Kineshma is a town (since 1777) with a population of about 77 thousand people, located in the northeastern part of Ivanovo Oblast, about 400 km northeast of Moscow. In 2010, it was included in the list of historical settlements of federal significance.

The town stands on the right bank of the Volga stretching along it for more than 11 kilometers. In Kineshma, both ordinary urban buildings of the 19th century and a number of architectural sights of the 19th – early 20th centuries have been preserved.

In general, the historical center of Kineshma gives some idea of what the merchant town of the late 19th century looked like in the Russian Empire. Kineshma on Google Maps. Photos by: Yuliya Baturina.

Baranov’s Trading House (early 20th century) – a mansion with elements of Gothic and Renaissance.

Volzhsky (Volga) Boulevard in Kineshma.

Trinity Winter Cathedral (1838).

Assumption Summer Cathedral (1745).

Chapel of the Exaltation of the Holy Cross (1744) erected in memory of the defenders of Kineshma, who fell in battle with the Polish-Lithuanian troops during the Time of Troubles in 1609.

Tikhomirov’s House (mid-19th century). Until 1917, it was the most luxurious mansion in Kineshma.

Weaving factory “Tomna” (late 19th century).

Red Trading Rows (early 20th century).

Building of the Town Council (second half of the 19th century).

Building of the Nobility Assembly (first third of the 19th century).

Bobkov’s Wine Shop (late 19th century).

Embankment in Kineshma.

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