One of Rublev's icons from Zvenigorod.

Zvenigorod (Звени́город) is an old town in Moscow Oblast, Russia. Population: 12,155 (2002); 14,000 (2000). Zveinorod is also the name of several other ancient towns in Russia and Ukraine. The Saviour Not Made By Hands (ca 1410), an Andrei Rublev icon discovered in the town of Zvenigorod in 1918. ... The Saviour Not Made By Hands (ca 1410), an Andrei Rublev icon discovered in the town of Zvenigorod in 1918. ... Christ the Redeemer is an icon painted by Andrei Rublev in 1409. ... Moscow oblast (Моско́вская о́бласть) is an administrative subdivision of Russia officially established on January 14, 1929. ... 2002 is a common year starting on Tuesday of the Gregorian calendar. ... This article is about the year 2000. ...

History

The community has existed since the 12th century, although its first written mention is dated 1338. The town's name is derived from two roots, meaning "to ring bells" and "town". It may be translated as "the town where they ring bells". Indeed, when they rang bells in Zvenigorod, the sound was heard in Moscow, situated some 50 km to the east. Saint Basils Cathedral and Spasskaya Tower of Moscow Kremlin at Red Square. ...

Zvenigorod rose to prominence in the late 14th century, after it was bequeathed by Dmitry Donskoy to his second son Yuri, who founded his residence on the steep bank of the Moskva River. The local kremlin, called Gorodok, contains the only fully preserved example of 14th-century Muscovite architecture, the Saviour Cathedral (1399). The cathedral's interior features frescoes by the great Andrei Rublev. Grand Prince (Velikiy Kniaz) Dmitri Ivanovich Donskoi (Дмитрий Донской, in Russian) (October 12, 1350 - 1389) was a Russian ruler (1359 - 1389). ... Moskva River near the Moscow Kremlin. ... Kremlin (Кремль) is the Russian word for citadel or castle and refers to any major fortified central complex found in historical Russian cities. ... Andrei Rublev (Andrey Rublev, Andrey Roublyov, Russian: Андре́й Рублёв) (1360? – 1430?) is considered to be the greatest Russian iconographer. ...

Zvenigorod is primarily remembered for internecine wars waged by Yuri's sons for control of Moscow during the reign of their cousin Vasily II (1425-62). After their party was defeated, the town was incorporated in Muscovy. Saint Basils Cathedral and Spasskaya Tower of Moscow Kremlin at Red Square. ... Painting of Basil II, from an 11th century manuscript. ...

Zvenigorod was granted municipal rights in 1784. By the late 19th century, the town gained popularity among intelligentsia as a fashionable banlieu of Moscow. Many extravagant dachas were built in the neighbourhood. Some of these house museums of Sergey Taneev, Anton Chekhov, and Isaac Levitan. 1784 was a leap year starting on Thursday (see link for calendar). ... The intelligentsia is a social class of intellectuals and social groups close to them (e. ... Dacha   listen? (Russian: да́ча) is a name for summer home or vacation house in Russia and CIS countries where people spend their summer holidays and grow fruit and vegetables for their own use. ... It has been suggested that List of string quartets by Sergei Taneyev be merged into this article or section. ... Chekhovs portrait by Osip Braz. ... Issac Levitan. ...

Savvin-Storozhevsky Monastery

Within the Savvin-Storozhevsky monastery.

In 1398 Prince Yuri asked St Savva, one of the first disciples of Sergii Radonezhsky, to go to Zvenigorod and to establish a monastery on the Storozhi Hill. 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 recent restoration. The frescoes in the altar date back to the 1420s, but the rest of interior was painted in 1656. A magnificent iconostasis in 5 tiers and the Stroganov-school heaven gates were installed in 1652. Image File history File links Savvino-Storozhevsky Monastery in Zvenigorod, Russia. ... Image File history File links Savvino-Storozhevsky Monastery in Zvenigorod, Russia. ... Events Glendalough monastery, Wicklow Ireland destroyed. ... Venerable Sergii Radonezhsky (Сергий Радонежский) (born Varfolomei – Варфоломей, corresponds to Bartholomew), also translated as Sergey Radonezhsky and Sergius of Radonezh (1322 – 1392), was the greatest spiritual leader and monastic reformer of medieval Russia. ... Events November 20 - A solemn truce between John, Duke of Burgundy and Louis of Valois, Duke of Orléans is agreed under the auspicies of John, Duke of Berry. ... A XIV Century fresco featuring Saint Sebastian Note: Fresco is the NATO reporting name of the Mikoyan-Gurevich MiG-17. ... Picture of an altar from the Meyer Encyclopaedia An altar, (Hebrew mizbeah, from a word meaning to slay) is any structure on which sacrifices known as the korbanot as well as incense offerings are offered for religious purposes. ... Iconostasis of Elias prophet church, Yaroslavl In Eastern Christianity an iconostasis (the plural is iconostases, whose last syllable rhymes with ease) is a wall of icons, religious paintings, separating the nave from the sanctuary in a church. ... Stroganov School (Строгановская школа in Russian) is a conventional name of one of the Russian icon-painting schools of the late 16th - early 17th century. ... // Events April 6 - Dutch sailor Jan van Riebeeck establishes a resupply camp for the Dutch East India Company at the Cape of Good Hope, and founded Cape Town. ...

