Yaroslavl Murom Kolomna Vladimir Suzdal Pereslavl-Zalessky Rostov the Great Kostroma Vologda

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YAROSLAVL Yaroslavl (Russian: Ярославль) is a city,, located 250 kilometers northeast of Moscow. The historic part of the city near of the Volga. It is one of the Golden Ring cities, a group of historic cities northeast of Moscow that has played an important role in Russian history. Yaroslavl (Russian: Ярославль) is a city, Russia, located 250 kilometers northeast of Moscow. The historic part of the city near of the Volga. It is one of the Golden Ring cities, a group of historic cities northeast of Moscow that has played an important role in Russian history.Russian cityMoscowVolgaGolden RingRussian cityRussiaMoscowVolgaGolden Ring Yaroslavl was founded in 1010 by a prince of Kievan Rus Yaroslav the Wise Yaroslav the Wise stands over the body of the bear which he, according to legend, killed before founding the city. Yaroslavl's founder's monument and coat of arms are depicted on the front of the 1000 rouble note and St. John the Baptist Church is on the reverse. Kievan RusYaroslav the WiseSt. John the Baptist ChurchKievan RusYaroslav the WiseSt. John the Baptist Church

Sightseeing and culture Many Orthodox churches and monasteries lie along the banks of the Volga. Volga The most well-known building in the city is the 'Spaso-Preobrazhensky' Cathedral of the Spassky (St Savior) Monastery (russ. Спасо-Преображенский монастырь). Church of Elijah the Prophet The rebuilt Dormition Cathedral St. John the Baptist ChurchSt. John the Baptist Church, dating from the 1680s, is the acme of traditional Russian architectureRussian architecture

Yaroslavl in winter

Monuments of Yaroslavl

MUROM Murom was founded in 896. It has a long history. You can see an epic rock when you are coming in. There is a museum of art here. In Oksky park there is a monument to Ilya Muromets (famous Russian athlete, a monk of the Kiev-Pechersk Lavra ). Yaroslav and his family historians and church tradition identify with a cross Murom land holy Prince Constantine, Princess Irina. In the middle of the XVI century Murom gathered troops of Ivan the Terrible to participate in campaigns against Kazan. Epic rock

Monasteries and churches of Murom Annunciation Monastery, founded in 1553 By legend the Resurrection nunnery Murom was built in XIII century and connects with the names of saints Murom Prince Pyotr and Fevronia, who lived here, and to bless their visit the hill on which the monastery arose later. Nicholas-Quay Church (Church of St. Nicholas, or Wet) is situated on the bank of the Oka River. At the bottom of the foot of Mount St. Nicholas has a spring, which is said to have appeared several times to Nicholas Wonderworker himself. Nearby, in a ravine, there is a chapel in honor of the Mother of God "Life-giving Spring." Muromskii Holy Transfiguration Monastery

KOLOMNA Kolomna - a city in Russia, one of the oldest and most beautiful cities in the Moscow region, a major industrial center and transportation hub, a river port on the Oka River. It was founded in 1160 years. In the XVI century Kolomna was visited by Ivan the Terrible. At the turn of the XIV and XV centuries Kolomna was the richest city after Moscow. Kolomna’s Kremlin is one of the largest and most powerful fortresses of his time. It was built in six years from by order of Basil III.

The Moscow Patriarchate Kolomna has got more than fifty Orthodox churches. The Church of the Conception of John the Baptist on Settlement (St. John the Baptist Church) is orthodox church in Kolomna in the Settlement, the oldest surviving church in the suburbs. Novogolutvinsky (the Holy Trinity New Golutvin) Convent Church of St. Michael the Archangel

VLADIMIR Vladimir is a historic city in Russia, the administrative center of the Vladimir region, located on the left bank of the river in Klyaz'ma at 176 km east of Moscow. It is the ancient capital of the North-Eastern Russia, part of the Golden Ring of Russia. Vladimir Monomakh laid the city in Vladimir-Suzdal History, Architecture and Art Museum brings together the Assumption and St. Demetrius Cathedral, the Museum "Old Vladimir" military- historical exhibition at the Golden Gate, the house-museum of merchants Stoletovs, the exhibition "Crystal, lacquer miniature, embroidery" in the Old Faith Trinity Church etc. Dmitrievsky Cathedral Cathedral of the Assumption

SUZDAL Suzdal is a town of Russia, situated northeast of Moscow, 26 kilometers (16 mi) from the city of Vladimir, on the Kamenka River. The history of the town dates back to at least the year From 2002 in Suzdal tourist complex annually Open Russian Festival of Animated Film is held in, which is the main showcase of Russian animation. Every second Saturday in July in Suzdal there is a Cucumber Festival in The Museum of Wooden Architecture. townRussiaMoscowVladimirKamenka RivertownRussiaMoscowVladimirKamenka River

