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Pereslavl-zalessky




Pereslavl-Zalessky or '''Pereyaslavl-Zalessky''' (; could be translated as "Pereslavl, which is located behind the woods"), a town in ).

Pereslavl-Zalessky was founded in 1152 by Prince Yuri Dolgoruky as a projected capital of Zalesye . In 1175–1302, the town was the center of the Principality Of Pereslavl (Zalessky). In 1302, the town became a part of Muscovy . Pereslavl-Zalessky had been devastated numerous times by the Mongols between the mid-13th century and the early 15th century. In 1611–1612, it suffered from the Polish Invasion . In 1688–1693, Peter The Great built his famous "funny flotilla" on Lake Pleshcheyevo for his own amusement, including the so-called Peter's Little Boat , which would be considered the forefather of the Russian Fleet . The ''Botik'' (small boat) museum chronicles the history of the first Russian fleet.

In 1708, Pereslavl-Zalessky became a part of the Moscow Province . In 1894, Vladimir Lenin came to the village of Gorki not far from Pereslavl-Zalessky and typed his work called ''"Who are the "friends of the people" and how they fight Social Democrats?"'' on a Hectograph . In 1919–1920 and 1941–1943, a famous Soviet artist Dmitry Kardovsky lived and created in Pereslavl-Zalessky.

Pereslavl-Zalessky is known for its historic buildings, including:

  • the whitestone Spaso-Preobrazhensky Cathedral (1152–1157)

  • Church of Metropolitan Peter (1585)

  • Troitse-Danilov Monastery (16th–18th centuries)

  • Nikitsky Monastery (16th–19th centuries)

  • Feodorovsky Monastery (16th–19th centuries)

  • Goritsky Monastery (17th–18th centuries).


There is also an Institute for Program Systems of the Russian Academy Of Sciences .


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