What to visit in Gavrilov-Yam, Yaroslavl region

Gavrilov-Yam: what to see in 1 day

A trip to Gavrilov-Yam should begin with the most popular attractions that have made this town famous throughout the Yaroslavl region. You can visit them in one day.

Coachman Museum

• Address: Sovetskaya street, 2.

The only Coachman Museum in Russia opened in Gavrilov-Yam in 2005. It is a complex of two buildings made in the ancient style.

In each of the houses there is an exhibition of household items that coachmen who lived in the 19th century used every day. Here you can see wooden arches, bells, sleighs, harnesses, whips and simple household utensils.

The excursion program is enlivened by the guide's stories, quizzes and unusual facts from the life of coachmen. On holidays, feasts are held with delicious pies, tea and dancing. Musical accompaniment will be provided by balalaika and accordion players.

Interesting fact: there is a legend that Gavrilov-Yam got its name in honor of the coachman Gavrila, who lived here in the middle of the 16th century.

Museum of the Lokalov merchants

• Address: Sovetskaya street, 1.

The name of Alexey Vasilyevich Lokalov is often found in Gavrilov-Yam. At the end of the 19th century, this merchant made a huge contribution to the development of the city: he built a manufacturing plant, opened schools and almshouses.

In 2015, a museum was founded in Gavrilov-Yam, named after Alexey Lokalov. The exhibition dedicated to the life of merchants and peasants was housed in the building of the former parish school, which was built by Lokalov himself.

The wooden building in the style of Russian architecture was restored and brought into decent shape. Carved columns, patterned inserts and elegant platbands are full of fresh colors

The exhibition is located in several halls, each of which is dedicated to a specific topic. There is an exhibition of samples of fabrics and linen products produced at the Lokalova factory. The exhibition “Factory Worker’s Closet” relates to the same theme. It recreates the interior of the room of an ordinary employee of a textile factory.

No less interesting is the exhibition dedicated to St. Nicholas Church. In the 19th century, this church was the center of the spiritual life of the city, and is now recognized as a historical and architectural monument. The museum archives contain old photographs and documents that shed light on the centuries-old history of the temple.

At the end of the excursion program, tourists are treated to excellent English tea. The tradition of tea drinking is connected with the fact that British engineers often visited the Lokalov factory, and as a hospitable host, Alexey Vasilyevich invited them to the table.

Church of St. Nicholas the Wonderworker

• Address: Krasnoarmeyskaya st., 2.

St. Nicholas Church was erected in 1798 at the expense of parishioners. The brick building is made in Baroque style. It is decorated with figured sandriks, rectangular and rounded drums with domes, as well as a decorative dormer window. The bell tower is made in the same style. At the end of the 19th century, the building was restored at the expense of the merchant Lokalov.

St. Nicholas Church operated until the 1930s. During Soviet times, its premises housed a sports club, which existed until 1991, when the church was returned to the believers. Currently, the ancient temple operates and is protected as a monument of historical and architectural heritage.

Gavrilov-Yam

Gavrilov-Yam

The city of Russian coachmen “Country of the Coachman”, one of whom, according to legend, was named Gavrila
Until Russia was entangled in a network of railways, local residents were engaged in the coachman business. Gavrilov-Yam at one time was also one of the Russian linen capitals - after all, the world-famous linen manufactory of the merchant Alexei Lokalov worked here. English specialists worked here, with whose help the oldest currently operating football stadium in Russia was built in the city.

In the “Country of the Coachman”, Gavrilov-Yam, it’s great to take a ride with the breeze, sing at the coachman’s karaoke, forge a horseshoe, try your hand at weaving, carding, spinning flax, and see a real closet with your own eyes. Take a horseshoe from here for luck or a linen tablecloth.

While in these parts, take a look at the village of Velikoye, located nearby. It was once one of the 100 largest industrial centers in Russia. The village is famous for its Kremlin - the only rural Kremlin in Russia.

What is a must-do in Gavrilov-Yam?

1. If you are coming from the Moscow Highway, stop at the top of a hill 7 km from the city, admire the open space, breathe in the amazing air of the Coachman’s Country!
2. Inspect the complex of buildings of the former Lokalov manufactory: workshops, administrative buildings, the dam of the factory pond.
3. Take a walk in the Tekstilshchik factory park.
4. Visit the road song festival “Country of the Coachman” or the winter festival “Snowflake of Lakhosti”.
5. Play football at the oldest stadium in Yaroslavia.
6. Visit the working pottery factory “Gardens of Aurica” and try yourself there as a potter. Museums Gavrilov-Yama.

