Volokolamsk is the oldest town in the Moscow region. It was once an important strategic point that needed strong defenses, and its kremlin provided them. This route takes you around the kremlin and its surroundings and introduces you to the town's ancient history, as well as local legends and myths.
Istoriya Mesta (History of the Place)
🎨 Art installations
Monument to the Metropolitan
🗿 Monument
Church of the Nativity
🕍 Place of worship
Bridge
🌉 Bridge
Volokolamsk Kremlin
📜 Historic site · 🏟️ Architectural landmark
Resurrection Cathedral
🕍 Place of worship · 🏟️ Architectural landmark
St. Nicholas Cathedral
🕍 Place of worship
Bell Tower
🏟️ Architectural landmark · 🕵️ Urban legend
Wall
📜 Historic site
Government Offices
🏟️ Architectural landmark · 🌿 Public garden or park
Former Public School
🏟️ Architectural landmark · 🕵️ Urban legend · 🌿 Public garden or park
Point 2
🗿 Monument
This monument honors Metropolitan Pitirim of Volokolamsk and Yuriev (1926–2003). During the crisis years of perestroika and the 1990s, the Metropolitan headed the publishing work of the whole Church. He was also actively involved in Volokolamsk's cultural life, and in 1989 he was even elected a People's Deputy of the USSR.
The monument is very new. It was made in 2021 to a design by Yuri Khmelevsky, Honored Artist of Russia.
Pitirim became the first abbot of the reopened Joseph-Volokolamsk Monastery, which had been shut down back in 1922 on the orders of the Bolshevik Party. The Metropolitan personally campaigned for the monastery to be revived. He commanded respect and did a great deal to strengthen and spread the word of God through publishing and educational work. Metropolitan Pitirim was also involved in international and public affairs, and he accompanied Mikhail Gorbachev on some of his trips abroad.
Point on route “Volokolamsk Kremlin”
Point 2
🗿 Monument
This monument honors Metropolitan Pitirim of Volokolamsk and Yuriev (1926–2003). During the crisis years of perestroika and the 1990s, the Metropolitan headed the publishing work of the whole Church. He was also actively involved in Volokolamsk's cultural life, and in 1989 he was even elected a People's Deputy of the USSR.
The monument is very new. It was made in 2021 to a design by Yuri Khmelevsky, Honored Artist of Russia.
Pitirim became the first abbot of the reopened Joseph-Volokolamsk Monastery, which had been shut down back in 1922 on the orders of the Bolshevik Party. The Metropolitan personally campaigned for the monastery to be revived. He commanded respect and did a great deal to strengthen and spread the word of God through publishing and educational work. Metropolitan Pitirim was also involved in international and public affairs, and he accompanied Mikhail Gorbachev on some of his trips abroad.
11 points
2 km
3 hours
