Volkhov is a small town on both banks of the river of the same name, where it flows into Lake Ladoga, 122 km east of St. Petersburg. We tell you about the main sights of a town that grew up around the river, the railway and the Volkhov hydroelectric station. This route was designed specially for the BelkaCar car-sharing service.
Railway Station (Volkhovstroy-1)
🚂 Railway station
Locomotive Monument Eu 708-64
🗿 Monument
Church of the Archangel Michael
🕍 Place of worship
Volkhov Hydroelectric Station
⚙️ Industrial site
Cathedral of St. Andrew
🕍 Place of worship
Fifteenth Element Interactive Center
🏛️ Museum
Church of the Prophet Elijah
🕍 Place of worship
Point 5
🕍 Place of worship
The Cathedral of St. Andrew the First-Called is a modern building, built and consecrated in 2019. Still, it definitely deserves tourists' attention, because it was built in the tradition of medieval Russian wooden architecture — the famous tent-roof style. A special material was chosen: Siberian larch logs harvested in winter (to make them “ring”). The roofing is also in the Old Russian style, made of wooden shingles and boards of silvery aspen.
Point on route “Discovering Volkhov”
Point 5
🕍 Place of worship
The Cathedral of St. Andrew the First-Called is a modern building, built and consecrated in 2019. Still, it definitely deserves tourists' attention, because it was built in the tradition of medieval Russian wooden architecture — the famous tent-roof style. A special material was chosen: Siberian larch logs harvested in winter (to make them “ring”). The roofing is also in the Old Russian style, made of wooden shingles and boards of silvery aspen.
7 points
13 km
1.5 hours