Museums Gavrilov-Yam:

• "Museum of the Coachman" For almost 15 years now, the Museum has been preserving the memory of the daring coachmen, of whom we once had in abundance. The museum itself is located in an outbuilding from the 19th century. The coachman Gavrila lives in that house to this day with his wife Dunyasha. He will warmly meet you on the threshold, take you to the hut, give you tea, treat you to pies and paths, and tell you about how coachmen lived in the old days.
• The Maryushka Museum, located in a real Russian hut, will tell you about the life and activities of local peasants in the 19th century.
• The Gavrilov-Yamsky Museum of Local Lore lovingly conveys the atmosphere of a provincial town, talks about the nature of the region, the life and achievements of the Gavrilov-Yamsk people.

Souvenirs from Gavrilov-Yam:

• Products made from flax from the Gavrilov-Yamsky weaver factory.
• Ceramics of the “Gardens of Aurica” and their famous Travyanchiki.
• The famous coachman's cap.

The most interesting museums in Gavrilov-Yam

Museums are the “calling card” of the city of Gavrilov-Yam. There are many different exhibitions and displays dedicated to history, culture and ancient crafts. It will be interesting to visit them for both adults and children.

Museum of Peasant Life “Marya the Mistress”

• Address: st. Chapaeva, 5.

In everyday life, this museum is affectionately called “Maryushka”. Its founder, Nina Fedorovna Brondikova, is a native resident of Gavrilov-Yam.

All her life she collected antiques, which later became the basis for the creation of the Museum of Peasant Life. The peculiarity of the exhibition is that most of the ancient exhibits are still in working order. For example, you can still weave on a loom, but you can still spin on a spindle.

The tour is conducted by girls dressed in Russian folk costumes. They will not only tell you, but also show you how certain objects were used in ancient times. Another nice feature of the museum is that you can hold all the exhibits in your hands and even try to work on them.

The museum occupies a building stylized as a Russian hut. It is decorated with architraves, cornices and pilasters with intricate handmade carvings.

Velikoselsky Museum of Local Lore

• Address: st. Trufanova, 13, p. Great.

A few kilometers from Gavrilov-Yam is the village of Velikoye, where there is also something to see. One of its main attractions is the Local History Museum. The village of Velikoye was founded at the beginning of the 13th century, which makes it one of the oldest settlements in the Yaroslavl region.

An extensive exhibition tells about the most striking events from the history of the village. Much attention is paid to two battles that took place in its vicinity:

• the battle of Russian soldiers with the Mongol-Tatar army in 1392;
• the battle of the Grand Duke of Moscow Vasily the Dark with the Galician prince Vasily Kosy in 1435.

The museum collection includes more than a thousand exhibits dating from different eras. Here you can see ancient handwritten books, archaeological artifacts, ancient coins, paintings and documents. In several halls, the interiors of peasant huts and noble chambers are also recreated.

Potato Riot Museum

• Address: st. Trufanova, 22, Velikoye village.

In the village of Velikoy there is the only museum in Russia entirely dedicated to the topic of potatoes. In the first half of the 19th century, Emperor Nicholas I strongly recommended that villagers begin to grow this vegetable in their fields.

The peasants did not want to develop a new agricultural crop, which is why the so-called “potato riots” swept across the country. Meanwhile, Efim Karnovich lived in the village of Velikoy, who, unlike his compatriots, supported the emperor’s decree and began large-scale potato cultivation.

The museum's exhibition is dedicated to this story. During the excursion, tourists are introduced to ancient equipment with which starch was made and potato dishes were prepared in the century before last.

Anyone can try out an old potato masher, mortar and other equipment. On the ground floor of the museum there is a “Potato Cafe”, where you can dine on potato pancakes, potato pancakes and shangs prepared according to traditional recipes.

School Museum "Svetelka"

• Address: Nekrasovskaya st., 1, Velikoye village.

The museum is located in the Velikiye Selo school and is a room stylized as a merchant's hut. Furniture items and textile decorations were made by the hands of schoolchildren and schoolgirls during labor lessons.

Young masters and craftswomen act as tour guides. They not only talk about how merchant families lived in the village of Velikoye, but also conduct master classes in embroidery, knitting, burning and carpentry.

The interactive tour program around the original attraction also includes performances during which the tourist becomes a participant in a wedding ceremony, baptism, chant or celebration.

Pottery workshop “Gardens of Aurica”

• Address: st. Radishcheva, 20.

“Gardens of Aurica” is a network pottery production company with branches throughout the country. The branch, located in Gavrilov-Yam, has not so much a production, but a museum character.

Guests have the opportunity to watch the creation of clay products and try themselves as a potter, visit the production workshop, an exhibition of finished products and a store where you can purchase original dishes as a souvenir for yourself or a gift for loved ones.

