Yaroslavl: City of the Bear and the Bell Towers
Where a prince killed a sacred bear and founded a city in 1010.
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The Strelka — Spit of the Volga and Kotorosl
Strelka Park, at the confluence of the Volga and Kotorosl Rivers, Yaroslavl
Stand here for a moment and look at the water.
Assumption Cathedral
Bogoyavlenskaya Ploshchad area, near Strelka Park, Yaroslavl
Look up at those five golden domes catching the light.
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Spaso-Preobrazhensky Monastery (Yaroslavl Museum-Reserve)
Bogoyavlenskaya Ploshchad, 25, Yaroslavl
Those thick white walls in front of you look like a fortress, and that's…
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Volkov Theatre and Volkov Square
Volkov Square 1, Yaroslavl
Every country tells itself a story about where its national theatre began.
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Church of Elijah the Prophet
Sovetskaya Ploshchad 7, Yaroslavl
Step inside if it's open, and give your eyes a moment to adjust — then look up.
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Governor's House (Yaroslavl Art Museum)
Volzhskaya Embankment 23, Yaroslavl
Imagine being a provincial governor in the 1820s and finding out the tsar might show up at…
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Volga Embankment & Vlasyevskaya (Znamenskaya) Tower
Volzhskaya Embankment, near ul. Svobody, Yaroslavl
We're ending where the city has always done its breathing — along the river.
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