Ivanovo is a city of many nicknames: the City of Brides, the city of the avant-garde, the Russian Manchester, the Calico Capital and more. Come see its Constructivist masterpieces up close and travel back in time in this avant-garde city, the youngest and most unusual city of the Golden Ring.
Railroad Station
🚂 Railway station · 🏟️ Architectural landmark · 🎨 Art installations
Ship House
🏟️ Architectural landmark · 🕵️ Urban legend
Horseshoe House
🏟️ Architectural landmark · 🕵️ Urban legend
Lenin Square
⛲ Square
Ivanovo Regional Art Museum
🏛️ Museum · 🏟️ Architectural landmark
Burylin House (Museum of Ivanovo Calico)
🏛️ Museum · 🏟️ Architectural landmark · 📜 Historic site
Pushkin Square
⛲ Square · 🎭 Theater
Revolution Square
⛲ Square · 🗿 Sculptures · 🌿 Public garden or park
Shchudrov Chamber
📜 Historic site · 🏟️ Architectural landmark
Church of the Transfiguration
🕍 Place of worship · 🏟️ Architectural landmark
Dühringer Estate
🏟️ Architectural landmark · 📜 Historic site · 🕵️ Urban legend
Convent of the Presentation
🕍 Place of worship · 📜 Historic site
Point 12
🕍 Place of worship • 📜 Historic site
The last stop on the route is the Convent of the Presentation. Its history goes back to the early 20th century. In 1907 a majestic five-domed church dedicated to the Presentation of the Mother of God in the Temple was built here in the Russian Revival style, to a design by Pyotr Begen, an architect from Vladimir. The church stayed open to worshippers until 1935, when it was closed as part of the campaign against religion and its interior was converted into an archive.
By the 1990s the former church was in a sorry state: the roof leaked, the windows were smashed and there were holes in the walls. The rich iconostasis and bright wall paintings had been lost. In 1990 services resumed in the church, and a year later a convent was founded around it. Over the next 25 years the church and its interiors were restored: crosses returned to the domes, and the walls and vaults were once again covered with Byzantine-style frescoes. Today it is an important spiritual center of the Ivanovo Region. The convent has been restored and is open daily. Admission is free.
Point on route “Textile Capital, City of Brides and Constructivism”
Point 12
🕍 Place of worship • 📜 Historic site
The last stop on the route is the Convent of the Presentation. Its history goes back to the early 20th century. In 1907 a majestic five-domed church dedicated to the Presentation of the Mother of God in the Temple was built here in the Russian Revival style, to a design by Pyotr Begen, an architect from Vladimir. The church stayed open to worshippers until 1935, when it was closed as part of the campaign against religion and its interior was converted into an archive.
By the 1990s the former church was in a sorry state: the roof leaked, the windows were smashed and there were holes in the walls. The rich iconostasis and bright wall paintings had been lost. In 1990 services resumed in the church, and a year later a convent was founded around it. Over the next 25 years the church and its interiors were restored: crosses returned to the domes, and the walls and vaults were once again covered with Byzantine-style frescoes. Today it is an important spiritual center of the Ivanovo Region. The convent has been restored and is open daily. Admission is free.
12 points
8 km
3.5 hours