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Attractions Gavrilov-Yama

The development of tourism in Gavrilov-Yam is carried out under the brand “Country of the Coachman”, so the Coachman Museum
can safely be called the main attraction of the city. It is located in the former outbuilding of the merchant Lokalov of the 19th century.

A large collection of horse-drawn vehicles is presented here: sleighs, sledges, drags, as well as items from a coachman's everyday life. And, of course, guests can buy themselves a horseshoe for good luck.

Museum of the merchant Lokalov

- a relatively new exhibition in Gavrilov-Yam, but extremely interesting. It is dedicated to local flax production, which was famous throughout Russia.

Here you can see unique tablecloths woven for the royal palace and the leadership of the USSR. The museum also recreates the “closet” - the room where the linen factory workers lived, and the office of the manager, merchant Lokalov.

Another interesting place is the Maryushka Museum of Peasant Life.

. This is the private collection of Nina Fedorovna Brondikova, she also meets guests and conducts excursions.

Various peasant utensils, the purpose of which is not always clear to modern people, are collected here, as well as many creations of local needlewomen.

The local history museum invites you to take a closer look at the history of Gavrilov-Yam

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There are several exhibitions here that tell about different aspects of the life of the city: flora and fauna, historical finds, wartime, economy and industry, and local crafts. Particular attention is paid to household items of the 19th-20th centuries.

, St. Nicholas Church deserves attention.

. It was built at the end of the 19th century at the expense of parishioners; subsequently additional chapels were added to it, which explains its unusual appearance.

During Soviet times, the temple was closed and was handed over to believers only in 1990. Its restoration is currently ongoing.

Among the modern attractions of the city, the pottery workshop “Gardens of Aurica”

, where products for gardening and indoor floriculture are made.

Excursions to the production are also organized, where you can see modern kilns and even take part in a master class on making clay dishes. It is also suggested to visit the workshop’s company store and purchase something as a souvenir.

Just seven kilometers from Gavrilov-Yam is the famous village of Velikoye

with a much more colorful history and architecture than the neighboring city.
It's definitely worth a visit. The most famous local landmark is the Velikoselsky Kremlin
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This is the name of the complex of the Church of the Nativity of the Virgin Mary and the Intercession of the Virgin Mary, a seven-tier bell tower and a stone fence with chapels in the corners that protected them. The construction of the “Kremlin” was started by Peter I’s associate Anikita Repnin, to whom the village of Velikoye was granted in honor of the victory over the Swedes.

The Church of the Nativity of the Virgin Mary has been perfectly preserved to this day, but the Church of the Intercession of the Virgin Mary suffered greatly during Soviet times. Next to the Kremlin there is a panel “Battle of Poltava” - a copy of the famous mosaic by Mikhail Lomonosov.

Another church

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Bogolyubskaya
- was built in Velikiy in the middle of the 19th century with the money of the church warden M. Krasheninnikov, parishioners and donors.

This cemetery church was closed during Soviet times and the interior decoration was lost. In 1992, it was returned to believers, restored and repaired.

In the center of the village there are two natural reservoirs - Black and White ponds

. It is believed that the first of them got its name thanks to blacksmiths who poured all their production waste into it, which is why the water in it had a dark color.

The second pond remained clean, that is, White. In the 19th century, the Black Pond was cleaned, and in the 20th century both reservoirs were recognized as natural monuments. By the way, it is from the side of the ponds that the most beautiful view of the Velikoselsky Kremlin opens.

Perhaps the most striking attraction of the village of Velikoye is the house of the merchant Lokalov

, built at the end of the 19th century. It is stylized as a traditional Russian tower with a spire and weather vane.

The inside of the building is also very beautiful: a white marble staircase leads to the second floor, the ceilings are decorated with paintings and stucco, and there is even a unique grotto room, the only one in the world. Today the building is recognized as a cultural heritage site and houses a local orphanage.

You can get to know the bright and unusual history of the village of Velikoye at the local local history museum.

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There are exhibitions dedicated to merchant life, local crafts, the Great Patriotic War, as well as a collection of household items for village residents of the 19th-20th centuries.

Another interesting place in the village of Velikoy is the school museum “Svyateloka”

. It represents a stylized room in a merchant's house, where the housewife traditionally did needlework: spinning, weaving or embroidering.

The museum offers both excursions and master classes: guests can try their hand at working with yarn. There are also interactive programs that make you feel like you are participating in fair festivities or a local wedding ceremony.

The newest local museum is the Potato Riot Museum

. Nowadays, potatoes are a vegetable familiar to Russians, but at the beginning of the 19th century, residents of the Russian Empire flatly refused to grow an overseas plant.

This is exactly what the museum exposition tells about, as well as about a native of the village, Efim Karnovich, who was one of the first in Russia to cultivate potatoes. On the ground floor of the museum there is a cafe where you can taste a variety of potato dishes.

