On the banks of the Volga stands one of many ancient Russian cities, preserving the memory of its centuries-old past. Yuryevets. Yes, another Russian city named after Prince Yuri. Today it is the regional center of the Ivanovo region, located 168 km northeast of Ivanovo. And before that - a medieval fortress city, which for five centuries defended the north-eastern borders of Rus'. Yuryevets is an old shopping center. It stands at the intersection of the Volga trade route and the Great Post Road from the center of Russia to Siberia.
What to see in Yuryevets - TOP places for one day
Three attractions of Yuryevets have become its calling card and attract the largest number of tourists to the city. About them below.
Andrei Tarkovsky Museum
- Address: st. Tarkovsky, 8.
The village of Zavrazhye in the vicinity of Yuryevets is the small homeland of the famous Soviet film director. Andrei Arsenievich’s parents lived in Moscow, but during pregnancy Tarkovskaya came to visit relatives in the Ivanovo region. The son of the famous poet was born in a small village near the Gorky Reservoir, then the family moved to the other side to Yuryevets.
Here, in a simple wooden house built in 1911, the first two years of little Andrei’s life passed. At that time it was a communal apartment in which several families lived, the rooms were divided between the residents.
The Tarkovskys owned two rooms. In 1996, a museum dedicated to the maestro opened in the house. The old things were not preserved, but the museum workers managed to restore the situation with the help of Marina Tarkovskaya, Andrei’s younger sister.
The street on which the building stands is also named after the master. The most valuable exhibit in the collection is the director’s personal archive, acquired in 2013 at a Sotheby’s auction. To buy the archive, I had to spend a huge amount of money. In addition to the house museum, there is a Tarkovsky Cultural Center in the town.
The bell tower of the martyr. St. George the Victorious
- Address: Sovetskaya st., 39.
The stunning five-tier bell tower dwarfs all the buildings in the city with its height and scale. The delightful 70-meter tower has become a symbol of Yuryevets; it is the one that can most often be seen on postcards and other souvenirs. The structure was erected at the beginning of the 19th century; the building originally belonged to the Cathedral of the Entrance to Jerusalem. In 1840, a temple was built in the lower tier in honor of the Great Martyr George the Victorious.
In Soviet times, the Bolsheviks spared the magnificent bell tower and did not destroy it. In the 70s, the building required reconstruction. After the collapse of the USSR, the bell tower, along with other churches, was handed over to believers.
Today the structure is used not only for its intended purpose, but also as an observation deck. Tourists are allowed to climb to the middle tier to view the surrounding area. From a 40-meter height there is a stunning view of the city and the Volga. The bell tower and two neighboring churches form a single temple ensemble and are currently the courtyard of the Nikolo-Shartomsky Monastery.
Gorky Reservoir
- Coordinates on the map: 57.315940, 43.170115.
Yuryevets is located on the banks of the famous Gorky, or Nizhny Novgorod, reservoir. The endless reservoir, which covers the territories of four regions, is called the sea due to its enormous size. The reservoir began to be filled in 1955; water flooded a plot of land with an area of about 1,600 square meters. km. The widest part is located in the Yuryevets district; in some places the width of the artificial lake reaches 14 km.
Before the flooding, thousands of houses were moved from Yuryevets and other settlements. Temples that stood in the path of the water flow were simply destroyed. Today the reservoir has become a popular holiday destination. In hot weather, the beaches become especially crowded; Yuryevsk residents and tourists swim in the warm water and sunbathe on the sand. The reservoir is rich in fish, so it is popular with fishermen.
The most interesting museums in the city of Yuryevets
The variety of Yuryevets museums will delight history buffs and fans of the work of Andrei Tarkovsky.
Historical and Art Museum
- Address: st. Tarkovsky, 2.
The Yuryevets Central Museum was founded in 1920 as a branch of the local history museum. Currently, the institution occupies a two-story red brick building, decorated with a small multifaceted turret. There are several halls inside, each of which is dedicated to a specific era or event in the history of the city.
