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 2
🕍 Place of worship
The 16th-century Church of the Transfiguration of the Savior that survives today was not Belozersk's first cathedral. Before it, the town had another one — a wooden cathedral dedicated to St. Basil the Great. Sadly, it has been lost.
No records survive of what the cathedral originally looked like. The stone church we see today appeared only in 1668. Like most such buildings in the north, the Transfiguration Cathedral stands on a deep foundation of natural stone. The building itself follows 16th-century traditions: its base is a massive cube, decorated in the Classical style.
The church is linked to a legend “about the building of the first Christian church”. It says that back when the people of Beloozero still worshipped nature, an icon of St. Basil of Caesarea miraculously appeared on the Sheksna River, floating in a boat. A church was founded on that very spot.
Point on route “In the Footsteps of History”
Point 2
🕍 Place of worship
The 16th-century Church of the Transfiguration of the Savior that survives today was not Belozersk's first cathedral. Before it, the town had another one — a wooden cathedral dedicated to St. Basil the Great. Sadly, it has been lost.
No records survive of what the cathedral originally looked like. The stone church we see today appeared only in 1668. Like most such buildings in the north, the Transfiguration Cathedral stands on a deep foundation of natural stone. The building itself follows 16th-century traditions: its base is a massive cube, decorated in the Classical style.
The church is linked to a legend “about the building of the first Christian church”. It says that back when the people of Beloozero still worshipped nature, an icon of St. Basil of Caesarea miraculously appeared on the Sheksna River, floating in a boat. A church was founded on that very spot.
12 points
6 km
1.5 hours
