Kostroma Historic Background
by Kuznetsov_Sergey
Kostroma is a wonderful historic city in central Russia not far from Moscow. It is a part of the Golden ring of the Russian historic towns. It was the third largest city in Russia after Moscow and Yaroslavl in the XVII century.
Today Kostroma is among a few cities in Russia which has retained the layout and architectural ensemble formed in its central part during the XVIII - early XIX centuries.
One of the best preserved examples of the XVIIIth century town planning, Kostroma retains some elegant structures in a "provincial neoclassical" style. These include a governor's palace, a fire tower, a rotunda on the Volga embankment, and an arcaded central market with a merchant church in the center.
You can watch my 6 min 13 sec HD Video Kostroma part 1 out of my Youtube channel with the song by Ljube-Kostroma.
Ipat'evsky Monastery. Part II
by bugulma
The great role the monastery played in XVII century. In 1608, during Polish intervention to Russia, a big detachment of Polish troops, after some battles, consolidated within the monastery. Only 6 months later Russian Army took the monastery by storm. Five years later, in 1613, as I've said in intro, Ivan Susanin became a hero, when he rescued Mikhail Romanov by his death. And, at last, in 1613 in Ipat'evsky Monastery Mikhail Romanov became Russian Tsar and Romanovs family ruled Russia till 1918. Since that times many Russian Tsars, Emperors and Empresses visited monastery as a patrimony of their family. In XX century, in USSR times, the monastery became museum. Last year monastery was backed to the Orthodox Church.
Volga and Kostroma Rivers
by Kuznetsov_Sergey
Kostroma has a very convenient location at the confluence of the Volga and Kostroma Rivers. That’s why it has three major parts. The largest part lies at the left banks of the Volga and Kostroma Rivers. Two other parts lay on the right banks of the Volga and Kostroma Rivers.
There are two huge modern automobile bridges across the Volga and Kostroma and the railway bridge across the Volga which connect the three parts of the city.
The Volga is rather wide at Kostroma being a part of the Gor’kovsky reservoir.
It's mostly due to the slowly flowing waters of the magnificent Volga, which divides the town into almost equal parts, right and left bank Kostroma,
The location of the town on the hilly banks of the Volga were used as an artistic asset by the architects in their efforts to create a highly recognizable image of the city.
You can watch my high resolution photo of Kostroma on the Google Earth according to the following coordinates 57° 45' 48.22" N 40° 55' 40.26" E or on my Google Earth Panoramio Bridge over the Volga
and according to the following coordinates 57° 45' 50.36" N 40° 55' 40.33" E or on my Google Earth Panoramio Volga River
and according to the following coordinates 57° 46' 38.68" N 40° 53' 45.47" E or on my Google Earth Panoramio Kostroma River.
Ipat'evsky Monastery. Tsar family seats
by bugulma
In Romanovs Chambers there is a museum nowadays. There are fantastic examples of the painted tile stoves in every room of the chambers. The main exhibit here is the seats of the Tsar family. They were kept after exhibition in 1913. The big chair for Tsar and two small ones are for the Tsarina and for Tsar’s son, the crown prince.
Wooden Buildings Museum
by bugulma
Just behind the Ipat'evsky Monastery, there is Wooden Buildings Museum. Here you can see examples of wooden architecture of Kostroma region in XVIII-XIX centuries. The entrance tickt is RUR 30 (EUR 0.85 around) + RUR 50 (EUR 1.35 around) for making photos inside. Some exhibits you can see in my travelogue.
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Kostroma : The Guard-house is on the right
The entrancehall of the Trinity Cathedral
The Bogoyavlensky Monastery in Kostroma
The Bogoyavlensky Monastery in Kostroma
