A walk around Pereslavl-Zalessky won't be quick, but it will certainly be fascinating. Panoramic views, myths and legends, ancient churches, and plenty of pleasant impressions await you in this town on Russia's Golden Ring.
Feodorovsky Convent
🕍 Place of worship
D. N. Kardovsky's Mansion
🏟️ Architectural landmark · 📜 Historic site
S. F. Kharitonov Arboretum
🌳 Botanical garden
Goritsky Dormition Monastery Ensemble
🕍 Place of worship · 🏟️ Architectural landmark
Holy Trinity St. Daniel Monastery
🕍 Place of worship · 📜 Historic site
St. Nicholas Convent
🕍 Place of worship
Church of the Forty Martyrs
🕍 Place of worship
Lake Pleshcheyevo
🌿 Public garden or park
Viewpoint at the City Beach
🔭 Viewpoint
St. Nikita Monastery
🕍 Place of worship · 📜 Historic site
Church of St. Simeon the Stylite
🕍 Place of worship · 🕵️ Urban legend · 🏟️ Architectural landmark
Summer Garden
🌿 Public garden or park
Church of St. Peter the Metropolitan
🏟️ Architectural landmark · 📜 Historic site
Church of St. Sergius of Radonezh at the Prison Castle
📜 Historic site
Vladimir Icon Cathedral and Church of St. Alexander Nevsky
🕍 Place of worship · 📜 Historic site
World of Railways Museum
🏛️ Museum
Hand-Pump Trolley Ride
⚙️ Industrial site
Botik of Peter I Museum-Estate
🏛️ Museum · 🏟️ Architectural landmark · 📜 Historic site
Point 1
🕍 Place of worship
In former times the Monastery of St. Theodore Stratelates was rich and influential. Its patrons included the Rurikid and Romanov dynasties. But in 1304, on the feast day of the Great Martyr Theodore Stratelates, a battle between Tver and Moscow broke out in the town. The reason was simple: Tver wanted to take Pereslavl for itself. A holy cloister was founded on this spot in memory of the fallen; it is first recorded in a charter of 1511.
The cloister was a monastery for men until 1667, and perhaps it would have stayed that way if not for the plague. The monastery was left empty. After the epidemic it turned out that the town had far more single women left, so by order of the patriarch the monastery became a convent. Sadly, by the end of the 17th century the Feodorovsky Convent had become a place of forced exile. Later, under Peter I, the convent gained fame once again, this time for a good reason: its weaving workshops produced cloth for the needs of the royal court.
In the Soviet Union the convent was turned into an agricultural cooperative, then into a home for the elderly, a military unit, the office of a construction trust, an institute of the Academy of Sciences, and a clothing depot. Then it was closed altogether. Restoration and revival of the convent began in the 1960s, and services resumed in 1998.
Point on route “A Town of Fifty Churches and One Lake”
Point 1
🕍 Place of worship
In former times the Monastery of St. Theodore Stratelates was rich and influential. Its patrons included the Rurikid and Romanov dynasties. But in 1304, on the feast day of the Great Martyr Theodore Stratelates, a battle between Tver and Moscow broke out in the town. The reason was simple: Tver wanted to take Pereslavl for itself. A holy cloister was founded on this spot in memory of the fallen; it is first recorded in a charter of 1511.
The cloister was a monastery for men until 1667, and perhaps it would have stayed that way if not for the plague. The monastery was left empty. After the epidemic it turned out that the town had far more single women left, so by order of the patriarch the monastery became a convent. Sadly, by the end of the 17th century the Feodorovsky Convent had become a place of forced exile. Later, under Peter I, the convent gained fame once again, this time for a good reason: its weaving workshops produced cloth for the needs of the royal court.
In the Soviet Union the convent was turned into an agricultural cooperative, then into a home for the elderly, a military unit, the office of a construction trust, an institute of the Academy of Sciences, and a clothing depot. Then it was closed altogether. Restoration and revival of the convent began in the 1960s, and services resumed in 1998.
18 points
23 km
6.55 hours
