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Orichev Local History Museum
The Orichev Local History Museum was opened on May 6, 1995, based on a school museum dedicated to revolutionary, military, and labor glory. Its exhibits feature artifacts and materials that tell the history of the Oriche…
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The Church of the Annunciation of the Blessed Virgin Mary in Yaran
The Annunciation Church in the city is one of the oldest and is located on a high bank of the Yarani River in the southern part of the city park. Built in 1653, it belonged to the male Ascension Monastery, which operated…
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Church of the Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary in Svyatitsy
The first wooden church was built in the year the village was founded, in 1651, and was named in honor of All Saints. The church construction charter for this church has not survived. In 1675, a new wooden church with th…
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Shalyapin's Dacha
Next to the Kislovodsk railway station is "Shalyapin's Dacha," which never belonged to the famous artist. Fyodor Shalyapin rented it for his family from July to September 1917, but the house still became known as "Shalya…
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The Church of the Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary in Sovetsk
The Assumption Church originates from the Assumption Women's Monastery in the settlement of Kukarka, founded no later than 1678. Initially, the church was wooden, served for a short time, was rebuilt multiple times, and …
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Church of the Annunciation of the Blessed Virgin Mary in Shestakovo
Previously, there was a city of Shestakov and the Shestakovsky district. In the charter of Tsar Ivan Vasilyevich from 1549, it is mentioned that in 1532 the city of Shestakov was called Verkhny Slobodskoy Gorodok. This d…
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Church of the Annunciation of the Blessed Virgin Mary in Slobodskoy
Slobodskoy, one of the most picturesque and historically rich cities of the Vyatka region, where many architectural monuments of the past have been preserved. The city is characterized by diversity: church buildings coex…
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Cathedral of St. Catherine the Great Martyr in Slobodskoy
The Cathedral of St. Catherine the Great Martyr in Slobodskoy is a true architectural gem that has served as an important spiritual, educational, and cultural center of the city for over three hundred years, holding cath…
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Cathedral of the Descent of the Holy Spirit in Slobodskoy
According to eyewitnesses, it was one of the most beautiful in the city. The iconostasis contained over a hundred icons, and the church had five altars. In the Vyatka diocesan reports of 1865, it was written: "In the su…
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Church of St. Nicholas the Wonderworker in Slobodskoy
The Nikolsky temple in the city was one of the first and is mentioned in the watch book of the Vyatka voivode Prince Zvenigorodsky in 1615. Initially, it was located in the square, but by 1629 the church was no longer us…