Portal of government authorities of the Yaroslavl region

Founding and name of the city

In 1152, Prince Yuri Dolgoruky founded a city on the banks of the Trubezh River, where it flows into Lake Pleshcheyevo and named it Pereyaslavl, which translated from ancient Slavic means “Takeover the Glory.”

It was the third city in ancient Rus' with this name: at that time there already existed

• Pereyaslavl in modern Ukraine, renamed Pereslavl-Khmelnitsky in 1943
• Pereyaslav-Ryazansky, renamed in 1773 to Ryazan.

In the 15th century, the city founded by Yuri Dolgoruky began to be called Pereslavl-Zalessky, since it was located in Zalesye, that is, behind the forest that separated this area from the Kyiv and Chernigov lands.

The city was located 130 km from Moscow at the intersection of many trade routes and in those days was famous and rich.

Here on May 30, 1221, the great Russian commander Alexander Nevsky was born, and in the ancient Transfiguration Cathedral he was baptized.

A mountain on the shore of Lake Pleshcheevo, formerly known as Yarilina Mountain, is named in honor of Alexander Nevsky. Not far from Alexander Mountain, there is the so-called “blue stone”, considered sacred by the pagans.

Map

Pereslavl-Zalessky: maps

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Pereslavl-Zalessky. Nearest cities. Distances in km. on the map (in brackets along roads) + direction. Using the hyperlink in the distance , you can get the route (information courtesy of the AutoTransInfo website)
1	Balakirevo (Vladimir region)	25 (90)	YU
2	Alexandrov	37 (72)	YU
3	Petrovskoe	39 (43)	NE
4	Strunino	42 (88)	SW
5	Karabanovo	47 (83)	YU
6	Bogorodskoye (Moscow region)	48 ()	SW
7	Krasnozavodsk	49 (78)	SW
8	Peresvet	53 (85)	SW
9	Remmash (Moscow region)	56 (71)	SW
10	Skoropuskovsky (Moscow region)	57 ()	SW
11	Yuriev-Polsky	57 (69)	SE
12	Kolchugino	58 (99)	SE
13	Ishnya	59 ()	NE
14	Rostov	60 (65)	NE
15	Ilyinskoye-Khovanskoye (Ivanovo region)	61 (100)	NE
16	Borisoglebsky	61 (83)	WITH
17	Kirzhach	64 (109)	YU
18	Sergiev Posad	65 (70)	SW
19	Fryanovo (Moscow region)	71 (129)	YU
20	Semibratovo	75 (78)	NE
21	Khotkovo	75 (81)	SW
22	Verbilki (Moscow region)	79 (112)	Z
23	Gavrilov Posad	79 (115)	IN
24	Stromyn (Moscow region)	80 ()	YU
25	Taldom	80 (137)	Z
26	Krasnoarmeysk	81 (136)	SW
27	Kalyazin	82 (213)	NW
28	Ashukino (Moscow region)	83 (101)	SW
29	Chernogolovka	86 (135)	YU
30	Gavrilov-Yam	87 (105)	NE
31	Sofrino (Moscow region)	87 (98)	SW

a brief description of

Located in the northeastern part of the Klinsko-Dmitrovskaya ridge, on the southeastern shore of Lake Pleshcheyevo, at the confluence of the river. Trubezh, 21 km from the railway. Berendeevo station, 124 km southwest of Yaroslavl.

Pereslavl-Zalessky is included in the “Golden Ring of Russia” tourist route.

Territory (sq. km): 22

Information about the city of Pereslavl-Zalessky on the Russian Wikipedia site

Historical sketch

Founded in 1152 by Prince Yuri Dolgoruky under the name Pereslavl as a fortified point on the border of the Rostov-Suzdal principality. The oikonym was transferred from the land of Kyiv, where the city of Pereyaslavl was mentioned already in 907.

In 1175-1302 the center of the Pereyaslavl (Zalessky) principality, then became part of the Moscow principality and became one of the transit and trading points on the road from Moscow to Arkhangelsk.

From the middle of the 13th century. until the beginning of the 15th century. repeatedly destroyed by the Mongol-Tatars.

From the 15th century the name Zalessky is added to the name Pereslavl, i.e. located in Zalesye - this is how the Rostov-Suzdal principality was called in Ancient Rus'. In the 15-16th centuries. the patrimony of the Moscow princes. From the middle of the 16th century. the city flourished thanks to significant financial donations from Ivan the Terrible.

In 1611-12 suffered greatly from the Polish invaders.

In 1688-1693. On Lake Pereslavl (Lake Pleshcheyevo) Peter I, who repeatedly visited Pereslavl-Zalessky, built a training “amusing” flotilla.

From the middle of the 18th century. In Pereslavl-Zalessky, linen and paper manufactories began to develop.

Since 1708 it has been a city in the Moscow province, since 1719 it has been a provincial town in the Moscow province. Since 1778 - a district town of the Vladimir governorship (since 1796 Vladimir province).

In the middle of the 18th century. Manufacturing production arose in the city: a cotton factory and other enterprises were created.

In 1856, in the district town of Pereslavl-Zalessky, Vladimir province, there were 28 churches, 1050 houses, 129 shops.

In the materials of the 1897 population census it is called Pereyaslav.

Municipal indicators

Index	2001
Demography
Number of births, per 1000 population	8.1
Number of deaths, per 1000 population	16.7
Natural increase (decrease), per 1000 population	-8.6
Standard of living of the population and social sphere
Average monthly nominal accrued wages, rub.	2847
Average housing area per inhabitant (at the end of the year), sq.m.	20.1
Number of preschool institutions, pcs.	12
Number of children in preschool institutions, thousand people	1.5
Number of daytime educational institutions (at the beginning of the school year), pcs.	11
Number of students in daytime educational institutions, thousand people	5.8
Number of doctors, people.	159
Number of nursing staff, people.	350
Number of hospital institutions, pcs.	1
Number of hospital beds, thousand units	0.45
Number of medical outpatient clinics, pcs.	4
Capacity of medical outpatient clinics, visits per shift, thousand units.	1.2
Number of registered crimes, pcs.	929
Persons who committed crimes were identified, persons.	910
Economy, industry
Number of enterprises and organizations (at the end of the year), pcs.	810
Construction
Volume of work performed by type of activity “Construction” (until 2004 - volume of work performed under construction contracts), million rubles.	101.9
Commissioning of residential buildings, thousand sq.m. of total area	3.6
Commissioning of residential buildings, apartments	39
Commissioning of preschool institutions, places	0
Commissioning of educational institutions, places	0
Commissioning of hospital facilities, beds	0
Commissioning of outpatient clinics, visits per shift	0
Transport
Number of bus routes (in intracity traffic), pcs.	4
Number of passengers transported by buses per year (in intracity traffic), million people.	10.6
Connection
Number of residential telephone sets of the city public telephone network, thousand units.	6.3
Trade and services to the population
Retail trade turnover (in actual prices), million rubles.	540.3
Retail trade turnover (in actual prices), per capita, rub.	12114
Public catering turnover (in actual prices), million rubles.	17
Volume of paid services to the population (in actual prices), million rubles.	167.8
Volume of paid services to the population (in actual prices), per capita, rub.	3779
Volume of household services to the population (in actual prices), million rubles.	13.9
Volume of household services to the population (in actual prices), per capita, rub.	312
Investments
Investments in fixed assets (in actual prices), million rubles.	167.6
Share of investments in fixed assets financed from budgetary funds in the total volume of investments, %	4.2

Data sources:

1. Regions of Russia. Main characteristics of the constituent entities of the Russian Federation: statistical collection. Goskomstat of Russia. - M:, 2003.

