Ascension Church of Kalyazin
st. Энгельса, д.1Excursion around Kalyazin will be incomplete if you do not visit the Ascension Church. It was built in the late 18th century as a cemetery church that belonged to the St. Nicholas Cathedral. Many tourists who visited the flooded belfry of the cathedral note the similarity of these religious buildings.
Kalyazin city government
ul. K. Marksa, 22/20Kalyazin city government is an obligatory point in the list of local attractions visited by tourists. A two-story brick building with a lookout tower was built in the late 19th century. At that time, the city school, the zemstvo council, the police department were located here
The bell tower of the St. Nicholas Cathedral
Uglichskaya vkhrn., KalyazinThe cathedral was in the embrace of the water element after the flood, caused by the construction of the reservoir in Uglich. And if other city buildings are forever gone, the bell tower of the St. Nicholas Cathedral still keeps afloat, reminding us of the devastating mistakes made in the past.
Kalyazin Observatory
KalyazinThe radio astronomy observatory is in the neighborhood with Kalyazin and, like a magnet, attracts tourists here. Still: a huge technical "plate", in which there is a real laboratory and a staff of scientists who (as, apparently, many think) are conducting superconfidential research.
Tverskoy town left a lot of bright pages in Russian history . So, in the beginning of the 17th century, under Kalyazin our troops won a confident victory over the Polish-Lithuanian opponents . In the 18-19th centuries the city was a center of trade, several noisy fairs were held there several times a year . For these purposes there was a large trade area in Kalyazin with at least 200 shops and shops . But this sight of Kalyazin (like, however, and many architects tour monuments along with a beautiful embankment) have not survived to this day . And all the fault of the hydroelectric power plant that was built in Uglich . Whether it was due to miscalculations, and most likely it was predictable, Kalyazin was flooded . Under the water - without exaggeration - took half the city . And now, having arrived in Russian Atlantis, tourists are convinced of this .
Between those m in modern Kalyazin there are attractions that are worth visiting, being in these parts . This is, for example, the Ascension and Vvedenskaya churches, the building of the former city government, the monument to the military commander M . To . Skopinu-Shuisky, and also local history museum and radio astronomy observatory . The latter, although located in a provincial town, but has at its disposal the second largest radio telescope in Russia . Thanks to this facility, scientists are studying not only physical phenomena, but also - attention! - extragalactic objects .
Excursion to the sights of Kalyazin will take half a day. If you want, you can stay overnight, as there are places for tourists to stay. There are several hotels in Kalyazin.