Sofia Women's Monastery in Rybinsk
The Sofia Women's Monastery, located outside the city of Rybinsk, is situated on a plain by the Korletz River. It was founded in 1860.
The monastery has stone churches:
1. The Cathedral Church, built in 1878, is locate…
Tikhon Zadonsky Church in Rybinsk
The Resurrection-Tikhon Church, located at the second cemetery of Rybinsk, is a sturdy stone building that is not divided into summer and winter parts. It was built in 1882 by Rybinsk citizens Nikolai Baskakov, Gavriil U…
Bell Tower of the Holy Pafnutiev Borovsky Monastery
In the late 17th century, a magnificent bell tower was built on the site of the old belfry, preserving some elements of the foundation, which has survived to this day. It has five tiers and is designed in the form of an …
A.A. Ukhtomskiy Memorial House Museum in Rybinsk
The Memorial House Museum of Academician Alexey Alexeevich Ukhtomskiy was opened in Rybinsk on September 20, 1990. It was in this house that the future scientist spent his childhood and youth.
Museum staff actively stud…
Trinity Cathedral in Poshekhonye
The Trinity Cathedral is the oldest stone building preserved in Poshekhonye. Its main part is a massive two-light square-like structure topped with a high five-domed roof. To the east, it has a three-apsidal altar sectio…
Poshekhonsky Local History Museum
The Poshekhonsky Local History Museum is a unique phenomenon of provincial culture. It was founded in 1974 at the initiative of local residents of the town of Poshekhonye and with the support of the district leadership. …
Toptygin House Museum in Poshekhonye
The "Toptygin House" Museum, founded in 2008, is dedicated to the brown bear, a native inhabitant of the Poshekhon forests. The exhibition features a bear den, hunting hides, and stuffed animals.
In the museum, you can …
St. Clement's Church on Ivoreva Street in Veliky Novgorod
In the depths of the courtyard at the corner of Bolshaya Moskovskaya Street and Rogatitsa stands the Church of St. Clement. It resembles the temples of the last century of independent Novgorod, although it was built duri…
Church of Mikhail Malein in Veliky Novgorod
The Church of Mikhail Malein belongs to the Old Believer church and is located on Molotkovskaya Street, south of the Church of the Nativity of the Virgin. The first mention of it dates back to 1199, and the stone buildin…
Victims of the Shipwreck of the 'Admiral Nakhimov'
On August 31, 1986, the passenger ship 'Admiral Nakhimov' was on a cruise route from Odessa to Yalta, Novorossiysk, Sochi, Batumi, and back to Odessa.
On that day, as it was leaving the Tsukrova Bay, near Cape Doob, 2.2…