Economy

Cotton spinning factory, PA "Slavich" (production of magnetic tape, photographic paper, etc.). Factories: stitching, sewing, furniture. Car repair and brick factories. Food industry enterprises.

Main enterprises

CHEMICAL-PHOTOGRAPHIC INDUSTRY

JSC "Botik", Gorki-Pereslavskie.

Universities of the city

Institute of Software Systems - "University of the City of Pereslavl" named after.
A.K. Ailamazyan 152020, Yaroslavl region, Pereslavl-Zalessky, Sovetskaya st., 2 WWW: https://u.pereslavl.ru/

Museums, galleries, exhibition halls

Historical estate "Botik of Peter I" 152140, Yaroslavl region, Pereslavl-Zalessky, village.
Veskovo Phone(s): (48535) 2-2788 2-1910 Website: https://museumpereslavl.ru/ Pereslavl-Zalessky State Historical, Architectural and Art Museum-Reserve 152024, Yaroslavl region, Pereslavl-Zalessky, Museum lane, 4 Phone(s): (48535) 2-3124 3-81-00 Website: https://museumpereslavl.ru/

Architecture, sights

Pereslavl-Zalessky stretches along the Moscow - Rostov Yaroslavsky road (now Yaroslavl Highway), which has become its main street.

In the center of the city, the earthen ramparts of an ancient fortification have been preserved, in the ring of which is the Spaso-Perobrazhensky Cathedral (1152, completed in 1157-60).

Ensembles of Fedorovsky (founded in the 15th century), Danilovo-Troitsky (founded in 1508), Goritsky (founded in the 15th century), Nikitsky (16th century) monasteries.

Near Pereslavl-Zalessky there is the Shalyapinka estate, which belonged to F.I. Shalyapin.

Population by year (thousands of inhabitants)
1856	5.4	1970	30.1	2006	42.7	2016	39.5
1897	10.6	1979	37.5	2007	42.4	2017	39.1
1913	12.8	1989	42.3	2008	42.3	2018	38.6
1923	12.7	1992	43.4	2010	42.2	2019	38.3
1926	13.4	1996	44.8	2011	41.9	2020	37.9
1931	15.2	2000	44.9	2012	41.3	2021	37.4
1939	19.9	2001	44.7	2013	40.9
1959	23.1	2003	43.4	2014	40.3
1967	27	2005	42.9	2015	40.0

Kremlin of Pereslavl-Zalessky

During the reign of Prince Yuri Dolgoruky, on the shore of Lake Pleshcheevo (then it was Lake Kleshchino) there was a powerful fortress for its time - a fortified princely town, called Kleshchin.

According to the chronicle, in 1152 the prince moved the city from Lake Kleshchina to a new location - at the intersection of important trade routes near the mouth of the Trubezh River.

In the new city, Yuri Dolgoruky erected a stone church of St. Savior, and also built fortifications, the most powerful among those erected in the cities founded by the prince.

The built Kremlin was the central part of the ancient Russian city. The length of its ramparts was almost 2.5 kilometers, the height was from 10 to 16 meters, and the width reached 6 meters. On top of the ramparts, wooden walls with towers were built. Researchers believe that in the 12th–13th centuries in the Vladimir-Suzdal land this fortress was the second most powerful after the capital Vladimir.

From the outside, the Kremlin walls were protected by natural barriers - the Trubezh River and its tributary Murmazh (now filled up), as well as a specially dug ditch. Thus, the fortress was surrounded on all sides by water.

The Kremlin was captured and plundered by the Horde more than once; it also suffered greatly during the Time of Troubles, but after each destruction its walls and towers were restored. Only in 1759 the wooden walls were dismantled as unnecessary and due to dilapidation.

Currently, a magnificent panorama of the old city opens from the ancient Pereslavl ramparts.

Goritsky Assumption Monastery.

Goritsky Assumption Monastery was founded in the first half of the 14th century under Ivan Kalita. It received its most famous name from its location on a hill - “goritsa”. Nothing has survived from the ancient wooden buildings. In 1382, Tokhtamysh’s army destroyed Pereyaslavl-Zalessky, and with it the Goritsky Monastery. Since the 16th century, the monastery has had stone buildings, which indicates its wealth.

In the second half of the 17th century, the monastery was surrounded from the south and southwest by a new stone fence with towers, Holy and Passage Gates, and a gatekeeper's chamber. The Holy Gates with the gateway St. Nicholas Church are an example of the combination of two styles adjacent in time: patterned and Moscow Baroque.

Spaso-Preobrazhensky Cathedral in Pereslavl-Zalessky

Simultaneously with the defensive structures in the northern part of the fortress, the single-domed white stone Transfiguration Cathedral was erected in 1152–1157. This is a cross-domed tetrameter temple, the construction of which was completed under Andrei Bogoslovsky, the successor of Yuri Dolgoruky. The cathedral is the earliest of the five first white-stone churches of North-Eastern Rus' and the only one that has come down to us in good condition.

During its history, the Transfiguration Cathedral was restored many times, but, in general, retained its original appearance. Its height was 22 meters, and the width of the walls was from 1 to 1.3 meters.

The temple is located on Red Square. It is interesting that the name of Red Square in Moscow was borrowed from Pereslavl Red Square.

Initially, the inside of the cathedral was covered with frescoes, but all of them were removed during the restoration carried out in the 19th century. The surviving fragment of them was transferred to the Historical Museum of Moscow, and currently the walls inside the temple are white.

In ancient times, the cathedral was of great importance for the life of the city and was part of the system of its defensive structures.

Many Pereslavl princes were baptized in the temple, including Alexander Nevsky. The son and grandson of Alexander Nevsky, Dmitry Alexandrovich and Ivan Dmitrievich, are buried in the cathedral.

Next to the temple there was once a princely palace, which, as researchers believe, was connected to the cathedral by a gallery.

In 1958, as a sign of gratitude to his fellow countryman, a monument to Alexander Nevsky was erected opposite the Transfiguration Church.

Church of Alexander Nevsky.

The Church of the Blessed Prince Alexander Nevsky (1740s) was built at the expense of the Pereslavl merchant Philip Fadeevich Ugryumov (Ugrimov) in conjunction with the neighboring Vladimir Church. Both churches belonged to the Bogoroditsko-Sretensky (Sretensko-Vladimir Novodevichy) Monastery, located on the Red Square of the city, near the Transfiguration Cathedral. Soon after the construction of new churches, the monastery was abolished, and the churches were made parish.

All that remains of the monastery is a part of the wall with a gatehouse. Until the 1930s, there was a high bell tower between the churches; it was dismantled during the reconstruction of the Yaroslavl highway. The Alexander Nevsky Church has many common architectural features with the Vladimir Cathedral; They were probably built not only at the same time, but also by the same masters. The temple has large onion domes set on narrow, tall drums, making the temple appear squat than it actually is. Tall and beautiful carved crosses are placed on the bulbs. The semicircular vault of the main volume of the temple is raised high, the facades are practically devoid of decoration. The main quadrangle of the temple has two rows of windows; the building was planned to be light, but later part of the window openings of the lower tier was blocked up. The apse also has wide and tall windows with semicircular endings. The refectory windows are rectangular, but their upper part is decorated with small semicircles.

