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Tourism The main natural treasure of the Yaroslavl Region is the Volga River, on which stand a number of ancient Russian towns.
The total number of local historical and cultural monuments is over 5000, the most ancient of them being the Pereslavl-Zalesskiy Saviour-Transfiguration Cathedral erected in 1152.
Dating back to the 15-16th centuries are such architectural monuments as the Assumption Cathedral in the Rostov Kremlin, the Appanage Princes' Chambers in the Uglich Kremlin, the Yaroslavl Saviour-Transfiguration Cathedral, the Rostov Abraham's Monastery, the Pereslavl-Zalesskiy Nikitsky and the Trinity-Danilov Monasteries and many others.
Lots of monuments that the Yaroslavl Region boasts of are real masterpieces of the 17th -century architecture. This period known as "the Yaroslavl Renaissance" saw the construction of such ecclesiastical buildings as the Church of St. John-the-Baptizer with its spectacular frescos second to none in the number of plots depicted, the Korovniky Temple Ensemble, the Church of St. Ilya-the-Prophet, the fine specimen of the famous Yaroslavl School of architecture and many others.
Cultura In ancient times Novgorod was divided in two parts that were situated on the opposite sides of the Volkhov River - the Sophia Side and the Trade Side. The Kremlin dominated the Sophia Side, while the Yaroslav's Court and the marketplace were the main locations on the Trade Side.
The Yaroslav's Court derives its name from Yaroslav the Wise who built his palace at this location. The palace was mentioned in the chronicles of Novgorod as one of the most magnificent in Russia. It was a political and economical center of the city. Since the 8th century the Yaroslav's Court was widely known as a site of international trade, the oldest in northern Europe. There were some 1, 500 stalls at the market in the 16th century. Merchants from Western Europe, the East and Byzantium were frequent visitors there.

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Yaroslavl is a city and the administrative center of Yaroslavl Oblast, Russia, located northeast of Moscow. The historical part of the city, a World Heritage Site, is located at the confluence of the Volga and the Kotorosl Rivers. It is one of the Golden Ring cities, a group of historic cities northeast of Moscow that has played an important role in Russian history. Population:
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