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Zvenigorod: A journey to the 15th century

Ajay Kamalakaran
RIR
The compound has a series of smaller churches that were built in the 17th and 18th centuries.

The compound has a series of smaller churches that were built in the 17th and 18th centuries.

Ajay Kamalakaran
The small town of Zvenigorod is about 64 kilometers from Moscow. Although the town acquired fame when writer Anton Chekhov worked as a doctor there, Zvenigorod’s raison d'être is the 14th century Savvino-Storozhevsky Monastery.

The small town of Zvenigorod is about 64 kilometers from Moscow. Although the town acquired fame when writer Anton Chekhov worked as a doctor there, Zvenigorod’s raison d'être is the 14th century Savvino-Storozhevsky Monastery.

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