Cultural recreation in Gavrilov-Yam and entertainment

During a city tour, it is worth visiting cultural institutions where you can have a good time watching interesting theater performances or playing sports.

House of Culture

• Address: Club street, 1.

At the beginning of the 20th century, the stone building in the classicist style served as an almshouse for single women workers at the flax mill. Today it houses a recreation center where creative competitions, theatrical performances, business and social and educational meetings are held.

The entertainment program of the establishment includes choral singing concerts, choreographic performances, master classes in decorative and applied arts, exhibitions of paintings and photographs.

The House of Culture is also visited by circus troupes, musicians, pop and opera singers from different parts of the country. Their concerts and performances attract special attention from citizens and tourists who come to Gavrilov-Yam.

Cinema hall at the House of Culture

• Address: Club street, 1.

In 2021, the House of Culture underwent a large-scale renovation, and at the same time, a modern 3D cinema with excellent technical and acoustic equipment was installed. New Russian and foreign cinema, animated cartoons for children of all ages appear weekly on the cinema screens.

Palace of Children's Creativity

• Address: Sovetskaya st., 2.

The Palace of Children's Creativity hosts clubs and sections in arts and crafts, pop singing, ballet, drawing and theater arts, which can be especially interesting for children.

Creative associations regularly organize concerts and special events dedicated to the celebration of the New Year, Victory Day, Maslenitsa, etc. In the summer, festivals and open-air concerts are organized. The entertainment program is always complemented by animation, competitions, games and sports competitions.

The Palace building was built at the beginning of the 20th century in the style of pseudo-realism. It contained living rooms belonging to the manager of the manufacturing factory, as well as work rooms for concluding transactions.

Sports stadium "Trud"

• Address: corner of Pionerskaya and Sportivnaya streets.

The city stadium is the oldest sports facility in the Yaroslavl region. It was founded in 1912 by English specialists who worked at the Lokalova textile factory.

Currently, the stadium infrastructure includes:

• a huge football field with wooden goals;
• five sectors of wooden stands
• gastronomic area, including a retro cafe and an eco-cafe;
• playing fields for croquet, rounders and towns;
• showers;
• ecological grove.

Estate of A.A. Lokalova

• Address: Yaroslavskaya st., 14, Velikoye village.

In the 1880s, the heir of the merchant Lokalov, Alexander Alekseevich, decided to build an estate in his native village of Velikoy. The architect he hired, Fyodor Shekhtel, created a true masterpiece in the pseudo-Russian style.

The two-story building, designed in the form of a tower, was distinguished by an abundance of decor. The first floor was decorated with diamond rustication, the second was decorated with flies with bright tiles, semi-columns and stained glass windows. A special touch to the architectural appearance was added by a hipped tower with a weather vane, located above the main entrance.

Construction of the mansion was completed in 1890. Its proud owner, Alexander Alekseevich Lokalov, died a year after the housewarming, and did not really have time to live in his house. After Lokalov’s death, the mansion was inherited by his daughters, who used the house as a country house.

In 1917, the estate was seized from the Lokalov family and nationalized. During the Soviet years, it housed a museum of noble life, later a youth club, and during the war, the premises were occupied by a shelter for children whose parents died in Besieged Leningrad.

Today, the former estate is an orphanage. In the interior, decorative elements of the 19th century have been preserved: stucco, oak carving, frescoes. Overall, the building is in disrepair and in dire need of repair.

Gavrilov-Yamsky Flax Mill

• Address: ave. Stroiteley, 6A.

The Gavrilov-Yamsky flax mill was created by Alexey Lokalov in the 1870s. The opening of the manufacturing factory contributed to the rapid development of the city.

Today, the surviving factory buildings are recognized as monuments of historical, cultural and architectural heritage.

A complex of workers' buildings built at the beginning of the last century has survived to this day. These are two- and three-story brick buildings in the classicist style.

Work closets

• Address: Pirogova street, 6.

Another element of factory development that has survived to this day is a complex of residential buildings, or “closets,” where factory employees lived. The complex consists of several brick buildings. Since the prosperity of the flax mill, these buildings have remained virtually untouched.

People's House building

• Address: Club street, 8.

The elegant building in the classicist style was built at the end of the 19th century. The unique structure attracts attention due to a number of snow-white columns with capitals and an attic decorated with a niche with a dormer window.

The ancient building is in excellent condition. Now it houses the police department and the prosecutor's office. The former people's house is recognized as a monument of historical and cultural heritage of federal significance.

