From our in-house historian

Kalyazin formed about the monastery of St. Macarius. In 1609 the Russian and Swedish army won over the...   godu zdes vojska russkih I shvedov razgromili poljakov, podderzhivavshih samozvantsa Lzhe-Dimitrija II (bitva u Kaljazina). V seredine XVII veka tut byla napisana monahami “Kaljazinskaja chelobitnaja” – zhaloba na igumena, kotoryj zastavljaet ih molitsja I zapreshaet pit vodku (monahi na polnom serioze schitali, chto eto nepravilno I prosily o pomoshi u patriarha). V 1938 godu 2/3 starogo goroda bylo zatopleno v svjazi so stroitelstvom Uglichskoj GES. Posredi vodohranilisha do sih por odinoko torchit poluzatoplennaja kolokolnja. Pogib i monastyr sv.Makaria. Kaljazin nazyvajut “Russkoj Atlantidoj”.

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Kalyazin, Tver region
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Where is Kalyazin? About half-way between Moscow and Yaroslavl, 200km from Moscow, on the Volga, on your way to Uglich, Myshkin, and Yaroslavl. Or you can turn to west, to Kashin famous for its water and vodka, and proceed towards Tver.

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