Church of the Miracle of Archangel Michael in Gorodishche, Veliky Ustyug
The Monastery of the Protection of the Most Holy Theotokos was founded in 1398 around the old Protection Church. In the same year, Ustyug suffered a devastating raid by the Novgorodians, who burned the settlement and the…
Ascension Church in Veliky Ustyug
The church is located on the site where wooden temples stood since the 13th century, which were repeatedly burned and restored. Initially, there were two wooden churches here: the cold Ascension of the Lord God and our S…
Museum of Ancient Russian Art in Veliky Ustyug
The museum is located in a unique architectural monument from the mid-17th century, the Church of the Ascension, one of the most beautiful in the Russian North. The temple houses unique 18th-century iconostases. Today, i…
Church of Anthony and Theodosius of the Caves in Veliky Ustyug
The church was built between 1696 and 1703 with funds from a prosperous parishioner, I. F. Protod'yakonov, and fully corresponds to the local architectural style of the second half of the 17th century. It is a pillarless…
Church of St. George the Victorious in Veliky Ustyug
On April 24, 1735, the construction of the warm stone church of St. George began, with an altar in honor of the holy princes Boris and Gleb. This took place with the blessing of Archbishop Sergey of Veliky Ustyug and Tot…
Borisov Mother of God-Tikhvin Monastery
The Borisov Mother of God-Tikhvin Monastery, a women's convent, was founded in 1714 by Count and Field Marshal Boris Petrovich Sheremetev on a hill near Borisovka in memory of the Battle of Poltava. In the 19th century, …
Church of Nicholas the Guest in Veliky Ustyug
The exact date of the founding of the church in honor of Nicholas the Wonderworker, known as Nikola Gostinsky, is unknown, but it is mentioned in the Hundred Book of 1630. In 1629, a wooden cold church in honor of Saint …
Ethnography Museum in Veliky Ustyug
The Ethnography Museum is located in an architectural monument of the 17th-19th centuries, the Church of Nicholas Gostunsky. In 1986, after the restoration of the Nikolskaya Church, museum exhibitions opened here. The se…
Santa Claus Fashion House in Veliky Ustyug
In the center of Veliky Ustyug lies the unique Santa Claus Fashion House. This magical place features a real sewing workshop where outfits for Santa Claus are created. Visitors can watch as frosty patterns emerge from si…
Church of St. Nicholas the Wonderworker at Borisov Mother of God-Tikhvin Monastery Hospital
The two-story stone building of the hospital, located in the desert, was constructed from red brick between 1901 and 1903 on the site of an old wooden structure built in 1856. On the second floor of the hospital building…
