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The Oldest Monastery in the Tver Region
No comments · Posted by Sergei Rzhevsky in Architecture, Regions, Travel
The Borisoglebsky Monastery in Torzhok, a town located 63 km north-west of Tver, is considered the oldest monastery in the Tver region.
It was founded by the boyar Efrem, a former stableman of Kiev Prince Vladimir I Svyatoslavich, in 1038. That year a stone church was built, named in honor of Boris and Gleb – the first saints of Kievan Rus. Torzhok on Google Maps. Photos by: Dmitry Gazin.
Tags: churches · Tver oblast
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Church of the Transfiguration of the Savior in Krasnoye
No comments · Posted by Sergei Rzhevsky in Architecture, Regions, Travel
Krasnoye is a village with a population of about 400 people located in the Staritsky district of the Tver region, 100 km south-west of Tver.
The main attraction of the village is a beautiful pseudo-Gothic church – the Church of the Transfiguration of the Savior (1785-1790) built on the territory of the former estate of the noble family of Poltoratsky. Krasnoye on Google Maps. Photos by: Vadim Razumov.
Tags: churches · Tver oblast
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Moscow from the Roof of the Central Children’s Store
No comments · Posted by Sergei Rzhevsky in Architecture, Cities, Travel
The Central Children’s Store on Lubyanka or Tsentral’nyy Detskiy Magazin (in Russian) is a department store with goods for children and youth built in the center of Moscow in 1953-1957. Opened in 1957, it became the biggest children’s store in the USSR.
In 2005, the building received the status of a cultural heritage site of the regional level. In 2006-2015, the building was completely reconstructed. The Central Children’s Store on Google Maps. Photos by: Stanislav Konstantinov.
center of Moscow from the roof
Tags: Moscow city
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Album of Urban and Rural Buildings in Russia in 1881
No comments · Posted by Sergei Rzhevsky in Architecture, History
This album of projects of urban and rural buildings of the Russian Empire was compiled by the engineer-architect V.G.Zalessky with the participation of a number of other engineers and architects in 1881 – a very interesting document of its time with beautiful illustrations. Source: humus.
architecture of the Russian Empire
Tags: Russian Empire
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Rostov Boris and Gleb Monastery in the Yaroslavl Region
No comments · Posted by Sergei Rzhevsky in Architecture, Religion, Travel
Rostov Boris and Gleb Monastery, founded in 1363, is an Orthodox monastery located in the village of Borisoglebsky in the Yaroslavl region, on the road from Rostov to Uglich, 76 km south-west of Yaroslavl, part of the famous tourist route “The Golden Ring of Russia”.
The architectural complex of the monastery was fully formed in the 16th and 17th centuries, when it was one of the richest in the Rostov metropolia, while the Moscow princes and the first Russian tsars considered it as their “home” monastery. After the 17th century, the architectural ensemble remained almost unchanged. Rostov Boris and Gleb Monastery on Google Maps. Photos by: Mikhail Aritkin.
Tags: Yaroslavl oblast
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New Jerusalem Monastery in Istra
No comments · Posted by Sergei Rzhevsky in Architecture, Religion, Travel
The Resurrection Monastery or New Jerusalem Monastery of the Russian Orthodox Church is located in the town of Istra in the Moscow region, 73 km north-west of Moscow.
The monastery was founded by Patriarch Nikon in 1656. According to his plan, a complex of holy places of Palestine was to be recreated near Moscow. The New Jerusalem Monastery on Google Maps. Photos by: Mikhail Aritkin.
Tags: Moscow city · Moskovskaya oblast
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Bizarre Sheremetev Castle in Yurino
No comments · Posted by Sergei Rzhevsky in Architecture, Regions, Travel
Sheremetev Castle is a picturesque palace and park ensemble and an architectural monument of federal significance located in the village of Yurino in the Republic of Mari El, on the bank of the Volga River.
In 1812, Yurino was bought by the landowner Vasili Sheremetev. The construction of the castle, which lasted from 1874 to 1915, involved three generations of Sheremetevs and seven architects. Sheremetev Castle on Google Maps. Photos by: Dmitry Gazin.
Tags: Cheboksary city · Mari El Republic · Yoshkar-Ola city
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Holy Trinity Convent in Murom – the view from above
No comments · Posted by Sergei Rzhevsky in Architecture, Religion, Travel
The Holy Trinity Convent in Murom, one of the oldest cities in Russia located in the Vladimir region, 129 km southeast of Vladimir, is known for preserving the relics of St. Peter and Fevronia, who are revered in the country as patrons of the family and marriage.
It was founded in the second quarter of the 17th century (1643) by the Murom merchant Tarasy Borisovich Tsvetnov. Holy Trinity Convent in Murom on Google Maps. Photos by: Vadim Razumov.
Tags: Murom city · Vladimir oblast
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Ipatiev Monastery in Kostroma
No comments · Posted by Sergei Rzhevsky in Architecture, Religion, Travel
The Holy Trinity Ipatiev Monastery is located in the western part of Kostroma on the bank of the river of the same name near its confluence in the Volga. It is considered one of the symbols of the city.
The monastery was first mentioned in written sources in 1432. Although, it was founded about 100 years earlier. The compositional center of the monastery is the monumental five-domed Trinity Cathedral (1650-1652). Ipatiev Monastery on Google Maps. Photos by: Eduard Skvortsov.
Tags: Kostroma city
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Walking around the town-museum of Uglich
No comments · Posted by Sergei Rzhevsky in Architecture, Cities, Travel
Uglich is a town with a population of about 32,000 people located in the Yaroslavl region, 109 km west of Yaroslavl and 250 km north of Moscow. This town, located on the Volga River (Uglich reservoir), was the center of the Uglich Principality in the 13th-16th centuries.
Today, this picturesque town is one of the stops on the popular tourist route “The Golden Ring”. Here you can find a lot of monuments of traditional Russian architecture. Uglich on Google Maps. Photos by: Mikhail Aritkin.
Tags: Yaroslavl oblast