Landmarks of Suzdal Suzdal has retained a large number of architectural monuments. Pokrovskij monastery in Suzdal andSuzdal kremlin Church of Saint Boris and Saint Gleb Monument to the people of the city who died during the Great II World War

Pereslavl-Zalessky Pereyaslavl-Zalessky, is a town in Yaroslavl located 140 kilometers (87 mi) northeast of Moscow on the southeastern shore of Lake Pleshcheyevo at the mouth of the Trubezh River. It was founded in 1152 by the Rostov-Suzdal Prince Yury Dolgoruky. In 1220 Prince Alexander Nevsky was born in Pereslavl. The coat of arms depicts two gold herring in a black box, "a sign that this onoyu smoked fish produces bargaining" town Yaroslavl MoscowLake Pleshcheyevo Trubezh Rivertown Yaroslavl MoscowLake Pleshcheyevo Trubezh River Goritsky Monastery yard. Pereslavl-Zalessky. In a background – Lake Plescheyevo St. Nikita's Cathedral (Pereslavl-Zalessky)

Sightseeings of Pereslavl-Zalessky Museum "The Little Boat of Peter I» is Russia's oldest provincial museum, landmark of Pereslavl and sat on the Mount Gremyach. Here Peter I built the comic flotilla on Lake Pleshcheyevo. Museum of Iron is a private museum of businessman Andrei Vorobyov in Pereslavl, which is dedicated to the history of household irons.

ROSTOV the GREAT Rostov the Great is one of the oldest cities in Russia, the official chronology runs from 862. It is located 53 km from Yaroslavl, on the shores of Lake Nero. In 1160, instead of the burnt wooden Cathedral of the Assumption, which was built according to tradition in 991 by St Theodore, by order of Grand Duke Vladimir Andrei Bogolyubsky construction of the white stone building had started, which was destroyed by fire in At the time of Ivan the Terrible Rostov was taken Oprichnina. In troubled times, Rostov did not escape the tragic fate of many Russian cities. In 1608, he was burned and looted tushinskaya troops who captured the Metropolitan Filaret (Romanov) of the future patriarch and father of Tsar Mikhail Fedorovich. Assumption Cathedral years

Cultural attractions of Rostov Rostov’s Kremlin View of Rostov from Lake NeroRostovLake Nero Spaso-Yakovlevsky Monastery Spaso-Yakovlevsky Monastery, situated to the left from the Kremlin on the town's outskirts, has been venerated as the shrine of St. Dmitry of Rostov. Most of the monastery structures were built in the late 18th and early 19th centuries in the fine neoclassical style. There are also two 17th-century churches: the Conception of St. Anna, and the Transfiguration of Our Savior. Unlike most other churches in the town, the monastery belongs to the Russian Orthodoxy and houses a theological seminary.Dmitry of Rostov neoclassicalRussian Orthodoxyseminary

KOSTROMA Kostroma is a Russian city on the Volga River. Kostroma was founded in the XII century, and in the XIII century became the center of an independent principality. The historic center of the city has basically retained a model of its kind ensemble of classicism of the late XVIII-XIX centuries. From the pre-Petrine era monuments are the most interesting and complex Hypatius Epiphany-Anastasiin monasteries. The city is included in the list of settlements that have the official status of "historic", and is traditionally included in the "Golden Ring of Russia“. Bogoyavlensky Convent: is one of the most populous Russian Orthodox convents and is known as the location of the ancient Feodorovskaya Icon of God's Mother. Russian Orthodox conventsFeodorovskaya Icon God's MotherRussian Orthodox conventsFeodorovskaya Icon God's Mother Ipatiev Monastery Fire-observation watchtower ( ) Bogoyavlensky Convent

VOLOGDA Vologda is a city in Russia, founded in 1147 on the river Vologda. During the reign of Peter I Vologda, in addition to its commercial and artisanal values became a major military base in the country and the ship-building center. The Kremlin square

Culture of Vologda Vologda - one of the cultural centers of the Russian. Notable manifestations of culture are the kind of Vologda civil wooden architecture (flowering in the XIX century), Vologda’s lace (end of XIX - the whole XX century), a stone church architecture (flowering - in the second half of XVII - beginning of XVIII century), icon (and most flourishing period of self-- in the XV century), and book illustrations (1920s and 1970s). Vologda’s lace Vologda butter in a pot is a traditional fairing from Vologda House of Peter the Great is the oldest museum in Vologda (1885) The eternal flame to herous of the of World War II

The presentation was preparated by: Asya LapasovaAnatoly Peregudov Liza Mayorova Vera Grushina Kirill Maksimov Nickolay BarulinMaksim Kuligin English teacher: Shitova Elena Vladimirovna