During Soviet times, the temple continued to operate for some time, remaining under the jurisdiction of the church community. In November 1925, the temple was robbed; thieves stole valuables from the 17th-18th centuries. Since the 1930s, the central city library was established in the temple. Later, the situation worsened - a bread store was made in the altar (the neighboring Vladimir Cathedral was used as a bakery), and in the rest of the building there was a garage of Lespromkhoz. The interior of the church was almost completely lost. A commission that visited Pereslavl-Zalessky in 1936 decided to preserve both churches as part of the interesting architectural ensemble of Red Square. In the early 1990s, the Alexander Nevsky Church was returned to believers, and now services are held there. (Sovetskaya st., 12)

The rise of Pereslavl-Zalessky

The city reached its greatest prosperity under the Grand Duke Vsevolod the Big Nest and his son Yaroslav. During the reign of Prince Vsevolod, who was a far-sighted politician and a skilled warrior, Pereslavl-Zalessky became one of the significant centers of culture in Vladimir-Suzdal Rus'.

Educated people served at the court of Prince Yaroslav, thanks to whom the historical chronicle “The Chronicler of Pereslavl of Suzdal” was written. During the same period, famous icon painters and wood carvers created many wonderful works of art.

Annexation to the Moscow Principality

Like Alexander Nevsky, his son Dmitry Alexandrovich proved himself to be an outstanding commander of his time. Under him, Pereslavl reached its short but brilliant heyday. In 1276, Dmitry received the great reign, but, having become the Grand Duke and having completed all the formalities in Vladimir, he remained in Pereslavl, which became the capital city of the Russian land.

His son Ivan Dmitrievich had no direct heirs and bequeathed Pereslavl to his uncle Daniil Alexandrovich, the first Moscow prince, the youngest son of Alexander Nevsky. Thus the first stone was laid in the foundation of the future Russian state. This event was important for the formation of Moscow as the capital of Rus'.

It is interesting that a tradition appeared as a sign of the voluntary accession of Pereslavl-Zalessky to the Moscow Principality. During the coronation of the heir to the Moscow throne, smoked Pereslavl vendace, which is found in Lake Pleshcheyevo, was served on the royal table.

Pereslavl-Zalessky as a religious capital

During this period, the city was actually the second religious capital of the Russian state. The names of Metropolitans Pimen, Athanasius and Peter, as well as many famous church figures and saints, are associated with Pereslavl, including:

• Sergius of Radonezh, ordained to the rank of abbot in the Transfiguration Cathedral
• Dmitry Prilutsky, born in Pereslavl-Zalessky. In the Dormition Goritsky Monastery, the wonderworker took monastic vows, founded the Nikolsky Monastery on the shore of Lake Pleshcheevo and became its abbot.

Vasily III and Ivan the Terrible came to Pereslavl churches on pilgrimage. Russian tsars made rich contributions to the Nikitsky and Trinity, Danilov and Goritsky monasteries.

Portal of government authorities of the Yaroslavl region

1152 - at the southeastern shore of Lake Pleshcheevo, at the behest of Prince Yuri Dolgoruky, the fortress city of Pereyaslavl - Novy was founded, the administrative center of the surrounding lands was transferred from the city of Kleshchin on the eastern shore of the lake (From the 15th century Pereslavl, later - Pereslavl-Zalessky.). 1157 – consecration of the white stone Transfiguration Cathedral. “Move the city of Pereyaslavl from Kleshchin and create a larger one than the old one, and put a church in it with the stone of the Holy Savior” (Nikon Chronicle).
1175 - the capital of an independent principality, which included Rostov. The first prince is Vsevolod the Big Nest. Along with Vladimir it could become the capital. In 1176, after the death of Mikhail Yuryevich, Vsevolod moved to Vladimir. Pereslavl returns to the Principality of Vladimir.

XII century - foundation of the oldest Pereslavl monastery - Nikitsky. Initially, all buildings were wooden. Under Vasily III and Ivan the Terrible, stone buildings were erected. In 1611, the walls of the monastery withstood a 15-day siege by the Poles. Closed in 1923. Returned to the church in 1993.

1212 - (Death of Vsevolod) - allocation of the appanage Pereyaslavl principality (it included the Upper Volga region with Tver, Kashin, Dmitrov and some other territories) to Yaroslav Vsevolodovich, who after the invasion of Batu and the death of Yuri Vsevolodovich becomes the Grand Duke of Vladimir.

After Yaroslav Vsevolodovich, the Pereyaslav princes were his son Alexander Nevsky, his grandson Dmitry Alexandrovich (Alexander’s eldest son) and great-grandson Ivan Dmitrievich, who died childless in 1302. After the death of Ivan Dmitrievich, according to his will, Pereyaslavl went to Moscow (the uncle of the last Pereyaslavl prince, Daniil Alexandrovich).

Pereyaslavl was repeatedly ravaged by the Tatars - 1238, 1252, 1281, 1293, 1382, 1408.

1304 – “placement on the table” in Pereyaslavl of Ivan Danilovich Kalita. The attack on Pereyaslavl by the Tver army led by the boyar Akinf and its defeat. The Fedorovsky Monastery was founded on the site of the battle. Until the 17th century - male, then - female. It existed until 1923. Renewed in 1998.

First third of the 14th century. - foundation of the Goritsky (Uspensky on Goritsa) monastery.

Mid-14th century - foundation of the St. Nicholas Monastery by Demetrius of Prilutsky. It was closed during Soviet times. Since 1993 – revived. XIV century

XIV – XVI centuries. – repeated visits to the city by the great princes (Dmitry Donskoy, Vasily II, Ivan III, Vasily III). Vasily III visited the city four times as a pilgrim.

1508 – foundation of the Trinity-Danilov Monastery “on the Divine Poor Houses” by the monk of the Goritsky Monastery, Daniil. Daniil was elected godfather of Ivan Vasilyevich the Terrible. In honor of the birth of the heir, Vasily III made large donations to the monastery, for which stone construction began on the territory of the monastery. In 1923 - the closure of the monastery, since 1995 - the revival of the monastery.

1608 - during the Time of Troubles, the townspeople swore allegiance to False Dmitry II. 1609 – liberation of Pereslavl from the Poles. 1611 – Pereslavl – one of the assembly points of the first militia. 1611, 1612 – devastation of Pereslavl by the troops of Sapieha and Ivan Zarutsky. 1618 – clashes between Pereslavl residents and district residents with Poles and Cossacks.

XVII – repeated pilgrimages of kings to Pereslavl shrines.

1688-1693 – construction of Peter’s “amusement” fleet on Lake Pleshcheyevo.

1707 - assigned to the Moscow province, from 1719 - the center of the province as part of the Moscow province.

1722 – decree of Peter I on the storage of the remains of the “amusing” flotilla.

1744-1788 – Pereslavl diocese. The bishop's residence was located within the walls of the Goritsky Monastery, which was greatly rebuilt at that time.

The middle of the 18th century - the first linen manufactory of the Ugryumovs, the first educational institutions.

1778 – Pereslavl was assigned to the Vladimir province and became a district town.

1803 – foundation of the Botik Museum.

1849 – the Moscow-Yaroslavl highway passed through Pereslavl, which influenced the further development of the city’s economy. Some Pereslavl residents who became rich moved to Moscow, joining the country's entrepreneurial elite (Kumanins, Krestovnikovs).

1868 – during the construction of the Northern Railway, Pereslavl found itself on the sidelines, the relative decline of the city’s economic life.

End of the 19th century – the emergence of several lace manufacturing enterprises in Pereslavl, on the basis of which, after the revolution of 1917, the “New World” embroidery factory was created.

January 1918 - elections at the Congress of Soviets in Pereslavl of the first executive committee of the Council of Workers', Soldiers' and Peasants' Deputies.

1919 – the State Historical and Art Museum of Local Lore was opened in the buildings of the Goritsky Monastery.

1931 - opening of the country's first film factory, which later grew into a diversified enterprise of the chemical and photographic industry, since 1995 - OJSC Slavich Company. In 1997, the first enterprise in our country was organized at the production facilities of Slavich.