In 1650 the monastery was chosen by Tsar Alexis as his suburban residence. In 5 years, they constructed a white-stone royal palace and a festive chamber for tsaritsa. The cloister was encircled with stone walls and towers, patterned after those of the Troitse-Sergiyeva Lavra. Particularly noteworthy is a large belfry, erected in four bays in 1650 and crowned with three tents and a clocktower. A church over the holy gates was consecrated to the Holy Trinity in 1652. // Events June 23 - Claimant King Charles II of England, Scotland and Ireland arrives in Scotland, the only of the three Kingdoms that has accepted him as ruler. ... Alexey Mikhailovich Romanov (In Russian Алексей Михаилович Романов) (March 9, 1629 (O.S.) - January 29, 1676 (O.S.)) was a Tsar of Russia during some of the most eventful decades of the mid-17th century. ... A Tsaritsa (Цари́ца), also called tsarina, czarina, or czaritsa, was the title of Tsars wife or a female autocratic ruler(monarch) of Russia or Bulgaria. ... Troitse-Sergieva Lavra (Троице-Сергиева Лавра) is a famous Russian monastery and is the historical monumental symbol of Orthodoxy (at one period in time it was the center of the Russian Orthodox Church). ...

After the death of Feodor III, who spent most of his time there, the monastery declined. In May of 1918, when the Bolsheviks tried to seize the relics of St Savva, several persons were shot dead. In 1985, the cloister was assigned to the Danilov Monastery in Moscow. St Savva's relics were returned to the monastery in 1998. Feodor III of Russia (In Russian: Фёдор III Алексеевич) (June 9, 1661 - May 7, 1682) was the Tsar of all Russia, during whose short reign (1678-82) the Polish influence in the Kremlin was paramount. ... This article is about the month of May. ... 1918 was a common year starting on Tuesday of the Gregorian calendar (see link for calendar) or a common year starting on Wednesday of the Julian calendar. ... Bolshevik Party Meeting. ... 1985 is a common year starting on Tuesday of the Gregorian calendar. ... Danilov Monastery, in full Svyato-Danilov Monastery or Holy Danilov Monastery (Данилов монастырь, Свято-Данилов монастырь in Russian), is a male monastery on the right bank of the Moskva River in Moscow, Russia. ... Saint Basils Cathedral and Spasskaya Tower of Moscow Kremlin at Red Square. ... 1998 is a common year starting on Thursday of the Gregorian calendar, and was designated the International Year of the Ocean. ...

External links

• Photo of Savvino-Storozhevsky monastery
• Photo of the Moskva river near Zvenigorod

Historical towns and monasteries of Moscow region

Serpukhov | Zaraysk | Kolomna | Radonezh | Trinity | Dmitrov | Klin | Staritsa | Zvenigorod | New Jerusalem | Volokolamsk | Joseph-Volokolamsk Monastery | Mozhaysk | Vereya | Ruza | Borovsk Moscow oblast (Моско́вская о́бласть) is an administrative subdivision of Russia officially established on January 14, 1929. ... Image File history File links General view of Troitse-Sergiyeva Lavra. ... Serpukhov (Се́рпухов) (population 130,000) is an old Russian town in Moscow region, which is situated at the confluence of the Oka river and the Nara river. ... Zaraysk is a town in Moscow Region, Russia, center of the Zaraysky district, which is situated about 100 km south from Moscow. ... Kolomna (Russian: Коломна) is an ancient Russian town, founded in 1177 on the Moskva River and Oka River. ... Holy vision to youth Bartholomew near Radonezh, by Mikhail Nesterov. ... Troitse-Sergieva Lavra (Троице-Сергиева Лавра) is a famous Russian monastery and is the historical monumental symbol of Orthodoxy (at one period in time it was the center of the Russian Orthodox Church). ... Dmitrov (Дмитров in Russian) is a city in the Moscow Oblast in Russia. ... Klin (Клин) is a town in Moscow Oblast, Russia. ... View of Staritsa in 2002. ... EXTERNAL LINKS Photo of New Jerusalem in May ... Volokolamsk (Волокола́мск in Russian) is an administrative center of the Volokolamsky District of the Moscow Oblast in Russia. ... Joseph Volokolamsk Monastery (Иосифо-Волоколамский монастырь, Волоцкий Успенский Иосифов монастырь in Russian) is a male monastery, located 17 km northeast of Volokolamsk, Moscow Oblast. ... Mozhaysk (Можа́йск) is a town in Moscow Oblast, Russia, 110 km to the west from the Russian capital, on the historic road leading to Smolensk and then to Belarus. ... Vereya (Верея in Russian) is a town in the Moscow Oblast in Russia, located on the right bank of the Protva River 113 km southwest of Moscow. ... Ruza (Руза in Russian) is an administrative center of the Ruzsky District of the Moscow Oblast in Russia. ... Borovsk (Боровск in Russian) is a town in the Kaluga Oblast in Russia. ...