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Staritsa

 

An old beautiful town which was almost neglected for the last half century. Only in recent years the local and regional authorities found some money, not to restore the old churches and houses, but at least to make few footpaths and build the Volga river embankment.

 

A couple of years ago, the St. Boris and St. Gleb Cathedral and the Church of the Savior could only be reached along an unpaved path.

 

Holy Assumption Monastery on the other bank. It was restored in early 2010s.

 

Anywhere else some restoration work is still noticeable only on the Church of the Nativity of the Virgin.

 

Volga river. Just compare its width here and in Yuryevets. Upstream from Tver, shipping on the Volga is almost non-existent.

 

Staritsa is one of the few towns in central Russia where natural stone was actively used in ordinary civilian buildings. Usually it was reserved for the construction of churches and fortresses.

 

Italian vibes.

 

The name of the owner on the old house. He couldn't find ready-made convex letters, so he had to assemble them from parts of numbers.

 

The cat gang runs about their cat business.

 

But some cats are locked up.

Getting in (as of May 2022): from Moscow take a tollway to Tver and then a decent road to Staritsa. To get here by public transit take a train to Tver and change there for a bus going to Rzev, Zapadnaya Dvina or Zubtsov.

Where to stay: at least two hotels with high rating.

Where to eat: Pyelmennaya cafe serving traditional Russian dumplings looks promising.

What to buy: specialty inventing machine here is broken. Check back later.

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