Yaropolets is a small village of about a thousand people near Volokolamsk. Over the 888 years of its existence it has passed from princes to tsars, and from them to emperors and counts.
Monument to V. I. Lenin and N. K. Krupskaya
🗿 Monument
Church of St. John the Baptist
🕍 Place of worship
Monument to A. S. Pushkin
🗿 Monument
Goncharov Estate
🏟️ Architectural landmark · 🌿 Public garden or park · 📜 Historic site
Abandoned Church of Our Lady of Kazan
🏟️ Architectural landmark · 📜 Historic site · 🕍 Place of worship
Chernyshev Estate
🏟️ Architectural landmark · 📜 Historic site
Obelisk in Honor of Catherine II
🗿 Monument
Red Pond
🌿 Public garden or park
Yaropolets Dam
⚙️ Industrial site
The Station's First Turbine
🗿 Sculptures
Lenin Yaropolets Hydroelectric Station
⚙️ Industrial site · 🌿 Public garden or park · 📜 Historic site · 🏟️ Architectural landmark
Point 3
🗿 Monument
Alexander Pushkin came to Yaropolets in 1833 and 1834, staying at the house of his mother-in-law. Even then the poet called the Goncharov estate a “ruined palace”. Today the building is in better shape, and opposite the main entrance you can see a bust of Pushkin.
The project was started by the International Federation of Russian-Speaking Writers. For the poet's 209th birthday it was decided to cast four bronze busts designed by the Moldovan sculptor Leonid Vatnik. The bronze sculptures were installed in Hungary, Poland, Moscow and Yaropolets. At the time there were plans to put up 50 such monuments in different countries, which the initiators believed would help spread and strengthen the Russian language.
Point on route “The Russian Versailles”
Point 3
🗿 Monument
Alexander Pushkin came to Yaropolets in 1833 and 1834, staying at the house of his mother-in-law. Even then the poet called the Goncharov estate a “ruined palace”. Today the building is in better shape, and opposite the main entrance you can see a bust of Pushkin.
The project was started by the International Federation of Russian-Speaking Writers. For the poet's 209th birthday it was decided to cast four bronze busts designed by the Moldovan sculptor Leonid Vatnik. The bronze sculptures were installed in Hungary, Poland, Moscow and Yaropolets. At the time there were plans to put up 50 such monuments in different countries, which the initiators believed would help spread and strengthen the Russian language.
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