The first hall tells about the medieval period, when a fortress stood on the site of the modern city. The second tells about the exploits of Yuryev residents during the Great Patriotic War. The third is dedicated to the spiritual life of townspeople, local churches and monasteries.
Museum of Architects Vesnin
- Address: Vesninykh entrance, 8.
The Vesnins created many well-known objects throughout the country, including the Dnieper Hydroelectric Power Station and the department store on Krasnaya Presnya. Three brothers were born into a merchant family, received a good education and found their calling in architecture. The peak of their creative activity occurred in the 1920s.
The museum, dedicated to the famous residents of Yuryev, is located in the original house in which the brothers-architects were born and raised. The building is made of red brick and stands on a hillside; a wooden roof decorated with fine carvings is built over the porch. A museum exhibition opened in the house in 1986.
Cultural Center named after. A. Tarkovsky
- Address: Sovetskaya st., 33.
The Tarkovsky Center is the Yuryevets citadel of cinema. The spacious two-story building, built in 2011, houses a film school and regularly hosts various film festivals, including the International Film Festival, named after the outstanding director.
The premises are divided into halls, in one there are film shows, in the other the archives of Andrei Arsenievich are stored, in the third there is a library in which various editions of Tarkovsky Sr.’s books are collected.
Museum of Public Education
- Address: Sovetskaya st., 143.
Another wonderful museum was organized in 1996 by former teacher and school director A.V. Sirotina. The museum is housed in an old wooden mansion. With the help of exhibitions, you can trace the history of education in the city and region, from the first public schools to the present day.
Visitors will learn how classrooms were equipped before the revolution, what past generations of teachers and students looked like, and what objects they used during classes. Also, museum guests will be told about the school years of famous Yuryev residents: singer V. Leontyev, artist U. Potapenko, heart surgeon B. Lastochkin and others.
Exhibition Hall "Georgievsky"
- Address: st. Tarkovsky, 1a.
The exhibition hall was first presented to the public in 1977; initially the gallery was located in the bell tower of the Cathedral of the Entry of the Lord into Jerusalem. In 2004, the exhibition moved to the interesting asymmetrical administration building.
The art gallery occupies the first floor of the building. The exhibitions feature paintings by local painters, including both professionals and amateurs. A significant part of the collection consists of works by students of the local art school.
Theater-Museum "Istoki"
- Address: st. Nakhimova, 35A.
The building of the Yuryevets Technical School houses a unique puppet theater-museum. Its history dates back to 1996, when local craftswoman Tatyana Ulitova decided to present her works to the general public.
The museum's collection includes traditional folk and more modern dolls, as well as three-dimensional portraits, painted bottles and other objects created by the owner of the private museum and her students.
Some of the attraction's exhibits depict famous people and literary characters. For an additional fee, you can try on costumes of different nations and attend a master class on creating dolls.
Yuryevets
(Ivanovo region)
OKATO code:
24237501
Founded:
1225
City from:
1225 City of district subordination (Yuryevetsky district, Ivanovo region)
Center:
Yuryevetsky district
Telephone code (reference phone)
| 49337***** | 23-0-53 |
Deviation from Moscow time, hours:
0
Geographic latitude:
57°19′
Geographic longitude:
43°06′
Altitude above sea level, meters:
120 Sunrise and sunset times in the city of Yuryevets
Beautiful temples and churches of Yuryevets
In almost every district of Yuryevets you can see an ancient Orthodox church. Religious buildings are one of the main assets of the city.
Cathedral of the Entry of the Lord into Jerusalem
- Address: Sovetskaya st., 41.
The Winter Church of the Entrance to Jerusalem was built around 1733. In 1806, the chapel of St. John the Warrior was added to the church building. After the October Revolution, the temple was beheaded and turned into a warehouse.
