Resurrection Cathedral in Cherepovets

Cherepovets, pl. Revolution, etc. 1

 Sights of Cherepovets Resurrection Cathedral in Cherepovets was one of the two temples of the monastery of the same name. The Resurrection Monastery was founded in the 14th century, and the five-domed cathedral was built in the mid-18th century. A century later it was painted from inside by local artists.

Vereshchagin House Museum in Cherepovets

Cherepovets, ul. Socialist, d. 22

 This building was built in the first third of the 19th century. And it was there in 1842 was born the famous battle painter and writer Vasily Vereshchagin. The estate was owned by the Vereshchagin family for half a century.

Igor Severyanin's Literary Museum

d. Vladimirovka Str. Severyanina, 1

 Sights of Cherepovets This literary museum occupies an old wooden house located 40 km from Cherepovets, in the village of Vladimirovka. The building is easy to drive without noticing: it is rather modest. The house was built by the uncle of the famous Russian poet of the Silver Age of Igor Northerner.

Monument St Athanasius and Theodosius

Cherepovets, Prospect Soviet

 According to legend, the city of Cherepovets was founded by two people. The Moscow merchant Theodosius ran aground in his boat when he sailed to Belozersk, near the place where Yagorba flows into Sheksna. Then the merchant saw a mysterious light that made his way to him from behind the mountain, and climbed it.

Galskikh Manor

Cherepovets, st. Raahe, 28

 Sights of Cherepovets Historical and Ethnographic Museum The Galskiy Estate was opened in Cherepovets in 2009 after restoration works that lasted 20 years. Beautiful building in which the museum was located, has a rich history.

church of St. Athanasius and Theodosius of Cherepovets Cherepovets

, Makarinskaya Grove, d. 1

 church of St. Athanasius and Theodosius was named after two holy elders, founders of the city, and became the third church of Cherepovets after the Resurrection Cathedral and the Church of the Nativity of Christ. Its construction became an initiative of the city's residents.

Chapel of the Icon of the Mother of God "The Life-giving Spring" in Cherepovets

Cherepovets, st. Kommunistov, d. 2

 Sights of Cherepovets Chapel of the Icon of the Mother of God "The Life-giving Spring" became the first stone chapel of Cherepovets. Until now, it is often called: "a stone chapel" or "a chapel on the shore." Another name of the chapel - "fountain of"

Chapel Reverend Philip Irapskogo

Cherepovets Cherepovets, the Soviet Ave, 31

 This little corner chapel, which was built in.. the second half of the 19th century, belongs to the Resurrection Cathedral, but is at a certain distance from it. At the time when the chapel was being built, two churches were located nearby Voskresensky Avenue of Cherepovets

In Cherepovets, like everywhere else in Vologda, there were many Orthodox shrines in their time. Unfortunately, most of them were badly damaged or destroyed in the Soviet years. Nevertheless, today Cherepovets, reconditioned or rebuilt church again, can be considered the city's main attractions

Heart Cherepovets -. Cathedral Hill, which originally stood . Resurrection Monastery The monastery was abolished, but the monastery church was from him that in our time is considered the most important church of the city . This is the Resurrection Cathedral, the very first stone city church . The chapel of the Monk Philip of Irapsky is also attached to the cathedral, which is located a little farther along Sovetskiy avenue . In this chapel, restored from ruins by the private entrepreneur, the relics of the Monk, and annually on the progress godfather citizens are flocking here to venerate them as the famous Chapel . stunning Byzantine style frescoes that adorn its dome inside .

Today the churches of Cherepovets, rebuilt or rebuilt anew, can be considered the main city sights.

The second temple of Cherepovets is Khristorozhdestvensky, which became the site of a church consecrated in honor of St. Nicholas. In honor of the saint, patron of travelers and sailors, the temple was built in such a way as to remind of the ship. The temple was built in the late 18th century and was rebuilt two centuries later. The Church of the Nativity of Christ becomes the first church and landmark of the city, which is seen by those who come to Cherepovets by water.

The third temple is the newest, dedicated to the Reverend Athanasius and Theodosius. It was built in the Makarinskaya grove and consecrated only in 2012. It is a beautiful and large five-domed church, which stands in one of the most beautiful and peaceful corners of Cherepovets.

Also in the city there are several chapels that deserve attention.
In particular, the chapel of the icon of the Mother of God "The Life-giving Spring" was recently transformed into a small temple. This became possible due to the fact that initially the chapel was built taking into account the orientation around the world. Another attractive chapel, built in the first decade of the 20th century, stands directly at the city railway station.

There are only 84 historical and architectural monuments in Cherepovets. Of these, 80 belong to municipal, and four belong to monuments of federal significance: it is the Vereshchagin House Museum and the Vereshchagin Monument, the Gal'sky Estate and the Lenin Monument on Sq. Metallurgists

The most symbolic city monument can be considered a sculpture of the founders of the city, St. Athanasius and Theodosius
This is a four-meter bronze statue that depicts two monks who founded the Resurrection Monastery and, accordingly, Cherepovets himself.

From the remarkable city monuments worth mentioning a spherical monument to the builders of Cherepovets on the Square of Builders, which is otherwise called a "globe"; an ingot of one hundred millionth ton of steel, which was smelted by the city plant in 1967 .; a small sculpture "Assol" near the house number 78 on the street . Lenin; a sculpture dedicated to teachers and graduates of the city school No. 1, who died during the Great Patriotic War (created for folk donations and installed in front of the school); a memorial antiaircraft gun at Krasnoarmeiskaya Square and Academician Bardin's wagon-museum at the entrance of the metkombinat .