Gavrilov Yam and the Coachman Museum

...We needed to get to Ivanovo. After consulting with a friend, we decided to take a new route for us: along Yaroslavka through Sergiev Posad, Pereslavl-Zalessky, Rostov and Gavrilov Yam. We usually traveled through Noginsk, Pokrov, Vladimir and Suzdal. Saturday roads were relatively deserted, we drove and enjoyed the fresh May greenery, blue cloudless sky and warmth. Moreover, text messages were flying after us from Moscow, informing us that it was cloudy, cold and that it was about to rain... We were advised not to turn right after Rostov to Ivanovo, but, before reaching 35 km to Yaroslavl, to go right to Gavrilov Yam. Turning off the Yaroslavl highway, the path goes through small pretty villages interspersed with flooded fields and idyllic scenes of peacefully grazing cows.

At the next fork in Ivanovo-Gavrilov Yam, we decided to drive through Yam, which we were very happy about later for several reasons. Firstly, after the bridge to the right of the road we saw a curious house with a wheel, which turned out to be the Coachman's Museum.

And secondly, we really liked the “Visiting the Coachman” tavern, where at first we were pleasantly surprised by the prices, which were three times cheaper than in Moscow, and then we were pleased with the delicious home-cooked dishes. The honey cake aroused such admiration that on the way back we stopped at this tavern and took the whole cake home from the heat.

Some background information.

Gavrilov Yam stands on the Kotorosl River (a tributary of the Volga), the date of its foundation is considered to be 1545. There are plenty of attractions here, despite the fact that the town is small: St. Nicholas Church - a stone church, built in 1798 at the expense of parishioners. She had three thrones: in the name of Nicholas the Wonderworker, in the name of the Dormition of the Mother of God, in the name of St. Apostle Arkhip and all saints. The temple was closed in 1937; during the Soviet years it housed sports facilities. In the 90s The temple was transferred to the Russian Orthodox Church. The church is currently being restored.

The city House of Culture "Textilshchik" is a stone building of the early 20th century. A former almshouse for single women workers of the Lokalovskaya manufactory.

Gavrilov-Yamsky flax mill - the workers' buildings of the early 20th century have been preserved. There is a “Russian Flax” store at the factory. I can’t say anything about the assortment, because the store was closed due to the weekend. But if you still want to visit there, the store is open on weekdays from 9 a.m. to 6 p.m., and on Saturday only until 1 p.m. The city stadium is the oldest sports facility in the Yaroslavl region, founded in 1912 by English specialists who worked at the Lokalovskaya manufactory. “Workers' Closets” is a complex of residential buildings from the early 20th century, preserved without major alterations. Previously, these buildings were dormitories for workers of the Lokalovskaya manufactory. In the center of this complex there is a chapel, which is currently being restored. The building of the People's House (Klubnaya St., 3) was built at the end of the 19th century, currently it houses the district police department and the prosecutor's office, the building is classified as a historical and cultural heritage site of federal significance. The Coachman Museum was opened in 2005 on the initiative of the head of the district. The museum is located in the former outbuilding of the manufacturer Lokalov (late 19th century).

The caretaker of the Coachman Museum, sitting in the courtyard in the sun and knitting something, received us cordially, inviting us to enter the house. Since we were the only visitors, she was able to spend as much time as possible with us.

The entire exhibition fit into one spacious room. Many household exhibits could be picked up and photographed with them at will. Photography cost only 10 rubles. The house contains a variety of utensils: clamps, bows with bells, bridles and horseshoes, in addition there is a wonderful stove, a collection of cast iron, grips, irons, various thematic crafts and models.

The museum is happy to collect gifts, mostly horse figurines, from admiring visitors, including foreigners, and the donors are recorded in a special book, which lies right there on an unusual octagonal table: they say that so many directions were served by the Gavrilov Yama coachmen.

The small courtyard is decorated no less interestingly. From the street, the house is stylized as a carriage with large wheels, and a funny wooden giant coachman, looking like a robot, sits on the trestles.

All visitors are recommended to walk along the alley of 8 horseshoes, as there is a belief that if you touch each horseshoe and make a cherished wish that is not related to money, it will certainly come true.

Temples and churches in Gavrilov-Yam

In Gavrilov-Yam and its surroundings there are unique temple complexes, with which the history of local settlements and their spiritual life are firmly connected.

Velikoselsky Kremlin

• Address: Gavrilov-Yamsky district, Velikoye village.

The complex of religious buildings, codenamed “Kremlin,” is located in the center of the village of Velikoye. The basis for the creation of the Kremlin was the Church of the Nativity of the Virgin Mary, founded by Anikita Repnin in 1709. The temple was dedicated to the Battle of Poltava, making it the first monument to this historical event.

The Church of the Nativity of the Virgin Mary was built of brick by Velikiye Selo craftsmen. The building has a quadrangle shape and is topped with five domes with dark green domes. Nearby stands a bell tower in the style of Russian architecture.

