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 18
🏛️ Museum • 🏟️ Architectural landmark • 📜 Historic site
The Botik of Peter I (Peter's Little Boat) museum was founded in 1803 with funds from the Vladimir nobility and is considered one of Russia's first museums. The tsar's “play” regiments came before the first ships on Lake Pleshcheyevo.
In 1688, on the Izmailovo estate, the 16-year-old Peter Alekseyevich found an old English boat. After restoring it, he named it the St. Nicholas. All that remained was to choose a place for the vessel: the Yauza River proved too small, but Lake Pleshcheyevo was ideal. The young tsar began building a “toy” fleet with money that today we might call crowdfunding. Every monastery metochion chipped in. It paid off: three years later a shipyard* staffed by Dutch craftsmen appeared on the lake, and a year after that almost all the vessels were ready. *A shipyard is an enterprise for building or repairing ships.
But shipbuilding was put on the back burner because of the streltsy uprising in Moscow in 1689. Construction resumed in 1691. A small wooden palace and even a church appeared by the lake. The large ships were finished on site, and a special canal ran from the shipyard for launching the small ones. And then came the moment of triumph: May 1692, artillery salvos, ships on the water. A year later Peter Alekseyevich's first flotilla was forgotten. A decree of the tsar survives urging the Pereslavl governors to preserve the “toy” fleet for future generations. Alas, a fire in 1783 destroyed all the ships in Pereslavl.
Of the toy flotilla, only the boat Fortuna survived. At the initiative of the Vladimir governor, Prince Ivan Mikhailovich Dolgorukov, a stone Boat House was built with funds from the nobility.
The building is in the Classical style: its entrance is adorned with a portico* of columns, and a spire with the St. Andrew's flag rises from the roof. The museum house holds the boat itself, along with rudders, anchors, and surviving masts from other ships of the toy fleet. *A portico is an architectural element consisting of a row of columns.
Today the museum's exhibition features a variety of objects from the late 17th century: shipbuilding tools, wood carvings from the ships, weapons, and rigging. In one of the halls Peter I's room has been recreated.
Point on route “A Town of Fifty Churches and One Lake”
Point 18
🏛️ Museum • 🏟️ Architectural landmark • 📜 Historic site
The Botik of Peter I (Peter's Little Boat) museum was founded in 1803 with funds from the Vladimir nobility and is considered one of Russia's first museums. The tsar's “play” regiments came before the first ships on Lake Pleshcheyevo.
In 1688, on the Izmailovo estate, the 16-year-old Peter Alekseyevich found an old English boat. After restoring it, he named it the St. Nicholas. All that remained was to choose a place for the vessel: the Yauza River proved too small, but Lake Pleshcheyevo was ideal. The young tsar began building a “toy” fleet with money that today we might call crowdfunding. Every monastery metochion chipped in. It paid off: three years later a shipyard* staffed by Dutch craftsmen appeared on the lake, and a year after that almost all the vessels were ready. *A shipyard is an enterprise for building or repairing ships.
But shipbuilding was put on the back burner because of the streltsy uprising in Moscow in 1689. Construction resumed in 1691. A small wooden palace and even a church appeared by the lake. The large ships were finished on site, and a special canal ran from the shipyard for launching the small ones. And then came the moment of triumph: May 1692, artillery salvos, ships on the water. A year later Peter Alekseyevich's first flotilla was forgotten. A decree of the tsar survives urging the Pereslavl governors to preserve the “toy” fleet for future generations. Alas, a fire in 1783 destroyed all the ships in Pereslavl.
Of the toy flotilla, only the boat Fortuna survived. At the initiative of the Vladimir governor, Prince Ivan Mikhailovich Dolgorukov, a stone Boat House was built with funds from the nobility.
The building is in the Classical style: its entrance is adorned with a portico* of columns, and a spire with the St. Andrew's flag rises from the roof. The museum house holds the boat itself, along with rudders, anchors, and surviving masts from other ships of the toy fleet. *A portico is an architectural element consisting of a row of columns.
Today the museum's exhibition features a variety of objects from the late 17th century: shipbuilding tools, wood carvings from the ships, weapons, and rigging. In one of the halls Peter I's room has been recreated.
18 points
23 km
6.55 hours
