Borisoglebsky

Borisoglebsky

Borisoglebsky ( _ru. Борисогле́бский, lit. "Boris and Gleb"), is an urban-type settlement in Yaroslavl Oblast, Russia, located km to mi|16 from Rostov and km to mi|77 south-west of Yaroslavl, on the Ustye River. Population: ru-census|p2002=5957|p1989=6327|punct=; 4,600 (1968).

The town's principal tourist attraction is the famous Borisoglebsky Monastery, now a museum. The monastery is named after Saints Boris and Gleb. The monastery was favoured by Ivan the Terrible who personally supervised the construction of towered walls and bell-tower around an even more ancient cathedral. The only addition made to the monastery after Ivan's death is a superb carved barbican church, commissioned by the metropolitan Iona Sysoevich in the late 17th century.

In 2005, the statues of monk Peresvet (by Zurab Tsereteli) and of Prince Pozharsky were installed near the monastery walls.

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* [http://sobory.ru/article/index.html?object=00223 Views of the monastery]
* [http://www.adm.yar.ru/illustr/borisogleb1/index.htm The Monastery of Sts Boris and Gleb] ru icon


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