Later, the Church of the Intercession of the Virgin Mary was built on the territory of the Kremlin. The building's style resembles an architectural monument of the 17th century. It has the shape of a parallelepiped with a three-chamber apse adjacent to the east.

The temple is crowned with five domes: four light ones (azure with stars) and a massive gilded dome in the center. Some decorative elements have survived to this day, for example, artistic tiles, stucco molding and frescoes.

During the Soviet years, the Kremlin was built to house warehouses and rural clubs. During this time, many valuable icons and expensive church utensils were lost. The temples reopened in the early 2000s. The restoration returned the buildings to their former appearance and stopped natural destruction. Today both churches are active and in excellent condition.

Church of the Bogolyubskaya Icon of the Mother of God

• Address: Proletarskaya st., 32, Velikoye village.

The Bogolyubskaya Church was built in the village of Velikoy in 1846. It is made of brick in the style of classicism. The main mass of the building is crowned by a heavy drum with a helmet-shaped dome and a crown at the end. A two-tier bell tower rises nearby.

The church was closed in the 1930s and resumed religious activities in the 1990s. During the restoration, the roofing and bells were replaced. Decorations also appeared in the form of niches with frescoes depicting biblical scenes.

There is a cemetery on the territory of the church. Funeral ceremonies and memorial services are held in the temple.

Chapel of Gabriel the Archangel

• Address: Sovetskaya street.

The brick chapel, consecrated in honor of the Archangel Gabriel, was built in 2005. This is a small rectangular building with expressive window niches and a polygonal dome with a gilded dome on top. In 2015, the chapel was expanded, making it accessible to public visits.

Story

In historical documents, the village of Gavrilovo was mentioned for the first time in 1545. The village was owned by the Trinity-Sergius Monastery, the largest feudal lord of medieval Rus'. 35 years later, in 1580, in a historical document containing a decree on behalf of Tsar Ivan the Terrible, the village of Gavrilovo was named Gavrilovsky Yam. Many different legends and stories are associated with the origin of Gavrilov-Yam. Most agree that in ancient times a savvy man named Gavrila came here. He was surprised by the beauty of these places, the abundance of fish in the river and decided to stay here forever. With peasant tenacity, the remote region began to settle, and the name of the village of Gavrilovo came from its name.

Another version is related to the terrain: a hole is a depression. The city is located in relation to the surrounding villages, as if in a depression. Also, the second part of the city’s name “Yam” may be associated with the Yamsk duty carried out by its residents, which was carried out in monetary terms, or with the supply of horses.

Later, Gavrilovsky Yam became known as Gavrilov-Yamskaya Sloboda.

The 18th century was marked by “stone” construction. There was especially large construction in Velikiy, churches were erected in Vysheslavsky (1724), Smalev (1754), Yutsky (1775), Ostrov (1782), Osenev (1787), Stepanchikovo (1789), Unimeri (1789), Nikitsky (1789), Nikolo-Penya (1792), Gavrilov-Yame (1792), Stoginsky (1794), Stavotin (1796), Lakhosti (1796), Ilyinsky-Urusov (1798).

By the middle of 1800, “Velikoye had 620 households and was the largest trading and factory village in the province.” In Gavrilov-Yama at that time there were 19 households, and together with the villages of Petrunino, Romantsevo, Ostashkino, Beli, Dvuhdvorishche, settlements Gagarinskaya and Fedorovskaya assigned to the village, there were 89 households with a population of 619 people of both sexes.

The first Soviet People's Commissar A.V. Lunacharsky, who visited Velikoye and Gavrilov-Yamskaya Sloboda, shared his impressions: “From the lovely green Rostov with its Kremlin, full of examples of church construction of the golden era, I headed to the Lokalovskaya manufactory, about 30 versts from there. The road partly goes through huge, city-like villages so typical for this strip: the village of Velikoye - 12 thousand inhabitants. The settlement of Lokalovo itself has 15 thousand inhabitants, and usually about 5 thousand inhabitants work at the manufactory.”

On August 5, 1922, the presidium of the Yaroslavl provincial executive committee decided to equate the following villages with urban-type settlements: Velikoye, Gavrilov-Yamsky Posad, Gagarinsky village.

By decree of the Presidium of the Supreme Soviet of the RSFSR dated December 26, 1938, the working village of Gavrilov-Yam was transformed into the city of Gavrilov-Yam.

The growth of the city of Gavrilov-Yam is primarily associated with the activities of the flax mill, which is a city-forming enterprise. Various settlements arose around the factory, which then merged into a single center.