1936 – Pereslavl became part of the Yaroslavl region.

1952 - the allocation of 1 hectare to the Pereslavl forestry for experimental plantings for breeding work marked the beginning of an arboretum, which received the name of its founder - S.F. Kharitonov. Since 1998, the arboretum has been part of the Pleshcheyevo Lake National Park as a department.

1984 – creation of the Institute of Software Systems of the Russian Academy of Sciences in Pereslavl. On the initiative of the Institute, a university was opened in Pereslavl in 1990 - the first university of a small town in our country. Nowadays it bears the name of its former rector A.K. Aylamazyan.

1986 – creation of the Pereslavl hotel complex.

1988 - creation of the Pereslavl Natural Historical Park (since 1998 - Pleshcheyevo Lake National Park).

Since 2002 – holding aeronautics festivals “Golden Ring of Russia”.

Nowadays, Pereslavl is the regional center of the region with a population of 42,199 people. (as of January 1, 2010), a historical city, a major tourist center, the main attractions are Lake Pleshcheyevo, monasteries, public and private museums.

Development and decline of the economy in the 19th century

At the beginning of the 19th century, Pereslavl-Zalessky was a large city with numerous churches, factories and mills, forges and stone houses under construction. The Belomorsky trade route, the shortest and most convenient route from Moscow to Arkhangelsk, passed through the city.

At the same time, the constructed Northern Railway bypassed Pereslavl, 18 versts from it, which led to the fact that the economy of the Zalessky city began to decline. And gradually the once developed city turns into a quiet and inconspicuous county town. Neither sufficiently developed industry and trade, nor numerous ancient shrines and historical monuments saved it from this fate.

The Pereslavl land has always attracted writers and artists - writers Nikolai Ostrovsky and Mikhail Prishvin, painter Konstantin Korovin and many other masters depicted it in their works.

To date, the city rampart surrounding the historical center of the city has been preserved, as well as monuments of church architecture. These are six monasteries, four of which are active and 9 churches:

• Nikitsky Monastery
• Nikolsky Monastery
• Holy Trinity Danilov Monastery
• Feodorovsky Monastery
• Sretensky Novodevichy Convent was closed in 1764
• The Goritsky Monastery was closed in 1744; currently it is a Historical, Architectural and Art Museum-Reserve.

In the Goritsky Monastery you can see unique monuments of antiquity and art, including church utensils, paintings and furniture, household items and other historical values.

Among the 9 surviving churches, the most notable are:

• Spaso-Preobrazhensky Cathedral of the 12th century, the oldest architectural monument of North-Eastern Rus'
• The tented church of Metropolitan Peter, 1585.

