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Tourist Spot Attractions In Volokolamsky District

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Volokolamsky District is an administrative and municipal district , one of the thirty-six in Moscow Oblast, Russia. It is located in the west of the oblast and borders with Mozhaysky District in the south, Shakhovskoy District in the west, Lotoshinsky District in the northwest, Klinsky District in the northeast, and with Istrinsky and Ruzsky Districts in the east. The area of the district is 1,683.51 square kilometers . Its administrative center is the town of Volokolamsk. Population: 53,244 ; 49,032 ; 37,863 . The population of Volokolamsk accounts for 44.0% of the district's total population.
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  • 2. Savvino-Storozhevsky Monastery Zvenigorod
    The Savvino-Storozhevsky Monastery is a Russian Orthodox monastery dedicated to the feast of the Nativity of the Theotokos. It is the preeminent landmark of Zvenigorod, a town 48 km west of Moscow. In 1398, Prince Yuri of Zvenigorod asked Savva, or Sabbas, one of the first disciples of Sergius of Radonezh, to come to his capital city and set up a monastic abode on the Storozhi Holm . St. Savva of Storozhi was interred in the white stone cathedral of the Virgin's Nativity in 1407. This diminutive, roughly hewn church still stands, although its present-day exquisite look is the result of a 1970s restoration campaign. The frescoes in the altar date back to the 1420s, but the rest of the interior was painted in 1656. A magnificent iconostasis in five tiers and the Stroganov School royal doors ...
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