Velikoye village

glorified the Yaroslavl land with linen, folk crafts, business exhibitions, noisy fairs, and abundantly fruit-bearing gardens. This is where the fishing cooperation of our region was born. The village of Velikoye is fraught with amazing, largely unknown information about the history of Yaroslavl, about the people, their spiritual and material culture. This unique historical and architectural monument is associated with the names of outstanding people of our Fatherland. The Great was visited by Moscow Prince M. Temny and Tsar M. Romanov. Peter I stayed in Velikiy. N.A. Nekrasov often visited here. Velikoye is the birthplace of many noble people of Russia.

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Sculptural compositions and monuments of the city

The sculptural compositions in Gavrilov-Yam are of a historical and memorial nature.

Monument to the Soldier-Liberator

• Address: Patova street.

The impressive memorial complex is located on Sovetskaya Square. In its center is a bronze statue of a liberator warrior, at the foot of which the Eternal Flame blazes. On both sides of the monument there are black granite slabs with the names of the heroes who fell during the liberation of Gavrilov-Yam.

Monument “Eternal glory to the students and teachers of school No. 1”

• Address: Yubileiny proezd.

On the territory of school No. 1 there is a white stone monument dedicated to the students and teachers who died during the Great Patriotic War. The monument is a stele with a high relief of a soldier in an overcoat and helmet.

On the granite base of the monument there are memorial plaques with the names of the fallen heroes. Every year, ceremonial events of a military-patriotic nature are held on the site in front of the monument.

Memorial complex "To the soldiers of the Soviet army who died of wounds in hospitals"

• Address: Vostochnaya street.

The memorial is located in the city cemetery, at the site of the mass burial of soldiers whose lives were cut short in Gavrilov-Yam hospitals. The monument consists of two steles with memorial plaques and a replica of a Red Army helmet.

Monument to V.I. Lenin

• Address: Sovetskaya Square.

Monument to V.I. Lenin (popularly nicknamed “Lenin’s head”) is located in the central square. A stone bust of the revolutionary stands on a red granite pedestal. Around the memorial there is a small recreation area equipped with benches and decorated with flower beds.

MiG-23 fighter

• Address: Mashinostroiteley proezd.

In 2005, in honor of the 60th anniversary of the Great Victory, a monument to the Soviet supersonic fighter MiG-23 was unveiled. The memorial was installed opposite, which specializes in creating a variety of equipment for civil and military aviation.

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From the history of the city of Gavrilov - Yama

A legend is connected with the origin of the city: in ancient times, a savvy man Gavrila came to these places from nowhere.
He was surprised by the beauty of these places and, deciding to stay here forever, built a house. The name of the village Gavrilovo came from his name. Residents of the village were engaged in hunting, fishing, and served the crossing of Kotorosl, which at that time was a water trade route between Rostov and Yaroslavl. It is believed that soon after the emergence of the village, a yam was founded here - a village whose inhabitants were appointed coachmen. They had to supply horses for the pit service, change and shoe them, repair carts, repair harnesses, and maintain inns.

Even then, a rural road passed through these parts, connecting the Moscow and Suzdal highways, along which convoys went from Moscow to Kostroma, Suzdal, Vologda, Arkhangelsk and back.

The first mention of Gavrilov-Yama dates back to 1545. The lists of the Trinity-Sergius Monastery include the village of Gavrilovo, which had seven courtyards.

For the development of the city, the rural road that ran from the Moscow Highway through the village of Velikoye to the Suzdal Highway was of decisive importance. In documents of the late XVI - early XVII centuries. the settlement is called Gavrilovsky Yam. Owners of Gavrilov-Yam in the 17th-19th centuries. were the famous noble families Koltsov-Massalsky, Gagarin, Yakovlev.

In 1798, with donations from parishioners and funds from the Yaroslavl merchant Savva Yakovlev, who simultaneously owned the village of Velikiy, a stone church was built in the village in the name of the Dormition of the Blessed Virgin Mary and St. Nicholas, and the village acquired the status of a village. According to data for 1859, there were about 20 peasant houses, in which 162 people lived.

The opening of a mechanical flax-spinning factory here in 1872 was of decisive importance for the development of Gavrilov-Yama. It was built by Velikiye Selo entrepreneur A.V. Lokalov and his son A.A. Lokalov, and in a short time became one of the best textile enterprises in Russia.

The establishment of Soviet power in the region occurred peacefully. On December 14, 1925, Gavrilov-Yam was given the status of a workers' settlement. According to the 1928 census, its population was already about 10 thousand people.

By decree of the Presidium of the Supreme Soviet of the RSFSR dated December 26, 1938, the workers' settlement was transformed into the city of Gavrilov-Yam.

During the first five-year plans, great changes took place in the city: several schools, a clinic, a factory medical unit were opened, and construction of multi-story residential buildings began. In 1927, the Gavrilov-Yam-Semibratovo railway line was opened.

