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Russky Sever National Park
Russky Sever National Park (russian: Национальный парк «Русский Север») is a national park in the north of Russia, located in Kirillovsky District of Vologda Oblast. It was established on March 20, 1992. The name of the park means ''Russian North'' in Russian. The park protects natural and cultural landscapes around Kirillo-Belozersky Monastery and Ferapontov Monastery, places of great historical significance. History In the 13th century, the area was part of the Principality of Beloozero, and in the 14th century, together with the principality, entered the Grand Duchy of Moscow. In 1397, St. Cyril of White Lake, a monk and a disciple of St. Sergius of Radonezh, founded the Kirillo-Belozersky monastery on the shore of Lake Siverskoye. The town of Kirillov eventually developed as the ''posad'' of the monastery. In 1398, St. Therapont of White Lake, who arrived with Cyril, moved to a separate location, which later became the Ferapontov Monaste ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Goritsy
Goritsy (russian: Горицы) is the name of several rural localities in Russia: * Goritsy, Pogarsky District, Bryansk Oblast, a village in Chausovsky Selsoviet of Pogarsky District of Bryansk Oblast * Goritsy, Vygonichsky District, Bryansk Oblast, a village in Kokinsky Selsoviet of Vygonichsky District of Bryansk Oblast * Goritsy, Zhiryatinsky District, Bryansk Oblast, a village in Goritsky Selsoviet of Zhiryatinsky District of Bryansk Oblast * Goritsy, Ivanovo Oblast, a '' selo'' in Shuysky District of Ivanovo Oblast * Goritsy, Kaluga Oblast, a village in Ulyanovsky District of Kaluga Oblast * Goritsy, Kostroma Oblast, a village in Stolpinskoye Settlement of Kadyysky District of Kostroma Oblast * Goritsy, Leningrad Oblast, a village in Bolshevrudskoye Settlement Municipal Formation of Volosovsky District of Leningrad Oblast * Goritsy, Lipetsk Oblast, a ''selo'' in Korenevshchinsky Selsoviet of Dobrovsky District of Lipetsk Oblast * Goritsy, Dmitrovsky District, Moscow Oblas ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Vasili III Of Russia
Vasili III Ivanovich (russian: Василий III Иванович, 25 March 14793 December 1533) was the Grand Prince of Moscow from 1505 to 1533. He was the son of Ivan III Vasiliyevich and Sophia Paleologue and was christened with the name Gavriil (Гавриил). He had three brothers: Yuri, born in 1480, Simeon, born in 1487 and Andrei, born in 1490, as well as five sisters: Elena (born and died in 1474), Feodosiya (born and died in 1475), another Elena (born 1476), another Feodosiya (born 1485) and Eudoxia (born 1492). He is sometimes mockingly referred to as Vasili the Adequate due to his rule taking place between those of Ivan the Great and his son Ivan the Terrible, as well as the relative uneventfulness of his reign. Foreign affairs Vasili III continued the policies of his father Ivan III and spent most of his reign consolidating Ivan's gains. Vasili annexed the last surviving autonomous provinces: Pskov in 1510, appanage of Volokolamsk in 1513, principalities ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