In the 80s, the building began to be restored, but was finally handed over to believers only in 1997. After the solemn consecration, services resumed in the church. Nowadays, the cathedral has the status of a metochion of the Nikolo-Shartom monastery.
Cathedral of the Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary
- Address: Sovetskaya st., 43.
The Assumption Cathedral on the central square forms a single architectural complex with the Cathedral of the Entrance to Jerusalem and the Bell Tower of St. George. Unlike its warm neighbor, the Church of the Assumption was intended for summer services.
The monumental classical cathedral was once one of the best buildings in the city, but after persecution in the 20th century it is in deplorable condition.
The shabby square building is adjoined by vestibules with porticoes and columns; in place of the destroyed upper tier there is now a gray roof topped with a tiny dome. Reconstruction is proceeding slowly, since the huge structure requires equally huge costs.
Church of the Nativity
- Address: Sovetskaya st., 47.
A small ancient temple from the 19th century adorns the central street of the city. The building was erected in 1815 in memory of the victory in the Patriotic War of 1812. According to legend, the temple was built by captured Frenchmen. The church was built in the style of classicism with baroque elements. A single dome crowns the roof of the church.
The original paintings have been preserved inside; a high worship cross has been installed opposite the entrance.
Previously, a low bell tower adjoined the temple. After the Revolution, the upper tiers of the bell tower were destroyed, and an archive was placed in the church itself. After the collapse of the Soviet Union, the building was returned to Orthodox Christians. Like many other places of worship in Yuryevets, the Church of the Nativity has the status of a courtyard of the Nikolo-Shartomsky Monastery.
Epiphany Church
- Address: per. Engelsa, 10.
The Church of the Epiphany is one of the most beautiful and oldest in the city and region. The five-domed temple rises on Simonova Mountain. The brick building was erected in the first half of the 18th century; a hundred years later a bell tower was added to the church.
The building has its own unusual “zest”: within its walls there are parts of other churches. It is believed that during the work the builders used materials from the old stone temples of the city. In addition to the main chapel, chapels of St. Macarius of Unzhensk and the Apostle Simon the Canaanite were built in the temple.
During the Soviet years, services ceased; government officials ordered the domes to be destroyed and the building transferred to a local history museum.
In 1955, parts of the temples destroyed during the creation of the Gorky Reservoir became part of the Church of the Epiphany. The unusual decor completely changed the appearance of the ancient building. In 1989, the building was returned to the Russian Orthodox Church and gradually restored.
Temple of the Holy Spirit
- Address: st. Herzen, 1A.
A remarkable single-domed church with a bell tower was built at the city cemetery in 1839. Yuryevets merchant Ivan Polyakov donated money for the construction. During the Soviet years, the Church of the Holy Spirit not only did not close, but even expanded.
In the 50s, chapels were added to the church, and 30 years later a semi-circular apse was added. Rare bas-relief icons from the 19th century have been preserved inside.
Sretenskaya Church
- Address: Krasnougolny lane, 1.
A small stone church, built in 1757, is all that remains of the ancient Sretensky Convent. The monastery was abolished in 1764, and the church became a parish. The temple has two chapels: the Presentation of the Lord and St. John Chrysostom.
During Soviet times, the building suffered greatly at the hands of the communists: adherents of the new government destroyed the dome and the beautiful hipped bell tower and placed a brewery inside the desecrated temple.
In the 90s, the plant ceased to exist, and the former church was abandoned to its fate. At the end of the 2000s, the dilapidated building was handed over to the Russian Orthodox Church; restoration work continues to this day.
Volga from source to mouth. Yuryevets.
Yuryevets has a long and glorious history. It was founded at the confluence of three rivers - the Volga, Unzha and Nemda.
According to the most common version, the city was founded by the Vladimir prince Yuri (George) Vsevolodich as Yuryev-Povolsky and named after him (another name is Georgievsk).
