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Vesyegonsk

 

A city in the Tver oblast, whose remoteness was a source of jokes even in the 19th century. Two-thirds of the city was flooded after the creation of the Rybinsk Reservoir in the early 1940s. The extent of the flooding is clearly shown on the map near the local library.

 

The best wooden houses were moved to dry places before the flooding. But almost everything that was in the stone was demolished.

 

The complex of the Trinity and Kazan churches, located on a hill, survived from the old city. Trinity Church is open.

 

The Kazan temple is abandoned.

 

Few paintings have been preserved in it.

 

Two fragments of the ceiling in the refectory are held to their word of honor. They may not survive next winter.

 

A sunset.

 

The Vesyegonsk was there.

 

A new town center was recreated to the south. The Fatherland cinema seems have been converted into a gym.

 

Soviet statues.

 

Stele of the 50th anniversary of the USSR.

 

There was an attempt to develop the boulevard (Stepanova Street), but something went wrong.

 

Wasps live in hollows in trees along the "boulevard".

 

There are also strange pedestals there. One was clearly stolen from someone's grave.

 

Someone had put up a support from a lamp post on another one.

 

The local museum.

 

Home of a lover of IZH-2715 pickup trucks.

 

Home of a ZiL truck lover.

 

Vegetation.

 

Despite the frailty of the settlement, there are quite normal amenities here like sidewalks, benches and bike racks.

 

Getting in (as of August 2023): More than five hours ride by car from Moscow via M-11 tollway and Tver. The nearest airport is in Cherepovets but the road from it to Vesyegonsk is very poor.

Where to stay: kinda splurge but pleasant hotel Port Vesyegonsk on the bank of the Mologa River.

Where to eat: The Darwin cafe near the train station. It is named after the big natural reserve nearby not after the infamous award.

 

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