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Vyazniki

 

A town in eastern Vladimir oblast. It housed a big cathedral of the Kazan Icon of the Mother of God, which was demolished in 1929. In 2021, only the cathedral bell tower was restored.

 

The shopping arcade (1830) was restored by painting a thousand times with an airbrush.

 

Russian laws prohibit display of the maps where some regions are not included in the borders of the Russian Federation. This monument to the border troops was clearly erected after 2014, but before 2022, so Crimea hangs in a void. You can get a big fine for this.

 

House of the Kubasovs (beginning of the 20th century)

 

Annunciation Monastery.

 

Opposite the monastery on one side is Elizarov's house (local history museum).

 

On the other side is Demidov's house.

 

City power plant with a preserved pre-revolutionary sign.

 

Constructivist canteen.

 

Sometimes, for some reason, one can feel the spirit of a southern Russian seaside town.

 

In some places, the remains of brick or cobblestone pavements show through.

 

Former factory - with mosaics and a statue.

 

Narrow Muromskaya street and the former prison.

 

A teenager's room in an abandoned house.

 

Former prison church.

 

WWII monument made from an old airplane wing.

 

In the 17th century, the Yaropolch fortress was located on Minina Gora in Vyazniki. You can get there by a new staircase.

 

Or the old one.

 

Trinity Church (1750).

 

Former school for deaf children.

 

Former boys' school.

 

Manor of the manufacturer Senkov with a fortress tower.

 

Tatarintsev's dacha with the peculiar spire.

 

An old well.

 

Pre-revolutionary residential building on Kiseleva Street.

 

It is notable for two signs, one of which is from the time of Gorbachev's anti-alcohol campaign.

 

Various houses.

 

Doors.

 

Details.

 

And cats.

 

Getting in (as of June 2023): most express trains from Moscow to Nizhny Novgorod stop in Vyazniki. The M7 highway passes by the city.

 

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