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Address: Nizhny Novgorod Kremlin, between the White and Clock Towers Start of construction: 1500 End of construction: 1516 Coordinates: 56 ° 19 & 39; 47.4 & 34; N 43 ° 59 & 39; 58.7 & 34; E Contents: Brief history and description Ivanovskaya tower

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Address: Nizhny Novgorod Kremlin, between the North and Koromyslovaya towers Start of construction: 1508 End of construction: 1511 Coordinates: 56 ° 19 & 39; 39.1 & 34; N 43 ° 59 & 39; 50.7 & 34; E Contents: Brief history and description Above

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Address: Nizhny Novgorod Kremlin, between Dmitrievskaya and Georgievskaya towers Start of construction: 1508 End of construction: 1511 Coordinates: 56 ° 19 & 39; 42.5 & 34; N 44 ° 00 & 39; 26.2 & 34; E Contents: Brief history and description

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Church of the Assumption of the Virgin, located on the street. Bolshaya Moskovskaya, 106-A, built on the site of a wooden church in 1644-1649. Funds for the construction of the church were provided by prosperous Vladimir merchants Denisovs and Somovs, as evidenced by

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The ancient Alexander Monastery rises above the cliff on the left bank of the Kamenka River. Legends attribute its construction to Alexander Nevsky: in 1240, in memory of the brilliant victory over the Swedes, the Grand Duke bequeathed to lay a monastery in Suzdal in honor of

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Address: Moscow Kremlin, between the Armory and Troitskaya towers Date of construction: 1495 Height of the tower: 41.25 m.Coordinates: 55 ° 45 & 39; 02.2 & 34; N 37 ° 36 & 39; 48.8 & 34; E Contents: Brief history Construction The commandant's tower accounts for

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Address: Nizhny Novgorod Kremlin, between Koromyslovaya and Kladovaya towers Construction start: 1508 Construction end: 1511 Coordinates: 56 ° 19 & 39; 32.5 & 34; N 44 ° 00 & 39; 05.3 & 34; E Contents: Brief history and description Rectangular

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The Church of Kosma and Damian in Suzdal is clearly visible from the large city bridge over the Kamenka River. The hill on which the Kozmodemyansky temple is located has been called Yarunova Mountain since ancient times. A Brief History According to Research

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The Seventh Cathedral or Sennaya Mosque has been decorating the center of Kazan since the middle of the 19th century. Like other temples of the city, it was built with the money of Kazan merchants and industrialists. A two-storey building and a slender minaret appeared in the shopping district of Kazan, thanks to

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Address: Nizhny Novgorod Kremlin, between Ivanovskaya and North towers Coordinates: 56 ° 19 & 39; 43.4 & 34; N 43 ° 59 & 39; 56.5 & 34; E Contents: Brief history and description The Clock Tower rises above the Volga bank steep. Fortress wall adjoining

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Address: Nizhny Novgorod Kremlin, between the Chasovaya and Taynitskaya towers Coordinates: 56 ° 19 & 39; 43.3 & 34; N 43 ° 59 & 39; 53.3 & 34; E Contents: Brief history and description Above the upper edge of the Pochainsky ravine rises the round North tower, facing

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Address: Nizhny Novgorod Kremlin, between Nikolskaya and Dmitrievskaya towers Start of construction: 1508 End of construction: 1511 Coordinates: 56 ° 19 & 39; 34.7 & 34; N 44 ° 00 & 39; 13.0 & 34; E Contents: Brief history and description Pantry

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Among the old buildings in Kostroma, a very picturesque temple, erected in the middle of the 18th century, has hardly survived by miracle. From the moment of construction, it never stopped working and received believers even during the years of state persecution of the church. And in the middle of the XX century

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Address: Moscow Kremlin, between Vodovzvodnaya and Oruzheynaya towers Date of construction: 1490 Tower height: with a star 54.05 m. A ruby ​​star is installed on the tower Coordinates: 55 ° 44 & 39; 56.2 & 34; N 37 ° 36 & 39; 45.7 & 34 ; E Contents: Brief

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Address: Moscow Kremlin, between the Beklemishevskaya and the Second Nameless Towers Date of construction: 1480 Tower height: 27.15 m.Coordinates: 55 ° 44 & 39; 59.1 & 34; N 37 ° 37 & 39; 19.6 & 34; E Contents: A Brief History Petrovskaya Tower is not

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Across the street from the corner tower of the Spaso-Evfimiev Monastery is the five-domed Smolensk Church. In the old days, on this place, near the walls of the Euthymius monastery, the monastery settlement "Skuchilikha" was located. A Brief History It was inhabited by peasants taken

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Address: Moscow Kremlin, between the Annunciation and Borovitskaya towers Date of construction: 1491 Height of the tower: 34 m.Coordinates: 55 ° 45 & 39; 12.5 & 34; N 37 ° 37 & 39; 10.5 & 34; E Contents: A brief history of the Moscow Kremlin in the end of the 15th century replenished

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Address: Moscow Kremlin, between the Corner Arsenalnaya and Senate Towers Date of construction: 1491 Height of the tower: with a star 70.4 m.A ruby ​​star is installed on the tower Coordinates: 55 ° 45 & 39; 16.0 & 34; N 37 ° 37 & 39; 04.3 & 34; E Contents:

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Address: Nizhny Novgorod Kremlin, between the Zachatyevskaya and Ivanovskaya towers Coordinates: 56 ° 19 & 39; 49.9 & 34; N 44 ° 00 & 39; 06.6 & 34; E Contents: Brief history and description The White Tower rises opposite the Ivanovsky Congress, also known as

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Address: Moscow Kremlin, between the Middle Arsenalnaya and the Commandant towers Date of construction: 1499 Height of the tower: with a star 80.1 m. A ruby ​​star is installed on the tower Coordinates: 55 ° 45 & 39; 08.1 & 34; N 37 ° 36 & 39; 53.0 & 34; E Contents:

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Address: Estonia, Tallinn Date of construction: 1475 Height: 38 m Coordinates: 59 ° 26 & 39; 04.8 & 34; N 24 ° 44 & 39; 29.0 & 34; E Contents: Short description In the 15th century with the introduction of firearms into military practice medieval fortifications of Europe

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Since 1970 Rostov the Great has the status of a city-reserve. This is no coincidence, because ancient Rostov is one of the oldest Russian cities, the history of which has exceeded 1000 years. A little more than 30 thousand people live in Rostov today. It is located

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The ancient church occupies a special place among the cathedrals and temples of Uglich. It stands on the territory of the Kremlin and has the status of the cathedral of the local diocese. Tourists come to the Transfiguration Cathedral to admire the beautiful architecture and see

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Address: Moscow Kremlin, between the Senate and Tsarskaya towers Date of construction: 1491 Height of the tower: with a star 71 m.A ruby ​​star and chimes are installed on the tower Coordinates: 55 ° 45 & 39; 09.2 & 34; N 37 ° 37 & 39; 17.0 & 34 ; E Contents: Spasskaya

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Address: Moscow Kremlin, between Spasskaya and Nabatnaya towers Date of construction: 1680 Tower height: 16 m.Coordinates: 55 ° 45 & 39; 08.4 & 34; N 37 ° 37 & 39; 17.9 & 34; E Content: Not only Moscow, but and without any doubt all of Russia knows

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Address: Moscow Kremlin, between Tsarskaya and Konstantino-Eleninskaya towers Date of construction: 1495 Tower height: 38 m.Coordinates: 55 ° 45 & 39; 06.6 & 34; N 37 ° 37 & 39; 19.3 & 34; E Contents: Brief history of Moscow The Kremlin is a large architectural

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