Along the shores of Lake Pleshcheevo in ancient times, even before the settlement of the region by the Slavs, there were settlements of the Finnish tribe - Merya, as the chronicler testifies to this, saying that “on Lake Rostov there is Merya, and on Kleshchina - Merya.” This testimony of the chronicler is confirmed by archaeological excavations of numerous mounds along the shore of the lake, in which various items of Meryan everyday life were found. Alexandrova Mountain. "Blue-Stone". The town (i.e., a fortification surrounded by an earthen rampart) of this tribe was located on the elevated eastern shore of the lake, near the present village of Gorodishche. Settlement Kleshchino. The founder of Pereslavl was Grand Duke Yuri Vladimirovich Dolgoruky. “And the city of Pereslavl was moved from Kleshchin and created a larger one.” Thus, the founder did not use the Meryan city, but founded his own in a new place; in memory of Southern Rus', where Yuri came from, he named the new city Pereslavl, and the river that flowed near it Trubezh; Subsequently, the name Pereslavl was added to distinguish it from the southern Pereslavl, Zalessky. In this city, Yuri built a stone church in the name of the Transfiguration of the Lord, which has survived to this day. Foundation of Pereslavl-Zalessky. Transfiguration Cathedral. Until 1175, Pereslavl was part of the Suzdal Principality, without a special prince. The Pereyaslavl-Zalessky principality existed from 1175 to 1302. In 1174, after the death of Prince Andrei Bogolyubsky, when his brother Mikhail Yuryevich ascended the grand-ducal throne, his nephew Yaropolk Rostislavich, on the advice of the Rostovites, occupied Pereslavl and took an oath of allegiance from the people, but soon had to leave here, and in 1175 Pereslavl was handed over to Vsevolod III Yuryevich. The following year, Vsevolod took the Grand Duke's throne, leaving Pereslavl behind him; in 1195 he fortified the city with wooden walls. After the death of Vsevolod III in 1212, the Principality of Pereslavl went to his son Yaroslav, Theodore. This prince supported Yuri Vsevolodovich in his struggle for the grand-princely throne with Constantine, suffered defeat with him and, running to Pereslavl, killed 150 Novgorod merchants held in prison there. But in 1230 the Novgorodians again summoned Yaroslav as prince; Having stayed there only two weeks, he went back to Pereslavl, leaving his two sons Theodore and Alexander in Novgorod. In subsequent history, the fate of Pereslavl is closely connected with the life of the Vladimir Grand Duchy. In 1220, Prince Alexander Nevsky (1252-1263 - Grand Duke of Vladimir) was born in Pereslavl. In 1238, northeastern Rus' was devastated by the Tatars; along with other cities, Pereslavl-Zalessky was reduced to ashes. Tatar-Mongol invasion. 1235 - 1242 What was destroyed to some extent was restored by the book. Yaroslav, who soon took the Grand Duke's throne. After the death of Yaroslav, the Pereslavl region was again devastated by the Tatars, irritated by the uprising of Yaroslav's son, Andrei. When the Grand Duke's throne was transferred to Alexander Nevsky, Pereslavl was given to his son Dimitri. In 1281, the Tatars, called by the prince. Andrei Aleksandrovich Gorodetsky, once again destroyed Pereslavl: there was not a person left who would not cry over the death of a father, son, brother or friend; on the feast of the Nativity of Christ, the churches stood empty; Instead of sacred singing, crying and groaning were heard in the city. In 1293 Prince. Andrei again led the Tatars to Pereslavl; book Demetrius fled from the city, followed by all the residents with their wives and children, and disappeared into the forests. The city was taken by Andrei's ally, Theodore Rostislavich, but the latter was soon to leave it and, in frustration, turned it into piles of ash. In 1291, after the death of Demetrius, Pereslavl passed to his son John. Prince Ivan died childless in 1302, bequeathing his inheritance to his younger uncle, Daniil of Moscow, “who loved him more than anyone else.” In the fall of 1303, the princely diet opened in Pereslavl in the presence of Metropolitan Maxim: the khan's letters were read, in which the khan ordered the princes to be satisfied with what each of them had - but Pereslavl still remained with Yuri, and did not pass to the Grand Duke. For 160 years (1303-1462), the Pereslavl principality legally existed in union with Moscow, forming a dual Pereslavl-Moscow principality. In 1310, a council was convened in Pereslavl, at which, in the presence of the Bishop of Rostov, abbots, priests, princes and nobles and an ambassador from the Patriarch of Constantinople, he was convicted of slandering St. Peter the Metropolitan - Bishop of Tver. Yuri loved Pereslavl and lived in it for a long time: Ioann Danilovich, Yuri’s successor, sometimes lived in Pereslavl: the Novgorod ambassadors came to him here in 1333. During the reign of Dimitri Ioannovich Donskoy, the pestilence that devastated Russia entered Pereslavl in 1365; Every day from 20 to 100 people died. In 1361 and 1371 Pereslavl was captured by the Suzdal prince Dimitri Konstantinovich. In 1372, the outskirts of Pereslavl and its suburbs were devastated by Lithuanian-Russian regiments led by Keistut, Olgerdov's brother, but the city itself was not taken. In 1378, Dimitri Ioannovich gave Pereslavl to his ally Dimitri Olgerdovich. In 1382, the inhabitants of Pereslavl, fearing the invasion of Tokhtamysh, sailed in boats to the middle of the lake and only thereby saved themselves from death, but the city was burned. Donskoy’s wife Evdokia, who came here from Moscow, barely escaped from her enemies. In gratitude to God for her salvation, Evdokia, according to the prologue, founded the Goritsky Monastery in Pereslavl. Heir to Donskoy, V. In 1408, Prince Vasiliev Dmitrievich gave Pereslavl as an inheritance to Svidrigaila. During the invasion of Edigei, the city was again taken and plundered by the Tatars. In 1433 it was captured by Yuri Dimitrievich Galitsky. In 1445 she met V. book Vasily, returning from Kazan captivity, his family. In 1468, the new Grand Duke of All Rus', John, received the ambassador of Casimir of the Polish king in Pereslavl. In 1487, eminent Novgorodians were resettled to the Pereslavl region. John III was here for the last time in 1503. His successor, Grand Duke Vasily Ivanovich, repeatedly visited Pereslavl in the first quarter of the 16th century to venerate the Pereslavl shrine and talk with the Venerable Daniel, who lived at that time. Tsar Ivan Vasilyevich the Terrible also visited Pereslavl several times; he was even personally present at the consecration of the temple in the Nikitsky Monastery in 1564, arranged by his command. By his order, a church was built in the Fedorovsky monastery in the name of Fedor Stratilates in memory of the birth of Tsarevich Theodore, who was born on the way of Ivan the Terrible to Moscow, in the village of Sobilov. In the era of impostors, turmoil and ruin did not escape Pereslavl and its environs. After the death of Boris Godunov, the Pereslavl people killed Semyon Godunov and, together with other cities, submitted to the first impostor. Under Tsar Vasily Ivanovich Shuisky, they took the side of the second impostor and, together with the Lithuanian people, approached Rostov. Metropolitan Filaret, who was there, with a few people loyal to Shuisky, locked himself in the cathedral church. “The Pereslavl people, like ferocious wolves, began to approach the church and knocked down the church doors and began to cut down and kill many people”; The church and city treasuries were plundered, Filaret was taken and sent to Tushino, and then returned to Pereslavl. Prince Mikhail Skopin-Shuisky, going to liberate Moscow with the Swedes, first sent the governor to take possession of Pereslavl. On the night of September 1, 1609, the city was taken, and up to 500 people were killed and 150 nobles from Sapegina’s army were captured. Going further to Alexandrova Sloboda, Skopin fortified the city and left his governors with a detachment of troops in it. After Shuisky was deposed from the throne, Sapega, taking 1,500 Poles from Gonsevsky’s detachment, went to Pereslavl, approached the city many times, but could not take it and, in frustration, began to burn and devastate the surrounding area. When Minin and Pozharsky rose to liberate Moscow, the Pereslavl people, pressed by Zarutsky’s Cossacks, turned to the Nizhny Novgorod militia with a plea to save them from Zarutsky and his robbers. In the summer of 1612, governor Ivan Naumov and Buturlin came to Pereslavl, drove out the Cossacks and again fortified the city. In July of the same year, the Nizhny Novgorod militia passed through Pereslavl to Moscow. Troubled years of the 17th century. in Pereslavl-Zalessky. With the accession of Mikhail Feodorovich to the throne, difficult times for Pereslavl ended; Since that time, it has never been subjected to enemy invasion. Salt pans near the “Salt of Pereslavl” The village of Usolye Pereslavskoye is the patrimony of the Danilov Monastery. The patrimony of the Trinity St. Sergius Monastery “at the Salt of Pereslavl” - ss. Kupan and Kopnino. Pereslavl Falcons Pomytchiki. In the second half of the 17th century, according to census books of 1678. Pereslavl is presented in the following form: “Its center is a city in the strict sense of the word, surrounded by a rampart and a ditch; New walls were built on the rampart in 1666. In the city there is the Transfiguration Cathedral, the courtyard of the great sovereign, in which the governors live, and the courtyard of the cathedral clergy; the outer church of St. Peter the Metropolitan and the Novodevichy Convent of the Most Holy. Mother of God of Vladimir, 3 courtyards of parish priests, 9 monastic courtyards, 18 siege boyar courtyards, 22 courtyards of various ranks of people; a city tithe, and in it there are 27 households of townspeople, peasants and widows; settlement of the Goritsky Monastery - 11 courtyards. Around the city there are towns, divided into tiers: 1) Pesoshnya, - and in it there are 6 townspeople, 13 men; 2) Filippovskaya, posadsky 3 doors, bobyly 19 courtyards; 3) Ilyinskaya, 7 townspeople's courtyards, 25 bobylskys' and 1 clerk's courtyard of the exit hut; 4) Wide, 3 courtyards of townspeople, 23 bobyls and 2 clerks’ courtyards; 5) Wide from trading, 5 townspeople's yards, 14 bobyls; 6) Veretey, 7 townspeople's yards, bobyli - 26; 7) . bobyley - 16: 9) Volodymerovskaya, 6 posadsky yards, 19 bobyley and 1 empty; 10) Semenovskaya, posadsky 6 doors, 23 bobyly; 11) Zdvizhenskaya, posadsky 4 doors, 15 bobyli; 12) Koshelevskaya, 1 door for townspeople, 20 doors for outsiders, and 6 doors for outsiders; 13) Voznesenskaya, Posadsky 4 doors, 29 bobyli, alien 4 door, 1 door. cathedral watchman and 1 empty; 14) Polozhelotovskaya, 2 posadsky doors, 10 bobyli and 1 priests’ yard. Yes, in the settlement, between the courtyards of the settlement, live falcon washers and masons and brickmakers and fish settlements, fishermen, the first 12 doors, masons - 2 doors, brick makers 10 doors, fishermen 6 doors. Yes, in the settlement there are 14 doors in different tens. priests, on church lands there are 10 farmsteads. In total, in Pereslavl-Zalessky there are 518 households of townspeople, 1342 people in them. According to the previous books, added to the inventory, there are no 101 households; died out due to the pestilence. Judging by these data, Pereslavl is a significant city for that time; In terms of population, it is much larger than Vladimir, which 38 years later, in 1715, had only 438 households. At the end of the 17th century, Pereslavl, with its Lake Pleshcheev, attracted the special attention of Sovereign Peter I: on this lake the Great Transformer of Russia received his first navigation lessons. See the Museum-Estate of Peter I - “Botik”. In the half of the 18th century, Pereslavl advanced in church-administrative terms: in 1741, by decree of Empress Elizabeth Petrovna, a special Pereslavl diocese was established, and the city. Pereslavl was designated as the place for the diocesan bishop to stay. Cities with counties were assigned to the diocese: Alexandrov, Dmitrov, Mozhaisk with Gzhatsk, Vereya, Volokolamsk and Ruza. In the Pereslavl district (this included at that time the Alexander district and part of Pokrovsky) there were 253 churches, and in the entire diocese 605, 15 male monasteries, 10 female monasteries. The Goritsky monastery, which at that time had up to 5,000 peasants, was assigned for residence to the diocesan bishops. The bishops were supposed to be supported by income from their estates. The first bishop of Pereslavl was Arseny, one of the archimandrites of the Trinity Lavra; ordained bishop in 1744... In 1766, Empress Catherine II, on her way from Moscow to Kazan, stopped in Pereslavl in the doge of Ugryumov. Pereslavl district was formed in 1778 as part of the Vladimir governorate. Pereslavl had the following appearance. The city was fenced with a rampart on which there were wooden walls and towers, all of which had already collapsed by that time; the ditch around it, called Grobleya, is all overgrown. There are 3 cathedral churches in the city, 1 wooden, 10 parish stone churches, 12 wooden ones, 5 