the Moscow region, located 113 km southeast of Moscow. It is a major industrial center and transport hub, a river port on the Oka River.
According to the latest archaeological excavations, Kolomna was founded in the middle of the 12th century. One of the main attractions of the city is the Kolomna Kremlin, a partially preserved rare monument of the ancient Russian defensive architecture. Photos by: Vadim Razumov.
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Palace of Tsar Alexey Mikhailovich in Kolomenskoye
No comments · Posted by Sergei Rzhevsky in Entertainment, Photos
Kolomenskoye, a former royal residence, is a well-known art historical-architectural and natural-landscape museum-reserve. It is located south of the center of Moscow and covers an area of 390 hectares.
One of the sights of this place is the reconstruction of the Palace of Tsar Alexey Mikhailovich – a wooden palace originally built in the second half of the 17th century.
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