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The Saint George Cathedral dating back to the 13th century is an architectural masterpiece of Vladimir-Suzdal Rus. The ornamentation and decoration of its facades strike the imagination. The cathedral is covered with white stone carvings all over from its bottom to the dome. Biblical scenes and mythical beings, beautiful sirin birds, smiling lions with their tongues put out, centaurs and dragons coexist peacefully here. All this diversity of human and animal figures is entwined with by floral ornamentation in form of a patterned carpet. The indoor premises of the cathedral include a small collection of carved white stones, and the principal and most well-known of them is the Svyatoslav's Cross. It is mentioned on the stone located to the right of the crucifix. The stone says, 'This life-giving cross was made by Prince Svyatoslav in the summer of 1224'.
The monument to Tsar Ivan IV the Terrible was erected in Alexandrov in 2019 on the embankment of the Seraya River. Ivan the Terrible ruled in Alexandrovskaya Sloboda for 17 years, effectively moving the capital of the state here.
The monument is located in the Suvorov Square in front of the museum dedicated to the military path of the commander and his stay in Suzdal. The authors of the monument are the architect Konstantin Fomin, sculptors Andrey Korobtsov and Vladimir Blagoveshchensky. They depicted the commander sitting in a thoughtful pose on a traveling chest.
Welcome to a private museum whose collection has been collected for over 20 years! You will see more than 400 exhibits produced from the 18th century to the 1950s, including some truly rare pieces. Immerse yourself in the history of Russian glass and learn many interesting facts. Inside the museum, you will see rare and sometimes one-of-a-kind glass works. For example: * wine bottles made in the form of busts of Nicholas II, Alexandra Feodorovna, and Princess Olga * uranium glass wine glasses * and even glass fly traps that were produced for a short time and have miraculously survived to this day
Oparins' House is of great interest for researchers of civil architecture of Old Russian towns of the 17th century and is one of the most remarkable historical and cultural monuments of Gorokhovets. Unlike other merchant's palaces of the period, the house has undergone few changes and retains an almost pristine appearance.
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