According to legend, the Grand Duke of Vladimir Yuri Vsevolodovich, son of Vsevolod the Big Nest, returning from his nephews, the sons of his late brother Konstantin, stopped to rest at the mouth of the Unzha River, the left tributary of the Volga.
While sleeping, he had a vision: on the opposite bank, among an impenetrable thicket, there was a mountain, and on it was an icon of St. George the Victorious, in front of which a candle was burning. Having woken up, the Grand Duke ordered to go down the Volga and, approaching the creek, now called Yuryeva, he began to carefully look at the other bank of the Volga. The prince suddenly saw a fiery ray like a shining star breaking through from an unknown mountain, through the thicket of the forest. The prince with his boyar Vasily, nicknamed Skorumny, and his retinue crossed to the right bank of the Volga. There, in a dark forest, on a steep mountain, he allegedly found a miraculous icon, in front of which a candle burned in a dream. In memory of the event, the mountain began to be called St. George, and the icon, according to the chronicle, written on a board with spherical outlines, was subsequently transferred to the Moscow Assumption Cathedral.
Another legend says that the icon was carved on stone. At the site where the icon was found, the prince ordered the construction of a wooden city, calling it by his name and in honor of the saint of God Georgievsky or Yuryev-Povolsky (Povolzhsky).
According to the second version, the city was founded by Prince Yuri in 1150. In the “Selected Works” of V. N. Tatishchev, where his notes were first published during the preparation of “Russian History”, in many chronicles and documents that have not reached us, it is stated that “a town on the Volga in White Rus' is also named Yuryev, built by Yury or George II in 1150, now called Yuryev Povolsky, or Yuryevets, which is in the province of Nizhny Novgorod on the right bank of the river above Bolokhny 90 and below Kineshma 60 versts.”
The first Yuryevets fortress stood on St. George's Mountain. High walls were erected on earthen ramparts surrounded by ditches. All that is known about the fortress is that it was originally built of wood. It becomes clear that the fortress was often destroyed in fires, although each time after them it was restored in its place. In the 17th century, when the city was devastated by the army of Pan Lisovsky, the “White City” was built not in its place, but on the nearby Simonovskaya Mountain.
Yurievetsky Zemlyanye Vals
Unfortunately, it has not survived to this day - it was demolished for the construction of a protective dam on the banks of the Volga. Now in Yuryevets you can see the preserved ramparts and ditches of his last fortress - the White City.
The White City is considered one of the rare monuments of Russian military engineering art.
Yurievetsky Posad was located under the mountain, on the banks of the Volga. It occupied the territory that is now located between the river port and the former post office building. It was surrounded on all sides by monasteries, which, along with fortresses, were part of the defense system of the ancient city.
In 1237, Yuryevets was burned by the hordes of Batu. This past left its mark on the etymology of many city names. Gunners lived on Mount Pushkarikhe, and from the high Glazovaya Mountain they “looked” to see if the Tatars were coming from the lower reaches of the Volga.
In 1380, Yuryevets warriors fought bravely on the Kulikovo field in the regiments of their prince Vladimir Andreevich Gorodetsky-Serpukhovsky, cousin of Dmitry Donskoy. Since 1405, Yuryevets was part of the Gorodets principality, from 1448 - the Moscow principality, and from 1451 - the Suzdal principality, then again - the Moscow principality. In 1536-1537 the city was plundered by the Kazan Tatars. And in 1556 he was discharged by Ivan IV to the oprichnina.
At the beginning of the 17th century, during the period of the Polish-Lithuanian intervention, Yuryevets was repeatedly attacked by the Poles. In 1609, the local centurion Fyodor the Red led the local militia, which liberated Lukh, Shuya, and Kineshma. In response, the famous Pan Lisovsky burned the city, but the residents of the surrounding area bravely fought off his fighters, and help that came to them from Nizhny Novgorod along the Volga saved the situation. The townspeople joined the troops of Pozharsky and Minin passing through the city, but the liberation of Moscow in 1612 did not bring the desired stability. In 1614, the Cossacks of Ivan Zarutsky again plundered and burned Yuryevets, although they were later defeated by the governor Boris Lykov.
