Sviyazhsk: Russian Atlantis on the Volga
Travel blog from Sviyazhsk – an ancient Russian town on an island in the middle of the Volga, which allows you to immerse yourself in several eras of Russian history from the 16th to the 20th century.
Mikhail Sosnovsky
Historian
Map of the State Historical, Archaeological, and Art Museum-Reserve "Island City Sviyazhsk"
Population Dynamics of Sviyazhsk
Animated panel in the Museum of Archaeological Wood "Tatar Settlement"
Figures of Russian Settlers in the Museum of the History of Sviyazhsk
Sviyazhsk in the 16th – 17th centuries
Serviceman
Museum of Archaeological Wood "Tatar Slobodka"
Museum of Archaeological Wood "Tatar Settlement"
Museum of Archaeological Wood "Tatar Settlement"
Museum of Archaeological Wood "Tatar Settlement"
Sviyazhsk Mother of God Assumption Monastery
Trinity Church
Cathedral of the Mother of God in honor of the icon "Joy of All Who Sorrow"
Inside the Sviyazhsk John the Baptist Monastery
Ruins of the Church of the Annunciation of the Blessed Virgin Mary
Observation deck in the building of the former fire station
Trading shop
Samples of pre-revolutionary district architecture of Sviyazhsk
School classroom of the early 20th century
Civil War Museum
Leon Trotsky and Larisa Reisner
Bust of Trotsky – an exact replica of the original bust from the 1920s, created by the English sculptor Clare Sheridan.
Model of Trotsky's Armored Train
Figure of a gunner from Trotsky's armored train
Civil War Museum
Civil War Museum
Civil War Museum
Civil War Museum
Portraits of the "Red" Leaders
Portraits of the "White" Leaders
Figures of Prisoners from the Pre-Revolutionary Period in the Museum of the History of Sviyazhsk
Prison cell in the Museum of the History of Sviyazhsk
Monument to the Victims of Political Repressions at the Walls of the Bogoroditse-Uspensky Monastery
View of the Volga
View of the Volga
Layout of Sviyazhsk