monasteries, with 17 stone churches. Inside the city there are 149 wooden houses, on the outskirts there are 594 houses, 14 streets, 26 lanes, 61 shops and taverns. In the city and district, there are 82,639 souls in salary, besides merchants. In 1788, Theophylact was transferred to the Kolomna diocese, and at the same time The Pereslavl diocese, which existed for 44 years, was also abolished. Pereslavl was first assigned to the Suzdal and then to the Vladimir diocese, and the bishop's house was made the city cathedral. The bishop's sacristy was sent to Moscow Metropolitan Platon, the seminary was abolished. Since 1796, Pereslavl district has been part of the Vladimir province. In the 18th century, the number of monasteries and churches in Pereslavl decreased significantly. Monasteries - St. Spirit, Borisoglebsky on the sands, Voznesensky, Vvedensky and Prince Andreevsky are converted into parish churches, Goritsky is turned into the city cathedral, Sretensky is assigned to the Transfiguration Cathedral, Borisoglebsky on the mountain is turned into the city cemetery. Many parish churches were abolished: St. tormented Nikita, ap. Peter and Paul, Tsar Constantine, Nicholas the Wonderworker on the island, St. Martyr. Anastasia, Metropolitan Alexei, Demetrius of Thessaloniki and Spasskaya; the remaining parish churches were rebuilt into stone ones. 1817 “The city of Pereslavl lies at 56° 43' North longitude and 50° 36' latitude, stands on both sides of the Trubezha River, on a low and swampy place near Lake Pleshcheev, has two monasteries and one women’s monastery, two stone cathedrals , of which one is built entirely of white stone and 13 parish churches. Public offices are located in the abolished Goritsky Monastery. In the city itself, surrounded by an earthen rampart, there is a stone Magistrate along with the Duma. There are 26 stone houses and 1153 wooden houses in the city. The total population consists of 5,377 souls of both sexes; factories and factories 13". In 1818, the city was visited by Empress Maria Feodorovna, and in 1837 by Alexander II, when he was still heir. In 1837, there were 44 stone houses and 931 wooden houses in Pereslavl; 2 squares, 72 streets and alleys, 3046 inhabitants (male). gender and 3207 female. The city of Pereslavl-Zalessky in 1861. Speech delivered in the hall of the Pereslavl City Duma on February 19, 1880. Church schools in the city of Pereslavl-Zalessky (1906). On April 28, 1908, Pavlova Varvara Sergeevna died - descendant. honorary citizen, wife of the merchant Leonid Sergeevich Pavlov. Procession from the city of Alexandrov to the city of Pereslavl on June 23, 1916. On February 15/2, 1917, the Pereslavl-Zalessky police officer informs the governor that “hidden discontent is noticed among the population, due to the limited number of workers, the high cost of manufactured goods, shoes, and living supplies. In particular, urban residents and landless peasants are concerned about the almost complete lack of rye flour, cereals, sunflower oil and wheat flour on sale. Among the urban population, there is also dissatisfaction with the limited supply of firewood and rural products from the district to the city due to high prices for firewood and hay.” March 26/13 Provincial temporary executive. The committee decided to petition a special meeting on food for the appointment of route trains at the expense of orders for the months of January and February in the following counties most threatened by a lack of flour: Kovrovsky, Sudogodsky and Pereslavl. On April 4 (March 22), the Council of Workers' Deputies was organized at the factory of the A. Zakhryapin s-vey, in the city of Pereslavl-Zalessky. On April 8 (March 26), the general meeting of delegates of workers from all factories and factories in the city of Pereslavl-Zalessky adopted a resolution on the immediate organization of factory committees at all enterprises. On April 12 (March 30) in Pereslavl-Zalessky, at a meeting of the presidiums of factory committees, the Council of Workers' Deputies was organized. The following were elected to the presidium of the Council: Kuznetsov I.N. (chairman), Zhirikov N.V., Sinitsky M.S. (comrades of the chairman), Chausov and Zakhryapin (secretaries). On April 19/6, the Pereslavl Volost Executive Committee was organized in Pereslavl-Zalessky. On April 23/10, the Pereslavl-Zalessky Council of Workers' Deputies approved the decision of workers at mechanical embroidery factories to go on strike due to the refusal of entrepreneurs to satisfy the workers' demand for a wage increase. On April 29/16, the Pereslavl Council of Workers' Deputies recognized it as desirable on May 1 to “serve a prayer service and a memorial service and demonstrate with banners and flags from the cathedral to Sennaya Square.” On June 3 (May 21), the first issue of the Pereslavets newspaper was published in Pereslavl-Zalessky. The newspaper did not have a specific political face, but carried out a frenzied persecution of the Bolsheviks. On June 3 (May 21), a district peasant congress opened in Pereslavl-Zalessky, held under Socialist Revolutionary influence. The District Council of Peasant Deputies was organized. On July 18/5, the Pereslavl district food administration sealed all shops and market shelves in the city selling textiles and ready-made clothes. On July 30/17, the Pereslavl-Zalessian Council of Workers' Deputies issued a protest against the decree of the head of the county garrison on the prohibition of rallies. On August 6 (July 24), the Pereslavvets newspaper reports the frequent “agrarian riots” in Pereslavl district. In the estate of br. Fedoseevs, at the village. Kuchera, the peasants took the mowing from the landowner; The same thing happened in the village. Savelyevo, where the peasants were selected by the powns from the landowner Pazilov and the landowner Kuznetsova. On August 19/6, the elections of vowels to the City Duma took place in Pereslavl-Zalessky. Of the 5789 voters, 3341 participated in the elections. They were elected: 6 according to the list of homeowners, 6, according to the list of “Labor and Enlightenment”, 3 and on the list of the non -partisan group, 1. On September 15/2, the Pereslavl district commissar sent In Vladimir the following telegram: “There are no products. Rye flour does not act according to the outfits. The food administration is going to resolve the powers. The situation may turn out very dangerous. ” On September 23/10, the Pereslavl-Zalessian Council of Workers' Deputies adopted a resolution stating that “the nearest steps of the revolutionary power, compiled exclusively from representatives of revolutionary democracy, should be: the resumption of the energetic struggle for the speedy end of the war on the platform put forward by the Soviets; a decree on the transfer of the whole land to the jurisdiction of local revolutionary democratic bodies, until the resolution of the issue by the Constituent Assembly; the indigenous breakdown of financial reform, which has the task of shifting state expenses from insolvent classes to wealthy; decisive measures with the sabotage of industrialists; speedy convocation of the Constituent Assembly; The immediate liberation of those arrested in Russia and abroad of socialists-internationalists. ” On September 27/14, the 1st District Conference of the Organization of the RSDLP (b) was held in Alexandrov. The conference noted the growth of the Bolshevik organizations in the entire area after the Kornilovsky uprising, adopted the charter and chose the district committee. 15 The composition of the district organization includes mountain organizations. Alexandrova and his county, Kolchugin, Kirzhach, Yuryev-Polsky and Pereslavl-Zalessky. On October 7 (September 24), the Pereslavl-Zalessian Council of Workers' Deputies adopted a resolution demanding the transfer of power to the Soviets, weapons of workers and the organization of the Red Guard. On October 15/2 in Pereslavl-Zalessky there was a Black-Hundred pogrom. The pogroms were dispersed with the active participation of the local organization of the Bolsheviks. On November 8 (October 26), a county congress of peasant deputies was opened in Pereslavl-Zalessky. The congress was under the ideological influence of the Socialist Revolutionaries. Representatives of the workers were not given to speak at the congress, in view of which they left the meeting room in protest. The congress decided, when elections to the Constituent Assembly, to recommend the peasants to vote for the list of Socialist -Revolutionary Party. On December 17/4, according to the Decree of the Pereslavl-Zalessian Council of Workers and Soldiers' Deputies, the local counter-revolutionary newspaper Pereslavvets was closed. December 23/13 Pereslavl-Zalessian Council slave. and Sold. Deputies reports to the Alexander Council: “The situation is desperate. Council slave. and Sold. The deputies and factory committees are still recognized by the power of the Council of People's Commissars, but not one of the decrees (about the 8-hour working day, on the insurance of workers for unemployment, replacing the judicial institution by military revolutionary tribunals, the working control over production, land decree, etc. d.) Not implemented for the complete absence of workers. Employees are not with workers. There are no intelligentsia, at least only who wants to work with workers. Steps were taken to re -election of the county council of peasant deputies. Almost all the forces of the Council go to the organization of the county (the organization of volost peasant councils, the cessation of random mass cutting of forests and the correct interpretation of the land decree). If you can, send us the necessary workers. ” Pereslavl youth organization
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Having heard about youth organizations and their work, some comrades from advanced youth decide to create an organization of youth in Pereslavl and for this purpose they collect a meeting of youth on January 15, 1919, which is organized by K.S.M. A committee is elected, among which V.I. Markov as secretary A. Sorokin. Over 50 people, most intelligent youth are recorded in the Union. Soon, the work of the Union freezes and the Union itself has been listed on paper for a long time, until the arrival of the member of the member Vladimir. city. Organizations R.K.S.M. instructor of the Gubkomol Alexei Semenov. The revitalization of the work of Pereslavl Horoganization reaches the village, where the cells of R.K.S.M. (Revolutionary Communist Union of Youth). Until that time, the city organization exists as the only one in Pereslavsk. County Organization of R.K.S.M. There was no doubt about the formation of the Union in the city of Pereslavl was influenced by the spent day of youth (January 1, 1919), who prompted rumors about youth organizations in almost all corners of Vladimir Province. 1st county youth meeting in the mountains.
Pereslavl . A week after the Council Day. Propaganda, on September 14, 1919, in the city of Pereslavl, the 1st district congress of organizations R.K.S.M., which, behind the small number of arrivals, was declared a 1st county meeting. 18 delegates arrived at the meeting. Since the meeting was small, it was decided on it, except for choosing a county committee, not to raise issues. The county committee was elected: the chairman - V.P. Davydov, comrade Chairman - V. I. Markov, secretary - M.K. Tikhonravov, members - Pavlov, Romanchev, Petropavlovskaya and Kokoshnikov. It should be noted that during this period in the Pereslavsky district, work begins to rise - the movement of the village is noticed, and village cells are organized. The reason for this was the reinforced work of the city organization, whose members on Sundays were sent to the villages and villages adjacent to the city and wake up the youth, explaining the significance of R.K.S.M. And breaking it to the organization. See youth movements in the Vladimir province of 1905-1919 .. “Pereslavl PEC entered into an agreement with the province on the issue of establishing a regular bus movement between Pereslavl and Art. Berendeevo, sowing. zhel. dor. (about 18 miles). Until now, here they are traveling on triples, mainly private ownerships. Passenger buses and trucks will run between Pereslavllyl and Berendeev. Starting in the Pereslavl of a large textile factory, where up to 1,700 people now work and will soon work up to 4,000 workers, can ensure the material success of the bus traffic, unless of course, it will be correctly delivered if the number of buses is enough to maintain really workers and peasant masses. In addition, the fare for the fare should be publicly available, i.e. Significantly lower than the one established by the province in Vladimir. Horse passages from Art. Berendeevo to Pereslavl stands in a spring crew on the top three horses 1 p. - 1 p. 50 K. with luggage. On peasant carts - much lower. Further, the Gubtrantrest must take care of the acquisition of a different type of bus for long -distance. He currently does not allow passengers to take baggage with him. Berendeevo-cross-seizure bus traffic is supposed to be introduced in early August. On July 26-27, the first bus of the Gubtrantrest rolled up in Pereslavl (“Support”, July 25, 1925).

