Yaroslavl
Yaroslavl is a city and the administrative center of Yaroslavl Oblast, Russia, located 250 kilometers (160 mi) northeast of Moscow.
Yaroslavl is a city and the administrative center of Yaroslavl Oblast, Russia, located 250 kilometers (160 mi) northeast of Moscow. The historic part of the city is a World Heritage Site, and is located at the confluence of the Volga and the Kotorosl rivers. It is part of the Golden Ring, a group of historic cities northeast of Moscow that have played an important role in Russian history. The population of the city at the 2021 census was 577,279.
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Worth seeing in and around Yaroslavl
10 places within 25 km that the world writes about, in the order of how widely: the ones a visitor has heard of first, then the ones only a local would name.
- 01Yaroslavl State University
The Yaroslavl Demidov State University is an institution of higher education in Yaroslavl, Russia. In 1918, Yaroslavl Demidov State University became a successor university to the Demidov Lyceum, which was founded in 1803.
800 m · university · Wikipedia - 02St. John the Baptist Church in Yaroslavl
St. John the Baptist Church in Yaroslavl is considered to be the acme of the Yaroslavl school of architecture.
2.8 km · church in Yaroslavl, Russia · Wikipedia - 03Yaroslav Cathedral Mosque
The Yaroslavl Cathedral Mosque is a mosque in Yaroslavl, Russia. It is located on the ulica Pobedy.
1.5 km · temple in Yaroslavl, Russia · Wikipedia - 04Shinnik Stadium
The Shinnik Stadium is a multi-purpose stadium in Yaroslavl, Russia. It is currently used mostly for football matches and is the home ground of FC Shinnik Yaroslavl.
1.6 km · football stadium · Wikipedia - 05Fyodorovskaya Church
The Fyodorovskaya Church is a penticupolar parish Russian Orthodox church built by ordinary parishioners on the right bank of the Kotorosl River in Yaroslavl between 1682 and 1687. It is dedicated to Theotokos Feodorovskaya, a miraculous icon from nearby Kostroma.
2.5 km · church in Yaroslavl, Russia · Wikipedia - 06Church of Saint Nicetas
The Church of St. Nicetas is a Russian Orthodox church of St.
1.5 km · church building in Yaroslavl, Russia · Wikipedia - 07Volzhskaya tower
Volzhskaya tower, or Arsenalnaya tower, is one of the three surviving towers of the fortifications of the Zemlyanoy town of Yaroslavl. Initially, in the 16th century, six gated towers and twenty blank wooden towers were built on the ramparts.
500 m · Tower in Yaroslavl, Russia · Wikipedia - 08Volkov Theatre
Volkov Russian State Academic Theatre is the oldest drama theatre in Russia. It was founded in 1756.
500 m · theatre in Yaroslavl, Russia · Wikipedia - 09Evangelical Lutheran Church of Saint Peter and Saint Paul
Church of Saints Peter and Paul — is an Evangelical Lutheran church in Yaroslavl, Russia. It was built in the 1840s at the corner of Borisoglebskaya and Lyubimskaya streets.
1.2 km · Lutheran church in Yaroslavl, Russia · Wikipedia - 10Church of St. Nicholas Penskaya
The Church of St. Nicholas "Pensky" is a smaller church of Fyodorovsky parish on the right bank of the Kotorosl River in Yaroslavl, in the district formerly known as Tolchkovo.
2.4 km · church building in Yaroslavl, Russia · Wikipedia
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What Wikivoyage says to see
The historical center of the city is found at the river confluence which is also a UNESCO World Heritage site. Architecture is mostly Classicism era of Catherine the Great. Yaroslavl Architectural Historical and Art Museum Preserve, Bogojavlenskaja pl. 25,. Comprises six churches and three museums.
- 01Museum of the Yaroslavl City History
- 02Museum of Fine Arts
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Things to do
Cruise over Volga. Tours of Smaller Golden Ring (Uglich-Myshkin-Tutayev-Rybinsk) that takes 3 days and even smaller excursions to neighboring towns. Be a guest of Baba-Yaga on her birthday, 26 June. Jazz over Volga (Джаз над Волгой), the international festival of jazz taking place every odd year since 1979 in March.
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Where to eat
The best place to eat out is the Volga promenade but there is a bunch of curious restaurants:
- 01Farfor
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Getting to Yaroslavl
- Airports
- Golden Ring Yaroslavl (IAR), 17 km · Sheremetyevo (SVO), 238 km · Zhukovsky (ZIA), 254 km
- Stations
- Yaroslavl railway station, 3.5 km · Yaroslavl-Moskovsky, 3.1 km
- Moscow → Yaroslavl250 km · quickest by road, 5h 21m · ₽980–1,300
- Nizhny Novgorod → Yaroslavl289 km · quickest by road, 7h 33m · ₽1,350–1,800
- Saransk → Yaroslavl505 km · quickest by air, 6h 36m · ₽5,790–8,980
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