Suzdal. Old Russian city. The heart of Russia

In my childhood, for some reason, I thought that Suzdal was of a feminine gender. She is Suzdal ...

But no! Suzdal is he! And, he's mine.

Got a nice day ... The sun, the blue sky - then we again have a weekend tour.

From Kostroma to Suzdal - nothing at all, 200 km. The road is in good condition, the ride is a complete pleasure.

On the way, by the way, there are very beautiful landscapes. True, they come across only at a time when there is no camera in the car. If it is, everything is quiet. But, if you just do not take a camera with you, there will definitely be some particularly beautiful weather phenomenon, or super-fluffy snow, or a magical sunset, or maybe a sunrise. In a word, the law of meanness.

Suzdal is a city in the Vladimir region. Literally 30 km from Vladimir. The city is very beautiful. Many white-stone monuments are included in the UNESCO World Heritage List.

Suzdal is a city-preserve. It preserves one- and two-storey buildings, remaining as if frozen in time. It's not disfigured high-rise buildings. Looking around the expanses around, you can see church spiers and cozy wooden and stone houses. Everything small and fit well into the overall scale. Domes of churches and bell-towers create create verticals, building up space. I once heard from one well-known scientist, photographer and color-corrector a phrase that, according to his observation, the landscape never spoils temples and ships. Very interesting remark. And, as I understand it, the reason is in the psychological effects of perception.

Suzdal is a very small town, but it is impossible to fully view all its sights, perhaps in one day. You need at least two days. But it will be work, not rest. I prefer to visit Suzdal from time to time and get every little bit of pleasure.

Suzdal is one of the centers of Orthodoxy. A huge number of monasteries in such a small territory: the Spaso-Evfimiev Monastery, Pokrovsky Monastery, Alexander Monastery, Rizopolozhensky Monastery, Vasilievsky Monastery.

In Suzdal is not a bad museum of wooden architecture. In it, every year, on the second Saturday of June, a cucumber festival is held.

In general, Suzdal is a dive into history, peace and quiet. Especially if you come not in the season, but in the off-season, when there is no influx of tourists.

And tourists are waiting here. Ready and feed the delicious, and drink, and tea on the grass and all sorts of stuff. But, not cheap. Easy access to Suzdal Muscovites, whose income level is higher, creates an increased level of prices. Sometimes, unreasonably. It turns out that it would be delicious to eat, you need to look for a large number of cafes, just what you like.

I visited a few and say that the average level is, but that would be just as tasty as beautiful (there are so many people who spend money on the interiors, creating a sense of antiquity) - it's not.

Although, maybe I just did not find the place where it's very tasty.

In addition, tourists are riding horses.

But not by bread alone ...

It makes sense to visit museums. For example, the complex of the Spaso-Efimiy monastery.

The main temple of the monastery - the Transfiguration Cathedral (late 16th century) - was built in the tradition of the ancient white stone architecture of Suzdal, it is monumental and strict. I enter the cathedral - and I see everything like we have, in the Trinity Cathedral in Kostroma, in the Ipatiev Monastery.

The same colors, the same picture. I do not have time to be surprised. The frescoes of the 16th century are the work of famous masters of the 17th century Guriy Nikitin and the Savin Power. Gury Nikitin painted and our Trinity Cathedral. Everything falls into place.

Among other things, there was a prison on the territory of the monastery. In it were all kinds of religious and ideological prisoners. For example, the leaders of the schism in the church. From 1820 to 1832, the monastery prison contained the leader of the Skoptsy sect Kondraty Selivanov. Decembrist Fedor Shakhovskoy. Wow, me these Decembrists. In the museum's exposition, I really liked the keys and locks.

In Suzdal sat Paulus. And not bad sitting.

On the territory of the monastery is the grave of Prince Pozharsky. And also the restored family crypt of Pozharsky. In addition, there is a small exposition dedicated to the feat of Minin and Pozharsky.

There are a lot of museums and expositions. For example, the exposure of icons and books. Books are presented from handwritten to printed. For example, the primer with the corrections of Peter the Great. Very interesting.