Yaroslavl' Favorites

Favorite thing: The church is situated on the Volga River Embankment, not far from the spit (direction to the River Port). It has one of the richest iconostasis I've ever seen (look at the picture). The church was been built in 1620-1622 in order of merchant Nadey Sveteshnikov. The first name was St Nikolay Church but then renamed. Frescos inside are by Lyubim Ageev. Iconostasis we see nowadays was built in the second part of XVIII century in accordance with project of Volkov. Some pictures of the interior are in the travelogue.

Favorite thing: The church is situated in the center of the city, just opposite the main administrative building in Soviet times. It was surprisingly not destroyed. It is one of the most interesting churches in the city as well as in Yaroslavl'. Fortunately it was saved in paintings in interior as well. The church was built in 1647-1650 in the courtyard of the house of the rich merchants Skripin brothers. In the beginning of XVIII century the walls were painted by famous Gury Nikitin and Sila Savin painters. The entrance fee is RUR 30 (EUR 0.9) and RUR 100 for making photos (EUR 3). Some pictures of the interior are in the travelogue.

Favorite thing: The church is situated near of southern walls of Spaso-Preobrazhensky Monastery. It was built in 1657-1682, 25 years. The interesting fact is that all donations were given by parishioners. In 1731 the interior was painted by famous Fedor Fedorov painters group.

Favorite thing: The bell tower is situated near of cathedral and was built in XVI century and several times rebuilt. It has 38 meters height. You must pay for the entrance to go upstairs but I recommend you to go to the top (entrance fee is RUR 50, EUR 1.5 around).

Favorite thing: The main building of the monastery is Spaso-Preobrazhensky Cathedral. It was been built in 1505-1516 in order of Russian Tsar Vasily III. The ticket to the cathedral is the ticket to the territory. Though the cathedral hasn't any service and surprisingly iconostasis, it is quite enough interesting to see wall paintings.

Favorite thing: One of the oldest architectural objects in Russia is Spaso-Preobrazhensky Monastery. It was founded in XIII century. In XVI century it was rebuilt in stone. It is worth visiting. The entrance fee is RUR 50 (EUR 1.5) with making photos. Some of views of the monastery are in my travelogue.

Favorite thing: Another river crossing the city with Volga River is Kotorosl' River. On the picture you can see the place where the two rivers are joining. There are a long 2 embankments of the rivers that are the most popular places for walking and relaxing of city citizens and tourists.

Favorite thing: The nunnery was built in the beginning of XVII century. The story is that the citizen of the city saw I the dream that the Lord’s Mother told him that Polish troops will never get the city but after that people should build the church in honor of the Mother of the Lord. The church was built and in XVII century it became a home for nunnery. The nunnery was reconstructed in 90-s of XX century after Soviet times when it was divided in 5 floors for archive. Besides, the planetarium was open in the nunnery in 1947.