At the end of the 18th century, Yuryevets became a district town in the Kostroma province. Free by nature, Yuryevites engage in seasonal work: they go to barge haulers, rafting and sawing timber. Yuryevets becomes one of the barge hauler centers on the Volga with its “Fried Hillock” - the place for traditional rites of initiation into barge haulers. The Volga connects all of Russia, from the Baltic to the Caspian. Up the Unzha from Yuryevets the ancient path “beyond the Stone” began - to the Urals and beyond. Yuryev local historians are confident that Ermak Timofeevich is their fellow countryman. His grandfather, an old robber, was allegedly hiding from detectives in Yuryevets, and after his grandfather’s death, his grandson set off to conquer Siberia.
In the era of Peter I, when the administrative division of the country into provinces was introduced, Yuryevets became part of the Kazan province from 1708.
City status since 1778. For the city's services to the country, on March 29, 1779, Catherine II granted Yuryevets a personalized coat of arms: despite the fact that it is not a provincial center, the heraldic shield contains only the symbol of the city, without the provincial coat of arms.
The coat of arms of Yuryevets is a silver watchtower on a blue field. In some images of the coat of arms, instead of an abstract tower, a local landmark is drawn - a five-tiered bell tower.
At the turn of the 19th and 20th centuries, Yuryevets was not much different from other provincial Russian cities. Some of the crafts and trades of Yuryev residents have traditionally been associated with the Volga. The port city owes its worthy reputation to the skill and hard work of river workers, shipbuilders, fish catchers, and carriers.
Already in 1795 the city had a regular layout with a main square. The mayor's house, city administration, treasury, and Epiphany Church of the early 18th century were built; later, in the very center - the ensemble of the old (1806) and new (1825-1833) Cathedrals of the Entrance to Jerusalem, the Church of the Nativity (1815).
Assumption and Entrance to Jerusalem Cathedrals
The main architectural complex of the city is located at the intersection of the main street and the shopping area - the Assumption and Entrance of Jerusalem Cathedrals with a bell tower. The ensemble of cathedrals was erected in 1733 and rebuilt in 1806 by the provincial architect N.I. Metlin.
Bell tower of the Cathedral of the Entrance to Jerusalem in Yuryevets
In the central part of Yuryevets there is a remarkable Church of the Nativity of Christ, which faces the main street with its facade. The construction of the church took place in 1815, but already in the middle of the 19th century
The Church of the Epiphany, which is the oldest building of the surviving architectural monuments.
In the Temple are the relics of Blessed Simon Yurievetsky, the Fool for Christ's sake.
Church of the Holy Spirit
It was built in the middle of the cemetery in the first half of the 19th century at the expense of the merchant Ivan Polyakov. Services in the church were conducted even during the times of militant atheism, without interruption during the twentieth century.
Sretenskaya Church
Monastery church, which was erected on the banks of the Volga. In the 20th century, the church bell tower was destroyed, and the temple premises were given over to a brewery warehouse. Today the temple is gradually being restored.
In Yuryevets you often come across the name of Tarkovsky
Andrei Tarkovsky Museum Center
The museum is opened in the house where the Tarkovsky family lived.
Cultural Center named after A.A. Tarkovsky
This is a modern cinema center. It hosts a film school and hosts creative meetings and festivals.
The building was built in 1903. During the war there was an elementary school here, where Tarkovsky studied.
Streets and buildings
Vesnin Museum
The museum was opened in 1980 in the Vesnins’ family nest. Paintings, documents and photographs from personal archives, projects of three famous architect brothers of the 1920s are stored here.