Charitable institutions
The Pereslavl city almshouse
was opened by the Pereslavl merchants Gladkovs.
There are 30 people under consideration throughout the state. In charge of the Pereslavl city public administration. Contained from charitable capital of 91,068 rubles. 20 kopecks) and with city funds (1014 rubles 10 kopecks). The city almshouse in Borisoglebskaya Slobodka
was opened in 1843. Under the management of the Pereslavl merchant I.N.
Chizhova. The hospice house at the Pereslavl Danilov Monastery
was opened in 1893. It is in charge of the abbot of the Danilov Monastery.
He was supported by the monastery. The Pereslavl orphanage
was opened in 1900. The number of people cared for was 50. It was supported by a percentage of the capital generated from contributions from lifelong members; dues from honorary members, donations from individuals and income from lotteries.

Pereslavl Diocese

Opening of the Pereslavl Diocese in 1744.
- Arseny Mogilyansky - July 25, 1744 - May 30, 1752 Archbishop of Pereslavl and Dmitrov. — Ambrose (Zertis-Kamensky) — 1753-1761. Bishop of Pereslavl and Dmitrov. From the life of the clergy of the Pereslavl diocese of the 18th century Measures of monastic disciplinary sanctions in the 18th century Pereslavl Seminary was opened on March 20, 1753. — Sylvester Stragorodsky — 1761 – 1768. Bishop of Pereslavl. Diocesan administration and Spiritual consistory of the Pereslavl diocese from 1761 to 1768. Introduction of states, Bishop's metochion, Almshouses of the Pereslavl diocese from 1761 to 1768. Clergy of the Pereslavl Diocese from 1761 to 1768. Common meals in the monasteries of the Pereslavl diocese On May 6, 1788, an imperial decree ordered the Holy Synod to, if possible, bring the boundaries of the dioceses into line with the provincial ones. The Vladimir and Pereslavl-Zalessk dioceses were annexed to the Suzdal, the ruling bishop of which was the former Vladimir Bishop Victor (Onisimov) with the title of Suzdal and Vladimir. He was ordered to “stay in the city of Suzdal in respect for the antiquity of the city and the nobility of the Suzdal diocese.” The Pereslavl Spiritual Board was opened in the city of Pereslavl in November 1788, after the Pereslavl Diocese was abolished in May of the same year, it was subordinated first to Suzdal, and then (after the transfer of the diocese from Suzdal to Vladimir) to the Vladimir Spiritual Consistory. It was administered by Messrs. Pereslavl and Alexandrov with their districts, the city of Kirzhach with some villages of its district (part of Pokrovsky district) and several villages of Yuryevsky district. Temples of the Pereslavl district Temples of the Yuryevsky district Temples of the Intercession district Pereslavl Theological School was founded on December 14, 1788. Transportation of Pereslavl bells to the St. Petersburg Peter and Paul Cathedral in 1790. In 1864, the Pereslavl Spiritual Board under His Grace Theophan was closed. Stay of His Eminence Theognost, Bishop of Vladimir and Suzdal, in the mountains. Pereslavl on September 22 and 23, 1879. Religious processions in Pereslavl-Zalessky In 1896 in Pereslavl there were 4 monasteries, 3 cathedrals, 21 parish churches, 2 non-parish churches (in a religious school and in a cemetery); all city churches form one deanery district. Unusual phenomena in the village. Lychen residents of Pereslavl district in 1900. Solemn religious procession of pilgrims from the mountains. Pereslavl-Zalessky in the mountains. Rostov-Veliky from July 20 to July 24, 1916. Abolished monasteries of Pereslavl-Zalessky
: - Bogoroditsko-Sretensky Novodevichy Monastery; — Borisoglebsky Nadozerny Monastery; — Borisoglebsky Pesotsky Monastery; — Uspenskaya Vepreva Hermitage; — Nativity Monastery; — Ascension Singing Convent; — Prince Andreevsky Convent; — Alexander Monastery; — Vvedensky Pereslavl Convent. Nikitsky Monastery. - Nikitsky Cathedral 1561 - 1564. — Annunciation Church. — Tent-roofed bell tower of the Church of the Annunciation. 1668 - Gate bell tower. 1818 - Chapel “Pillar” of St. Nikita. — Over-kladeznaya chapel and bathhouse at the source of Nikita the Stylite. Nikita Stolpnik. Feodorovsky Convent. — Cathedral of Theodore Stratelates 1557 — The Holy Gate with the gate church. 1700 - Vvedenskaya Church. 1710 - Chapel-well. - Kazan Church. 1713 Goritsky Assumption Monastery. — The Holy Gates with the gate St. Nicholas Church. — Bell tower with Epiphany Church. — Church of All Saints with the Refectory Chamber (late 17th century). — Assumption Cathedral (1750s). - Belfry. — The building of the Theological School. — Wooden chapel. Holy Trinity Danilov Monastery. — Trinity Cathedral (1530-1532). — Tent bell tower (1689). — Holy Gates with the Temple of the Tikhvin Icon of the Mother of God (1700). — Two-story refectory chamber. - Fraternal Corps (1696). — Pillarless three-sided church “In the name of praise.” — One-domed Church of All Saints (1687). — Tower with the well of St. Daniel. St. Nicholas Convent. — Temple of St. Nicholas the Pleasant/St. Nicholas Cathedral (1680 - 1721). - Bell tower. 2003 - Gate Church of Peter and Paul (mid-18th century). — Annunciation Church (1748). Nikolo-Solbinsky convent. With. Solba. Svyato-Alexievskaya hermitage. With. Novoalekseevka.

