Museum 'Provincial City of Kostroma'
On March 28, 2014, the day of the founding of 'Kostroma Antiquity', a warm and welcoming opening of the exhibition center, the Museum 'Provincial City of Kostroma', took place. Guests who showed interest in the new museu…
Trade or Red Rows in Kostroma
In the 17th century, Kostroma experienced an economic upturn and became one of the key cities of the Russian kingdom. A large trading center was formed here, where trade was initially conducted on wooden stalls. However,…
Chapel of the Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary in Kostroma
The Assumption Chapel in the Trading Rows was originally built along with the Tobacco Rows in the 1820s. Previously, there was a chapel of the Assumption Cathedral at this site, which was demolished, and a new chapel in …
Chapel of St. Nicholas the Wonderworker in Kostrama
The chapel dedicated to St. Nicholas the Wonderworker, located in the Gingerbread Rows, was built at the turn of the 18th and 19th centuries. Initially, it belonged to the Nikol-Babaevsky Men's Monastery of the Kostrama …
Chapel of St. Nicholas the Wonderworker on Milk Mountain in Kostroma
The Chapel of St. Nicholas the Wonderworker on Milk Mountain is a small Orthodox church built in the 1840s according to the classical style project of provincial architect P. I. Fursov on the site of the former Bread Row…
Nature Museum of Kostroma Region
The history of educational work on the study of the nature of the Kostroma region is closely intertwined with the overall development of industry and public life in the early 20th century. In particular, at the provincia…
Art Gallery in the Fish Rows of Kostroma
The building of the Fish Rows, erected in the early 19th century, was part of the Trading Rows complex, which included the Red, Gingerbread, Flour, and Fish Rows. The names of these rows reflected their trading specializ…
Bell Tower in Krasnye Ryady, Kostroma
The bell tower, designed in the early classical style, featured a strictly centralized four-tier composition. Its base was quadrangular with large semicircular openings. Above it was the bell ringing tier with high arche…
Kremlin in Kostroma
Kostroma local historians long believed that the kremlin existed at its current location during the period of the principality. However, archaeological studies showed that the city was originally located at the mouth of …
Cathedral of the Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary in Kostroma Kremlin
The Cathedral of the Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary, a five-domed, two-column cathedral of the Kostroma Diocese, existed in the 18th and 20th centuries. It was located in the Kostroma Kremlin on a hill on the left…
