Borisoglebsky Monastery

Monastery near Rostov founded on a picturesque hill surrounded by the gyrations of the river Ustye, in 1363, at the time of Dmitry Donskoy, with the blessing of Sergius of Radonezh, who showed the Feodora and Paul's deserts a place to build a church in the name of the holy Russian martyrs of princes Boris and Gleb.

Goritsky Monastery

The most famous Pereslavl monastery - Goritsky - is worth a visit. Almost all the surviving structures date back to the 17th and 19th centuries. The main temple of the monastery is the elegant Cathedral of the Assumption of the Virgin. His splendid iconostasis was created in the 1750s

According to legend, the name of the lake Nero got this:. One eccentric man sought in these edges of Rostov. He spent a long time wandering and was completely exhausted when he suddenly saw the city. But the man hesitated and wanted to say: "This is not Rostov," as he immediately struck an arrow. In general, he managed to say only: "This is not Roe"

Pleshcheyevo Lake

Pleshcheyevo Lake - a picturesque fresh water reservoir located in the Yaroslavl Region , on the banks of which rests the ancient city of Pereslavl-Zalessky. Today this place is a reserve with the same name, a popular resting place and fishing

Rostov Kremlin

"Visiting Card" of Rostov tourist - the Kremlin with its five temples, the Assumption Cathedral and a complex of residential buildings, surrounded by powerful fortress walls. For its original purpose, the Kremlin was a residence of the bishops of the Rostov-Yaroslavl diocese.

Transfiguration Cathedral in Uglich

Attractions Yaroslavl Region is located in the territory of the Uglich Kremlin, The Transfiguration Cathedral is a magnificent example of the 17th century Yaroslavl architecture. A slender little temple with a central dome and four surrounding glaciers invariably attracts the attention of tourists.

Spaso-Yakovlevsky Monastery

In addition to the main attraction of Rostov the Great, there are many places worth visiting in the city. One such is the Spaso-Yakovlevsky Monastery. Here in the Conception Cathedral, the relics of Dimitry of Rostov and St. James are preserved.

Attractions Yaroslavl region Uglich Kremlin - it is a magnificent ensemble of historic buildings, which the pearl - the Transfiguration Cathedral with a bell tower, Church of Tsarevich Dmitry on the Blood and princely chambers with the most beautiful main staircase-porch.

Avraamievo-Bogoyavlensky Monastery

Bogoyavlensky Avraamiev monastery is one of the oldest in the territory of modern Rostov the Great. The monastery stands on the bank of Lake Nero and looks very picturesque from the water. It was founded in the beginning of the end of the XI or XII century famous prelate, Reverend Abraham of Rostov.

Alexius monastery in Uglich Uglich

The Uglich Alekseevsky Monastery is one of the oldest in Russia. It was founded in the late 14th century by Metropolitan Alexy. The architectural dominant of the monastery is the elegant Assumption Church with a refectory, which in the old days was called the Divine for its unprecedented beauty.

Botik Peter I

Museum-estate "Botik Peter I" - one of the oldest national museums. It is remarkable that this is where Peter the Great built the famous Funny Flotilla on Pleshcheyevo Lake. On the territory of the museum-estate there is an obelisk and a monument to Peter the Great, the White Palace, the Bottle house, the Triumphal Gate and the lodge.

Gallery of dolls and puppet miniatures in Myshkin

Among the less official sights, we can not fail to mention the Gallery of dolls and puppet miniatures by Olga Pavlycheva. The gallery, as a rule, is not included in official excursions, however it is definitely worth a visit. All dolls and miniatures are made by hand, with great care and love, and the results of labor are already adorned with many houses not only in Russia but also abroad.

Kremlin Pereslavl-Zalesskiy

Despite the modest size of the city, in order to inspect all the sights of Pereslavl-Zalesskiy, a whole weekend may not be enough. It starts with the city center - the Kremlin, ringed with an ancient earthen rampart 12 meters high and 10 meters wide.

Martynovo

Martynovo Village , located far from civilization and large cities, is unique in all respects. This is a real inhabited village, which is very rare today, all residents here are local residents, no summer residents.

Museum of Urban Life in Uglich

The Museum of Urban Life in Uglich is rather modest in size - only two rooms - but it strikingly illustrates the life, traditions, way of life and customs of the townspeople of the 19th and 20th centuries

Mouse Museum

On the ledge of the Nikolskaya Gora in an old house there is the world's only mouse museum, replenished from around the world from Japan to the US and from France to India. The famous mouse museum is a part of the Myshkin Folk Museum complex. In the office of the mouse king, you will receive a commemorative ticket, which is stamped with a mouse kingdom.

Myshkin Samohod Museum

The Museum of Unique Machinery "Myshkinsky Samohod" offers to see in action and touch with their own hands the legendary cars "polutorku", "funnels" and "jeeps", various Technology - from steam engines to aircraft turbines. Photography behind the wheel of an antique car or the steering wheel of a river ship is an excellent souvenir to commemorate Myshkin.

Opekushin Museum

The museum was opened in 1988 in the village of. Rybnitsy Yaroslavl region in the homeland of sculptor-academician A.M. Opekushin, born in a serf family in 1838. Here he died in poverty and oblivion in 1923 and was buried in a local cemetery.

Peter Smirnov Museum

Another museum that must be visited in Myshkin is the Peter Smirnov Museum. It can not be that you do not hear about this man: Peter Smirnov - the creator of the famous Smirnov vodka. The famous mouse made a dizzying career in his day, passing from a simple peasant to a millionaire

Museum "Orthodox Myshkin"

Opposite the St. Nicholas Cathedral is the Museum "Orthodox Myshkin", also called the Kurov Center or the Nikola Museum. It was created by one person - S.V. Kurov, who collected unique archaeological finds from the Volga coast. A significant part of the exposition is devoted to the Orthodox history of the city, thanks to which the Kurov Center was recognized as the most unique museum in the Yaroslavl region.