Temples and chapels of Pereslavl-Zalessky

"Red Square" of Pereslavl-Zalessky. — Spaso-Preobrazhensky Cathedral (1152-1157); — Church of Peter the Metropolitan; — Cathedral of the Vladimir Icon of the Mother of God (1745); — Church of Alexander Nevsky (1740); — Wall of the Bogoroditsko-Sretensky Novodevichy Convent. Trinity Slobodka. Church of the Sign of the Blessed Virgin Mary (Znamenskaya). st. Trubezhnaya, 7 a. Church of the Intercession of the Blessed Virgin Mary. st. Pleshcheevskaya, 13 a. Church of Simeon the Stylite. st. Rostovskaya, 16. Church of the Smolensk Icon of the Mother of God. st. Gagarina, 27. Sretenskaya Church. st. Moskovskaya, 11. Church-chapel of the Great Martyr. St. George the Victorious. pl. Mendeleeva, 2. Church of the Forty Martyrs of Sebaste. st. Left Embankment, 165. Fedorovskaya Chapel Cross. Chernigov Chapel.

People's Square “This cross was erected to commemorate the 850th anniversary of the city of Pereslavl-Zalessky on the site of the future construction of the Church of the Holy Equal-to-the-Apostles Grand Duke Vladimir. July 28, 2002"

Museums

- Museum-estate of Peter I - “Botik”. — Dendrological Garden named after. S.F. Kharitonov. Founding of Yaroslavl. Yaroslavl Principality. Founding of Rostov. Rostov Principality. Founding of Vladimir. Foundation of Suzdal.

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Museum-estate "Boat of Peter the Great"

The city became famous for the fact that here, on the shores of Lake Pleshcheevo, at the end of the 17th century, Peter the Great built an amusing fleet, which became the basis of Russian shipbuilding.

In 1692, ships built on Lake Pleshcheyevo were launched. Peter the Great was sensitive to ships and ordered them to be taken care of. However, during a fire in 1783, almost all of them were destroyed, leaving only the boat “Fortune”, built, according to stories, by the hands of the Tsar himself.

On Mount Gremyach, on the southern shore of Lake Pleshcheyeva, the Historical Museum-Estate “Boat of Peter the Great” is located, where you can see Peter the Great’s boat “Fortune”.

Nowadays, Lake Pleshcheyevo is one of the largest lakes in the Upper Volga region and the center of the National Park of the same name. The dimensions of the lake are more than 6.5 km by 9.5 km.

In Soviet times, Pereslavl-Zalessky lost many city churches, but even now it is one of the centers of Russian Orthodoxy. This is a cozy and attractive corner for tourists with beautiful landscapes and ancient Orthodox shrines.

Lake Pleshcheyevo National Park

Back in the 10th century, on one of the high hills near Lake Pleshcheyevo there was a small fortified city of Kleshchin. The city was surrounded by a half-kilometer-long earthen rampart, from which the photograph was taken.

In 1152, Yuri Dolgoruky moved the city from a high hill to a swampy lowland a little away from the lake and gave it a new name - Pereyaslavl.

The name of the city, in the best traditions of North-Eastern Rus', was taken from the more ancient city of Kievan Rus - Pereyaslavl-Yuzhny (now Pereyaslav-Khmelnitsky). The rivers on which the cities are located also have the same name - Trubezh. For a long time, Pereslavl-Zalessky, like its southern brother, was Pereyaslavl, and only in the 15th century the letter “I” fell out of its name and the name of the city began to be written without it.

It is interesting that several centuries ago there was another Pereyaslavl - Erzyansky, now in its place is Ryazan. The river on which he stood was also called Trubezh.

Not far from the place where Kleshchin used to be located, there is another high hill - Alexandrova Mountain. There is a legend that this mountain is of artificial origin and was built by order of Alexander Nevsky, who spent his childhood here. In the 13th century, he founded a monastery on the top of this mountain, which has not survived to this day.

It is believed that the best view of Lake Pleshcheyevo opens from here. Maybe.

A few hundred meters from the mountain, on the very shore of the lake, lies a huge boulder - the Blue Stone. This is one of the few authentic ritual objects of pagan Rus' that have survived to this day.

There is a legend that the stone was thrown here from Alexander Mountain on the orders of Vasily Shuisky. In fact, everything was much more interesting. Initially, the stone was located somewhat to the south, not far from the walls of the Boris and Gleb Monastery. The stone has long been a place of attraction for the residents of Pereslavl - noisy festivities were periodically held around it. It is clear that the monks of the monastery were not at all happy with this state of affairs, and at the beginning of the 17th century one of the monks buried the stone deeper. However, over time, the ancient sanctuary somehow appeared on the surface again. At the end of the 17th century, it was decided to use stone to build the foundation of one of the Pereslavl churches. To do this, in winter he was placed on a sleigh to transport him across the ice of Lake Pleshcheevo to his destination. As soon as the sleigh drove away from the shore, the ice could not stand it and the stone sank in the waters of the lake. But several decades later, the stone again ended up on the shore of the lake, although much to the north of its original location. Here's the story.

Another interesting point is that now the stone annually sinks several centimeters into the ground - literally half a century ago it was almost as tall as a man.

The area around the lake belongs to the Pleshcheyevo Lake national park. So far this is the most shitty national park in the world that I have been to.

After walking around, we went to one of the Pereslavl hotels, which surprisingly turned out to be incredibly decent. The most important thing is that it had a very good restaurant and, lo and behold, wi-fi. And all this for money that is quite acceptable by Russian standards.