During the Great Patriotic War, the Gavrilov-Yamtsy made their worthy contribution to the defeat of fascism. Nine residents of the district became Heroes of the Soviet Union, one became a full holder of the Order of Glory. In 1941-1943 Three military hospitals operated here. Gavrilov-Yam was one of the reception centers for residents of besieged Leningrad. During these years, the flax mill "Dawn of Socialism" produced military products and was repeatedly recognized as the best textile enterprise in the country and was awarded the Challenge Red Banner of the State Defense Committee.

In the 50-80s, Gavrilov-Yam developed rapidly and became one of the economic centers of the Yaroslavl region. The opening of a new machine-building plant here in 1968 was important for the development of the city.

Information provided by MUK "Gavrilov - Yamsk Intersettlement Central Library"

Walking outdoors

In addition to crowded squares and gardens, in Gavrilov-Yam and the surrounding area there are several picturesque corners of nature where tourists can enjoy the fresh air and beautiful views.

Black Pond

• Coordinates on the map: 57.347592, 39.768597.

Black Pond is located in the village of Velikoy. This is the largest artificial reservoir in the region, created before the construction of dams. The pond receives its nutrition from underground springs and melt water. In 1985 it was given the status of a natural monument.

The name of the pond is rooted in the ancient history of the village of Velikoye. In the old days, there were forges on its banks, and the water acquired a dark hue due to coal dust. There is also a version that the reservoir received its name because of the characteristic dark silt, which makes the bottom and water appear black.

Today, the Black Pond is a popular fishing spot, and in the winter it is covered with solid ice, which is why a public skating rink opens here.

City pond

• GPS coordinates: 57.309043, 39.847909.

In the center of Gavrilov-Yam there is an artificial reservoir. Due to the lush underwater vegetation, it is unsuitable for swimming, but is suitable for fishing. It is home to perches and carp.

In 2014, the city organized public works to improve the banks of the pond.

Volunteers cleared the water of mud and debris, planted young trees, and installed homemade benches. As a result, the city pond has become a pleasant and popular place for family recreation in nature.

Gavrilov-Yamsky branch

Gavrilov-Yamsky branch of RSATU named after. P.A. Solovyov was created in 2001 on the basis of order No. 2674 of July 17, 2001 of the Ministry of Education and Science of the Russian Federation “On the creation of a branch of the Rybinsk State Aviation Technological Academy in the city of Gavrilov-Yam, Yaroslavl region.

Currently, the branch conducts educational activities in accordance with license No. 2133 dated 05/13/2016 and accreditation dated 07/13/2017 reg. No. 2642, series 90A01 No. 0002771 for an enlarged group of training areas and specialties 150000 Metallurgy, mechanical engineering and material processing, secondary vocational education level.

Gavrilov-Yam is a city (urban settlement) in Russia, the administrative center of the Gavrilov-Yamsky district of the Yaroslavl region. The city is located on the Kotorosl River (a tributary of the Volga), 46 km from Yaroslavl.

The formation of knowledge, skills and abilities in students is carried out both by traditional methods and using modern teaching methods, such as seminars, debates, business games, business meetings, video training. The branch has introduced and uses automated teaching systems, systems are being developed for computer test monitoring of students' knowledge and systems for computer-aided design of technological processes. There is an outdoor and indoor stadium.

The branch is purposefully implementing a program of individualization of training as a set of methods, means and methodological techniques for teaching students, taking into account their individual interests, abilities and professional inclinations. The elements of this program are: individual classes of students under the guidance of teachers, independent work of students using textbooks, teaching aids, teaching and monitoring systems, research work of students, the use of elective courses.

For independent work of students there is the necessary material base: classrooms for diploma and course design, a library, reading rooms, classrooms for the humanities. Computer technology is used to conduct practical and laboratory classes in a wide range of humanitarian, socio-economic, mathematical and natural sciences, general professional and special disciplines, and to complete coursework and dissertations. The educational process in disciplines using computer technology is supported by various types of modern software and information support, both system (operating systems and service programs) and applied.

About 60% of final qualifying works receive a recommendation for implementation at enterprises of the mechanical engineering complex. Students undergo practical training at the leading city-forming enterprise of the city - JSC GMZ "AGAT", which provides employment to the majority of the city's population; also, together with this enterprise, targeted training of students is carried out, and a student design bureau operates.

JSC GMZ "AGAT" produces modern units for military aircraft engines, produces and repairs fuel control equipment for aircraft, hydraulic equipment for mobile lifting equipment, road construction, municipal machines and manipulators, spare parts for cars.

The branch administration carries out career guidance work with graduating students from the Gavrilov-Yamsky district: invites them to continue their studies at the P.A. Solovyov, conducts visiting seminars and excursions.