Cherkassky House
Mikhail Nikolaevich Cherkassky was a zemstvo construction technician. Under his leadership, many buildings were built in the city. He remodeled an existing building for his family. The Cherkassky family nest is a residential building with a mezzanine. Its appearance has classical features, elements of folk architecture and Art Nouveau style. The building is decorated with wood carvings. The mansion adorns the main street of Yuryevets; now it houses a local history museum.
Theater-Museum "Istoki"
This is a kind of museum of dolls and unusual arts. The dolls are made in the shape of literary characters. It is here that you can see familiar images performed by local craftsmen using folk techniques.
And of course, Volga
A 12-meter-high worship Cross 2 kilometers from the shore commemorates the Krivozersky monastery hidden by the Volga waters, which fell into the flood zone. The monastery was preserved only in Levitan’s paintings, the famous “Evening Bells” and “Quiet Abode”
Painting Quiet Abode
Isaac Levitan "Evening Bells".
And where would we be without this beauty...
GOOD LUCK !!!
Natural attractions in the vicinity of Yuryevets
The flora and fauna of the Yuryevets district deserve special attention; some natural monuments are unique.
"Nagornaya Dacha"
- GPS coordinates: 57.315540, 43.073549.
Yuryevets is located in a surprisingly picturesque place: the city stands on high hills, a sea-like reservoir splashes in the east, and a forest rustles on the western side. The dense coniferous forest was named “Nagornaya Dacha” and has the status of a natural monument.
The total area of the protected area is 635 hectares. Most of the trees in Dacha are pine and spruce; the age of some specimens has crossed the hundred-year mark, and some centenarians are approaching their 200th anniversary.
In addition to them, there are cedars, oaks, larches, aspens, maples, lindens, poplars and other trees on the territory. The forest is home to many wild animals, birds and insects, and dozens of species of mushrooms, berries and medicinal herbs grow.
Mount Asaph
- Coordinates: 57.290816, 43.159576.
The natural monument, also called Osapovy Gory, is located near the city in the middle of the Gorky Reservoir. Seeing five pieces of land jutting out of the water, visitors to the area wonder: why are they called mountains? These are islands! Paradoxically, the mountains of Asaph really are mountains, or, more precisely, they were.
The hills reached tens of meters above the ground until the reservoir was created. The Volga flooded the land around the mountains, leaving only the forested tops sticking out of the water.
The resulting islands became a nesting center for waterfowl and a popular vacation spot among area residents and visitors from other regions. There are also small fish-rich lakes here. Tourists come to the Asaph Mountains to swim, sunbathe on sandy beaches, enjoy the scent of pine trees and go fishing.
Key of Simon the Blessed
- Coordinates: 57.349551, 42.772414.
Blessed Simon Yurievetsky lived back in the 16th century. In his youth, Simon left his parents' home, choosing the path of foolishness for Christ's sake. One day, the local governor Fyodor Petelin was angry with the holy fool and ordered his servants to beat him. It is believed that the servants overtook the saint near the village of Mikhailovka near a spring that he himself had dug. Simon could not stand the torture and died.
Even during his lifetime, the Holy Fool was considered a saint, so the place of his death began to be revered as a shrine. Several years ago, the inhabitants of the Nikolo-Shartom monastery erected a cross here and equipped a holy spring. A bathhouse and a wooden chapel were built above the spring, and a covered plank bridge leads to the church. Pilgrims from different regions of the country come to the spring of St. Simon.
City monuments of architecture and archeology
Almost every historical era has left its architectural heritage in Yuryevets.
"White City"
- Coordinates: 57.306718, 43.103027.
Ruins, ramparts and ditches are traces of the “youngest” fortress of Yuryevets, built in the second half of the 17th century. The construction of the walls was never completed, and the fortress began to collapse even before it was finished.
Local residents say that under the fortress there were underground passages and torture chambers in which the remains of people tortured to death were found. The archaeological monument is protected by the state, as indicated by a sign near the earthen ramparts.
