Gorokhovets is included in the list of historical cities of Russia with monuments of special value: here are preserved numerous churches and monasteries of the 17-18 centuries. But, first of all, Gorokhovets is a unique "living museum" of civil architecture: merchant chambers of the 17th century, stone and wooden cottages of ordinary villagers with tiles and carvings, amazing creations of local carpenters of the 19th century

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Content

  • 1 How to call
  • 2 How to get there
  • 3 History, geography, climate
  • 4 Souvenirs
  • 5 Gorokhovets hotels
  • 6 Entertainment, excursions and sights Gorokhovets
    • 6.1 Nikolsky Monastery
    • 6.2 Sretensky Monastery
    • 6.3 Znamensky Monastery
    • 6.4 Gorokhovets Architecture
    • 6.5 Gorokhovets Museum
    • 6.6 Vladimirskaya region

How to call

8-49238-telephone number

How to get to

The city is located 152 km from Vladimir and 330 km from Moscow. You can get here by the Moscow-Nizhny Novgorod transit bus or by a flight from Vladimir.

On the Gorkovskoye highway, which is called the Moscow street in the city, there is a bus station. The buses from here travel to Vladimir, Nizhny Novgorod and other smaller towns. By passing buses you can get to Ulyanovsk, Kostroma, Ryazan, Murom, Cheboksary

The railway station is far beyond the city, trains from Vladimir, Vyaznikov and Nizhny Novgorod stop here.

Gorokhovets stands on the M7 motorway, so get here from Moscow not difficult. The road (335 km) will take approximately four and a half hours

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History, geography, climate

It is believed that the name of the ancient Russian town of Gorokhovets derives from the nickname Gorokh . Only This is silent about the story of who wore this cute nickname . For the first time in the annals the city is mentioned in 1158, but already in the 11th century the lands in this region were pretty densely populated by the Slavs . The core of the city was Detinets (kremlin) on Nikolskaya (Grebenskaya ) Mount . Surrounded by its earthen ramparts, whose height reached places of 5 meters, and wooden defensive structures . In the Time of Troubles, the wooden fortifications were burned, and later the city was not attacked because it was far from the borders . Thanks to this circumstance, the ancient Kremlin and the Posad on the Klyazma bank remained in the city - two brightly expressed centers .

There is a city in the Vladimir region, here the winter lasts longer than four months, from the middle of November to March. The average temperature of this season is -8.5 degrees, snow falls a lot. In combination with the terrain, it turns out that there are good conditions for the development of ski resorts.

Actually, many people go here in winter to ski. The main mountain-skiing complex of the city is called "Puzhalova Gora". The name of this mountain is also noteworthy. It is said that many years ago when Gorohovets going to attack the hordes of Tatars, in the sky over the mountain appeared the image of a Russian soldier, the enemy fled in terror, and the hill became known as "puzhalovoy" - from the word "scare"

For spring is typically the rapid melting. snows, and for autumn - cloudy weather with frequent rains. The average temperature in summer is slightly more than 16 degrees.

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souvenirs Traditional souvenirs in the form of a set of magnets, plates, icons or bell, as well as unique, made by skillful hands of local artists works of art can be bought in the house the merchant Shorin (Gor'kovskoe shosse, house 43)

Gorokhovets hotels

The most popular are the guest house "Kupecheskaya Usadba", which offers rooms of equal comfort level (cost from 100 EUR per day), and motel-cafe "M" , which stands at the intersection of m . Aces M7 and Pavlovsky highway and offers not only accommodation but parking

Entertainment, tours and attractions Gorokhovets

preserve the spiritual heritage of our ancestors, Gorokhovets is rightly proud of its cathedrals and monasteries in force, which in three: the Sign, Nikolsky and Sretensky

Nikolsky Monastery

Nikolsky Monastery was built in the 17-18 centuries. Its architectural center is the two-story Trinity Cathedral. On the first floor there is a winter church, and on the second floor there is a summer church. From here you can admire the panorama of the city.

In the walls of the cathedral in the ark rest and carefully guarded particles of the relics of St. Sergius, who once blessed Andrei Rublev for icon painting.

There is a monastery on the Nikolskaya mountain, so is the part of the Puzhalovaya mountain facing the Klyazma. The opposite part of the mountain is occupied by a dynamic ski resort "Puzhalova Mountain".

Sretensky Monastery Sretensky Monastery is located in the south-eastern part of the central city area up . shot up 35-meter bell tower is located just above the entrance to the monastery . At its base you can see the traces of the Holy Gates, through which once every visitor of the monastery passed. . The bell tower was built in 1689, it laid the foundation for the stone construction of the monastery . Sretensky Cathedral is rich in various architects polar ornaments . The richness and diversity of composition and decorative architectural design makes it the most memorable temple Gorokhovets . Cathedral was built in the XVII-XVIII centuries .

Znamensky Monastery

The most ancient is the Znamensky Monastery, which is located at shore of the Klyazma. Its construction began in 1598 with the construction of wooden buildings, but already in 1679 the stone church of the Sign of the Virgin and the bell tower - the oldest stone buildings of Gorokhovets stood at the monastery yard.

You can get to the Znamensky Monastery in winter on ice, in the summer on a special pontoon bridge , and in spring and autumn only on a boat.

This nunnery lives on its own, the nun sister cordially greets every guest who is willing to work for the benefit of the holy monastery

Gorokhovets Architecture

Gorokhovets has survived remarkable examples of "mass" urban buildings of the 17th century: solid stone houses , once belonged to the merchant families, can be seen in the historic city

at the end of 19 -. the beginning of the 20th century was a lot of built in residential buildings in the pseudo-Russian style and Staley provincial nouveau . This wooden mansions, richly carved and you black parts, remotely resembling the decor of old Russian buildings . The mansions of the Kuchin, Morozav, Shugurovs are now usually occupied by cafes and motels, but their exterior decoration remains the same and gives a certain charm and personality to Gorokhovets . Inspect these houses (or use the services of the institutions in which they are located) can be on the streets of Lenin and Moscow .

Noteworthy is another legend of the rich on the tales of Gorokhovets. It is said that on one of the hills of the city the Tatar Khan Amanak was buried, after which not a single plant grew on its top. Hence the name - Bald Mountain. This is her name until now.

Gorokhovets Museum

Get a systematic view of the history of Gorokhovets in the Historical and Architectural Museum, which operates from 10.00 to 17.00 every day, except Monday, at Shkolny Pereulok, 5. The museum exposition is housed in two buildings - the merchants' rooms of Sapozhnikov and in the Church of St. John the Baptist and is one of the most extensive and interesting among the cities of the Golden Ring. Photo of Gorokhovets (7)