18 points
23 km
6.55 hours
A 500-Year History
The Trinity Cathedral is old and beautiful. The monastery's founder is venerated by believers as a saint: the wandering monk Daniel, born Dmitry Konstantinov. He became a monk at 17, and 12 years later returned to his hometown to head the cloister. During the Time of Troubles the monastery was plundered and burned, and only the stone buildings survived. Life began to return to normal only by the mid-18th century. The monastery became the richest in the area and was now built entirely of stone. Under Soviet rule the Trinity Cathedral did not escape a sad fate either: its bells were sent to be melted down, and a machine and tractor station was set up on the grounds. After the war ended, in 1945, there was a camp for German prisoners of war and a military training unit here.