Shopping arcades
- Address: Georgievskaya Square.
Trading shops, or shopping arcades, are located in the central square of the city next to the complex of the Assumption and Entry of Jerusalem Cathedrals. Shopping arcades are an entire architectural ensemble of several buildings, built at different times in different architectural styles.
All buildings are one-story, but some have low ceilings, while others are two floors high. Shopping arcades occupied a significant part of the city, which indicates the importance of trade in the life of Yuryevets.
Gymnasium named after A.S. Pushkin
- Address: Sovetskaya st., 102.
The education system has been developing in Yuryevets for a long time. At the end of the 19th century, wealthy townspeople built a girls' gymnasium at their own expense. The educational institution was opened on June 6, the birthday of Alexander Sergeevich Pushkin, so the gymnasium received the name of the great poet. The school became one of the first such institutions in the Russian Empire and in terms of education was almost as good as the best of them.
In addition to classrooms, the red brick building housed a library and the Church of the Theodore Icon of the Mother of God.
During Soviet times, the gymnasium was reformed into a comprehensive school, which is still in operation today. Teachers and students are proud that their school has such noble origins and venerable age, and have organized a small museum dedicated to its history. Relatively recently, a monument dedicated to teachers and students who died during the Great Patriotic War appeared near the gymnasium.
Cherkassky House
- Address: Sovetskaya st., 90.
Mikhail Cherkassky is an important person in the history of Yuryevets. Mikhail Nikolaevich worked as a builder and participated in the construction of many city buildings. The Cherkasskys purchased a small house in the city center, and the head of the family rebuilt the building to his own taste with his own hands. In 1990, reconstruction of the building began, and in 1996 the building housed a local history museum, which became a tourist attraction.
A one-story wooden house immediately catches your eye thanks to its unusual architecture and beautiful facade decor. Under the roof itself, elegant carved patterns in the form of outlandish flowers have been preserved. The most interesting element of the wooden painting is the image of a mermaid holding in her hand a sign with the inscription in Old Church Slavonic “I am the wife of Pharaoh.” The meaning of this inscription still remains a mystery even to the residents of Yuryev themselves.
Gorokhov's House
- Address: Sovetskaya st., 34.
Not far from the Cherkassky house there is the house of another famous Yuryev resident - Gorokhov. The mansion is a symmetrical brick building on two floors with beautiful arched windows; the facade of the building is richly decorated. Nearby there are brick outbuildings in the same style.
The house was built at the end of the 19th century, initially living rooms were located on the second floor, while trade took place on the first floor. After 1917, the house was nationalized. Currently, the mansion houses a police station.
Famous monuments and sculptures of Yuryevets
Yurievets witnessed and participated in many significant turns in the history of the country. The townspeople immortalized the memory of some events in stone and bronze.
Memorial cross
- Coordinates on the map: 57.313912, 43.146511.
Near Yuryevets, among the endless expanses of the reservoir, an amazing shrine is hidden - the Krivoezersky Monastery. The uniqueness of the attraction lies in the fact that it has not existed for a long time. The remains of the monastery were buried under tons of water when the reservoir was flooded.
Trinity Krivoezersky Monastery was founded in the 17th century. In the 18th and 19th centuries, the first stone buildings appeared on the territory. In the 1930s, the monastery was closed and turned into a prison and then a factory. 20 years later, when the plan to fill the reservoir was approved, all the buildings were dismantled to the ground.
Today, on the site of the monastery there is a huge 12-meter worship cross. The monument was erected in 2000 by the inhabitants of the Nikolo-Shartomsky monastery. The cross rises on the shallows directly opposite the St. George's Bell Tower. The monument is dedicated not only to the Krivoyezersk monastery, but also to all the churches destroyed in the city during the Soviet years.
Victory Square
- Address: 25th October Street.
