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Sergiev Posad
City Sergiev Posad, Moscow region. Houses on the bank of a frozen pond. The house for the swans is still empty..On March 22, 1782, Catherine II signed a decree according to which Sergiev Posad was established from villages and settlements near the Trinity-Sergius Lavra. The name is associated with the name of Sergius of Radonezh, the founder of the Trinity-Sergius Lavra, around which the posad was formed.
In 1919, Sergiev Posad was transformed into the city of Sergiev..Sergiev Posad was incorporated into the Golden Ring of Russia in 1969. The city houses the Stavropegic Monastery of the Russian Orthodox Church, a UNESCO World Heritage Site - the Trinity-Sergius Lavra.
Sergiev Posad
City Sergiev Posad, Moscow region. Houses on the bank of a frozen pond. The house for the swans is still empty..On March 22, 1782, Catherine II signed a decree according to which Sergiev Posad was established from villages and settlements near the Trinity-Sergius Lavra. The name is associated with the name of Sergius of Radonezh, the founder of the Trinity-Sergius Lavra, around which the posad was formed.
In 1919, Sergiev Posad was transformed into the city of Sergiev..Sergiev Posad was incorporated into the Golden Ring of Russia in 1969. The city houses the Stavropegic Monastery of the Russian Orthodox Church, a UNESCO World Heritage Site - the Trinity-Sergius Lavra.