City Photos News Russia/Mozhaysk

a rail bus at Mozhaysk station

Mon, 17 Dec 2007 08:06:03 +0000

a rail bus at Mozhaysk station.
Mozhaysk, Russia, photo by Pavel Viaznikov.

a street

Mon, 17 Dec 2007 08:05:59 +0000

http://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%9C%D0%BE%D0%B6%D0%B0%D0%B9%D1%81%D0%BA - Russian http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mozhaysk - English Mozhaysk is a town in Moscow Region, Russia, 110 km to the west from the Russian capital, on the historic road leading to Smolensk and then to Poland. Population: 31,459 (2002 Census). New Mozhaysk cathedral was constructed in 1802-1814.The town was first mentioned in 1231 as an appanage of Chernigov. Later it was an important stronghold of the Smolensk dynasty, one time owned by Feodor the Black. The Muscovites seized it in 1303, but in the course of the following century had serious troubles defending it against Algirdas of Lithuania. The principality was usually held by a younger brother of the ruling Grand Duke of Moscow, until the practice was dropped in 1493. Mozhaysk continued to defend the Western approaches to Moscow during Napoleon's invasion of Russia and the Great Patriotic War. The great Battle of Borodino took place twelve kilometers from the city. The first stone cathedral was built in the kremlin in the early 14th century; in 1849 it was demolished stone by stone and then reconstructed exactly as it used to be. A larger blood-red cathedral in the Gothic Revival style was completed in 1814. The church of St. Joachim and Anna preserves some parts from the early 15th century. Another important landmark is the Luzhetsky monastery, founded in 1408 by Saint Ferapont and rebuilt in brick in the 16th century. http://www.wikimapia.org/#lat=55.499958&lon=36.030006&z=12&l=1&m=h&v=2.
Mozhaysk, Russia, photo by Pavel Viaznikov.

A street

Mon, 17 Dec 2007 07:39:36 +0000

Mozhaysk from afar

Mon, 17 Dec 2007 07:39:17 +0000

View of Moskva River from the monastery

Fri, 14 Dec 2007 08:11:55 +0000

St.Ferapont Monastery

Fri, 14 Dec 2007 08:11:32 +0000

In the background: brothers' cells with refectory and refectory canteen of the Presentation of the Blessed Virgin. http://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%9C%D0%BE%D0%B6%D0%B0%D0%B9%D1%81%D0%BA - Russian http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mozhaysk - English Mozhaysk is a town in Moscow Region, Russia, 110 km to the west from the Russian capital, on the historic road leading to Smolensk and then to Poland. Population: 31,459 (2002 Census). New Mozhaysk cathedral was constructed in 1802-1814.The town was first mentioned in 1231 as an appanage of Chernigov. Later it was an important stronghold of the Smolensk dynasty, one time owned by Feodor the Black. The Muscovites seized it in 1303, but in the course of the following century had serious troubles defending it against Algirdas of Lithuania. The principality was usually held by a younger brother of the ruling Grand Duke of Moscow, until the practice was dropped in 1493. Mozhaysk continued to defend the Western approaches to Moscow during Napoleon's invasion of Russia and the Great Patriotic War. The great Battle of Borodino took place twelve kilometers from the city. The first stone cathedral was built in the kremlin in the early 14th century; in 1849 it was demolished stone by stone and then reconstructed exactly as it used to be. A larger blood-red cathedral in the Gothic Revival style was completed in 1814. The church of St. Joachim and Anna preserves some parts from the early 15th century. Another important landmark is the Luzhetsky monastery, founded in 1408 by Saint Ferapont and rebuilt in brick in the 16th century. http://www.wikimapia.org/#lat=55.499958&lon=36.030006&z=12&l=1&m=h&v=2.
Mozhaysk, Russia, photo by Pavel Viaznikov.

In the St.Ferapont Monastery and Cathedral of the Birth of Our Lady

Fri, 14 Dec 2007 07:51:42 +0000

In the background: brothers' cells with refectory and refectory canteen of the Presentation of the Blessed Virgin http://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%9C%D0%BE%D0%B6%D0%B0%D0%B9%D1%81%D0%BA - Russian http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mozhaysk - English Mozhaysk is a town in Moscow Region, Russia, 110 km to the west from the Russian capital, on the historic road leading to Smolensk and then to Poland. Population: 31,459 (2002 Census). New Mozhaysk cathedral was constructed in 1802-1814.The town was first mentioned in 1231 as an appanage of Chernigov. Later it was an important stronghold of the Smolensk dynasty, one time owned by Feodor the Black. The Muscovites seized it in 1303, but in the course of the following century had serious troubles defending it against Algirdas of Lithuania. The principality was usually held by a younger brother of the ruling Grand Duke of Moscow, until the practice was dropped in 1493. Mozhaysk continued to defend the Western approaches to Moscow during Napoleon's invasion of Russia and the Great Patriotic War. The great Battle of Borodino took place twelve kilometers from the city. The first stone cathedral was built in the kremlin in the early 14th century; in 1849 it was demolished stone by stone and then reconstructed exactly as it used to be. A larger blood-red cathedral in the Gothic Revival style was completed in 1814. The church of St. Joachim and Anna preserves some parts from the early 15th century. Another important landmark is the Luzhetsky monastery, founded in 1408 by Saint Ferapont and rebuilt in brick in the 16th century. http://www.wikimapia.org/#lat=55.499958&lon=36.030006&z=12&l=1&m=h&v=2 Monastery: http://www.temples.ru/card.php?ID=1949 (Russian).
Mozhaysk, Russia, photo by Pavel Viaznikov.

Memorial cross

Fri, 14 Dec 2007 07:51:38 +0000

View of the St.Ferapont Monastery from the river bank

Fri, 14 Dec 2007 07:42:36 +0000

Holy water spring

Fri, 14 Dec 2007 07:42:33 +0000

Holy water spring and Moskva river

Fri, 14 Dec 2007 07:38:27 +0000

Road to St.Ferapont Monastery (2)

Fri, 14 Dec 2007 07:38:24 +0000

Conversation

Fri, 14 Dec 2007 07:35:41 +0000

Road to St.Ferapont Monastery

Fri, 14 Dec 2007 07:35:37 +0000

Moskva-river and the towers of St.Ferapont's monastery

Fri, 14 Dec 2007 06:46:28 +0000