Victory Square is located near the embankment of the Gorky Reservoir. It is here that you can see the main monuments dedicated to the participants of the Great Patriotic War. At the edge of the park, a 12-meter obelisk rises into the sky in memory of fallen soldiers.
A huge sword is carved on a gray slab - a symbol of the struggle for the native land. On both sides of the obelisk there are snow-white stones with memorable inscriptions. Two paths lead to the monument; between them stretches a row of black slabs with the names of Yuryevsk Heroes of the Soviet Union. There is also a monument to internationalist soldiers in the park.
Monuments to militias
- Address: s. Nikola-Elnat, Yuryevetsky district.
During the Time of Troubles, Yuryevets became one of the centers of the people's militia. In 1609-1612, volunteers gathered in the city and surrounding villages to fight the Polish invaders.
In the village of Nikola-Elnat several years ago, a memorial stone was erected in honor of local residents who participated in the militia. Attached to a large boulder is a marble plaque with an image of a cross and a dedication to the villagers.
In the regional center there is also a monument to heroes; it is a granite boulder, on one side of which hangs a sign with the image of Minin and Pozharsky and a short story about the detachment of Yuryevites. Recently, a large metal cross was installed on the stone.
Memorial stele
- Address: Georgievskaya Square.
In front of the entrance to the cultural center, a shining monument in the form of a golden angel with silver wings attracts the eye. Initially, the sculpture was installed in Ivanovo in honor of the annual film festival “Mirror”; the opening of the monument took place in 2007.
In 2012, the unusual stele was transported to Yuryevets. Flower beds are planted around the sculpture every year. Local newlyweds have a tradition of taking pictures near the angel and laying flowers on the pedestal.
Also see on the Tur-Rai.Ru portal reviews of other cities in the Ivanovo region - Ples, Palekh, Gavrilov Posad, Kineshma and Shuya
Yuryevets is a real magnet for tourists. Some are attracted to it by the name of the mysterious Soviet director Andrei Tarkovsky, others by the ancient architecture, and still others by the picturesque nature. Everyone is looking for something different here, and no one leaves the city deprived of impressions.
White City
The White City was located on a mountain overlooking the river port. This is one of the most picturesque corners of Yuryevets with mighty pine trees and quiet ponds. The White City is considered one of the rare monuments of Russian military engineering art. Behind its walls, under the mountain, on the banks of the Volga, there was a settlement. It occupied the area that is now located between the port and the former post office building. It was surrounded on all sides by monasteries, which together with the fortress were part of the city’s defense system.
In 1237, Yuryevets was burned by the hordes of Batu. This past is reflected in many city names. Gunners lived on Mount Pushkarikhe, and from the high Glazovaya Mountain they “looked” to see if the Tatars were coming from the lower reaches of the Volga. In 1380, Yuryevets warriors fought on the Kulikovo field in the regiments of their prince Vladimir Andreevich Gorodetsky-Serpukhovsky, cousin of Dmitry Donskoy. Since 1405, Yuryevets was part of the Gorodets principality, from 1448 - the Moscow principality, and from 1451 - the Suzdal principality, then again - the Moscow principality. In 1536-1537 the city was plundered by the Kazan Tatars. And in 1556 Ivan IV assigned him to the oprichnina.
Architecture of the old city
At the beginning of the 17th century, during the period of the Polish-Lithuanian intervention, Yuryevets was repeatedly attacked by the Poles. In 1609, the local centurion Fyodor the Red led the local militia that liberated Lukh, Shuya, and Kineshma. The famous Pan Lisovsky burned the city, but the residents of the surrounding area bravely fought off his fighters, and help that came to them from Nizhny Novgorod along the Volga saved the situation. The townspeople joined the troops of Pozharsky and Minin passing through the city. But the liberation of Moscow in 1612 did not bring the desired stability. In 1614, the Cossacks of Ivan Zarutsky again plundered and burned Yuryevets, although they were later defeated by the governor Boris Lykov.
