Belozersk is a town in Vologda Oblast mentioned as far back as the Primary Chronicle. Stroll along its old streets, climb the kremlin rampart, find out how a dugout boat differs from a belozerka, and take in the landscapes loved by Vasily Shukshin. Admire the carved wooden houses, too: this is where Shukshin's film “The Red Snowball Tree” (Kalina Krasnaya) was shot.
Belozersk Kremlin
🏯 Fortress remains · 🕵️ Urban legend · 📜 Historic site
Transfiguration Cathedral
🕍 Place of worship
Memorial
🗿 Monument
Government Offices Building
📜 Historic site
Theological School Building
🏟️ Architectural landmark · 📜 Historic site
Traditional Boats of the Belozersk Region Museum
🏛️ Museum
Bridge over the Fortress Moat
🌉 Bridge
Chapel of St. Cyril of Novoezersk
🕍 Place of worship · 🕵️ Urban legend
House of Culture
📜 Historic site · 🏟️ Architectural landmark
Merchant Pozdynin's House
🏟️ Architectural landmark · 📜 Historic site
Merchant Kalinin's House
🏟️ Architectural landmark · 📜 Historic site
Dormition Cathedral
🕍 Place of worship
Point 8
🕍 Place of worship • 🕵️ Urban legend
This chapel is dedicated to St. Cyril of Novoezersk, an Orthodox saint venerated as a wonderworker. It is a working octagonal brick chapel with a tent roof, an architectural monument from the second half of the 19th century. Its sides are decorated with blind windows and pilasters*. *A pilaster is a flat vertical projection of a wall that imitates a column.
Legend has it that while St. Cyril was staying at the Tikhvin Monastery, an icon of the Mother of God appeared to him and sent him to the White Lake (Beloye Ozero) to found a monastery there.
The chapel escaped destruction, but it was closed and for a long time served as… a kiosk. In the early 2000s it was returned to the faithful and restored. Today the chapel is open for worship again.
Point on route “In the Footsteps of History”
Point 8
🕍 Place of worship • 🕵️ Urban legend
This chapel is dedicated to St. Cyril of Novoezersk, an Orthodox saint venerated as a wonderworker. It is a working octagonal brick chapel with a tent roof, an architectural monument from the second half of the 19th century. Its sides are decorated with blind windows and pilasters*. *A pilaster is a flat vertical projection of a wall that imitates a column.
Legend has it that while St. Cyril was staying at the Tikhvin Monastery, an icon of the Mother of God appeared to him and sent him to the White Lake (Beloye Ozero) to found a monastery there.
The chapel escaped destruction, but it was closed and for a long time served as… a kiosk. In the early 2000s it was returned to the faithful and restored. Today the chapel is open for worship again.
12 points
6 km
1.5 hours
