Pavlovsky Posad— a cozy provincial town 60 kilometers from Moscow. Like any other city in the Moscow region, Pavlovsky Posad is developing and improving, the appearance of the city is changing. But no matter how the world around changes, antiquity still lives here - dear wooden houses and architectural monuments remain: the Intercession-Vasilievsky Monastery, the Bell Tower of the Resurrection Cathedral. Soviet times also left a noticeable mark on the fate of this city.
When it comes to Pavlovsky Posad, one immediately thinks of painted scarves that provide warmth in any cold weather. But besides scarves, Pavlovsky Posad has something to be proud of.
Not so long ago, the implementation of a project began in Pavlovsky Posad under the working title “Russian Skansen” or “Pavlovsky Posad - an open-air city museum.” The idea involves the creation of a large pedestrian zone with buildings traditional for a Russian merchant city. In general, a start has already been made, as can be seen from the posters hanging around the city.
Our journey through Pavlovsky Posad begins from the station.
The Pavlovsky Posad station is located 67.4 kilometers from the Kursky railway station. The train gets to Moscow in 1 hour 20 minutes.
Herzen Street in Pavlovsky Posad
Let's take a walk to the central park and see how the city lives. When moving from the station, you can get there by turning from Herzen Street onto Volodarsky. Along the way is the modest Pavlov-Posad registry office.
The groom faces a difficult test.
Judging by the predominance of standard design houses “Khrushchev” in the city, in the 50s - 70s. Pavlovsky Posad was actively built up.
The Soviet spirit is literally in everything here: in monuments, houses, inscriptions.
Today, the city is also widely engaged in the construction of new houses, including for the purpose of relocating residents from dilapidated housing into them.
Central Park of Pavlovsky Posad
The Central Park of Culture and Recreation also evokes a surge of 90s nostalgia. However, many park areas in Russia are guilty of this.
The Park of Culture and Recreation of Pavlovsky Posad is the main gathering place for the city’s youth and young mothers with children.
For children there are brand new playgrounds.
And play areas.
Surely every third child of Pavlovsky Posad has a photograph with this wolf in his personal collection.
Or with this.
For older people, the park has a gazebo for leisurely time and contemplation.
There is also a summer cafe... Titino?
The park stage hosts discos, animation and entertainment programs.
The main decoration of the park is, of course, the fountain!
Museum of Pavlovsky Posad
Pavlovsky Posad is little known outside the region, except for locally produced scarves and shawls. You can get acquainted with the history and development of the textile industry, which determined the ancient appearance of the city, in local museums. One of them is called “Stories of the Russian Shawl and Shawl.” But we will look at another museum - the historical and artistic museum, where you can get a general idea not only about the production of scarves, but also about the history, sights of the city, its heroes and outstanding personalities.
Today the museum occupies the building of a small, nice one-story mansion.
Next to the museum is... the Eiffel Tower.
A copy of a world-scale landmark was installed in the city in Soviet times, when a Russian-French society was formed in Pavlovsky Posad, which founded the largest weaving factory, the brick buildings of which are still impressive in their size. And the block itself with brick buildings was popularly dubbed “Paris”.
The exhibition in the museum is divided into several halls from the history of the city from the time of mammoths to outstanding compatriots who wrote music or flew into space.
And here are the mammoths themselves.
One of the halls houses a collection of miniature tanks.
The collection contains dozens of plastic exhibits, which are small copies of models of equipment from the Second World War.
In the photo below, in the center, is one of the best tanks of World War II - the legendary T-34. The museum's collection includes several modifications of the T-34. In the collection you can find other equally famous tanks: T-35, Soviet self-propelled artillery unit SU-100, Soviet tank destroyer ISU-122, etc.
Exposition “Pavlovsky Posad at the turn of the 19th - 20th centuries”
With the development and growth of local textile enterprises, with an increase in trade turnover, fashionable innovations appear in the everyday life of the Posad townspeople: a wardrobe instead of a chest - styling; a chest of drawers with a mirror instead of a samovar polished to a mirror shine: fashion magazines and socio-political and literary magazines; more sophisticated types of dishes and kitchen utensils instead of homemade crocks and pots. The photo below shows the interior of the living room of a tradesman in Pavlovsky Posad from the second half of the 19th - early 20th centuries.
Interior of a trading store from the second half of the 19th century.
Models of churches of Pavlovsky Posad in the museum from Syukhin V.A.
Syukhin Vladislav Alexandrovich I started getting interested in wood carving back in the 1970s. After retiring at the end of the 1980s, the idea of creating models of churches arose.
To date, Vladislav Alexandrovich has already created about 100 models of various churches.
Vladislav Aleksandrovich gave models of churches in the Pavlovo-Posad region to the Pavlovo-Posad Historical and Art Museum.
Many church attractions of Pavlovsky Posad are located at a fairly distant distance from the city. For example, it takes about half an hour to get to St. Nicholas Church in the village of Novoye Zagarye. So, those who don’t have a particular desire to drive around the area can simply go to the museum and admire Syukhin’s works.
Exhibition of Pavlovo Posad scarves and shawls
Among the unique products known throughout the world that constitute the pride and glory of Russia, a special place is occupied by patterned shawls and scarves from the ancient Russian city of Pavlovsky Posad.
The local history museum of Pavlovsky Posad hosts an exhibition of modern products from textile enterprises in the city.
Visitors have at their disposal a huge hall “Pavlovo Posad Shawls” with unique handmade printed woolen shawls.
The factory for the production of scarves was founded in 1795 by a wealthy peasant Semyon Labzin. In the hall you can get basic information about the production of a printed scarf - this process is very complex and painstaking.
If you want to see other exhibits or are interested in a more detailed history of Pavlovsky Posad production, then you should definitely visit the “Museum of the History of Russian Scarves and Shawls”, located at: Pavlovsky Posad, st. Bolshaya Pokrovskaya, 37, Palace of Culture "Pavlovo-Pokrovsky" and we will show you another hall of the local history museum.
Exhibition of Soviet post-war posters (in the interior of that era) in Pavlovsky Posad
The history of the region in the post-war period is illustrated by exhibits, documents and posters telling about the life and everyday life of Soviet people.
Propaganda posters from the Soviet era, which have long since turned into Internet memes, can be seen here with your own eyes.
A separate hall in the museum is dedicated to the history of the Pavlovo Posad fire department, which opens with a display of a fire train with a pump pumping water.
A Soviet match “collectible” that would sell for thousands of dollars on ebay!
By the way, there is a separate firefighting museum in Pavlovsky Posad.
Streets of Pavlovsky Posad
Bolshaya Pokrovskaya street
From the Museum of Local Lore, the tour of Pavlovsky Posad can be continued along the main historical street of the city - Bolshaya Pokrovskaya. The main attractions of the Russian capital of the scarf are concentrated around it.
Dude, this is Lenin.
The shopping center is located in the building of one of the factories. It seems that the appearance of the building has remained unchanged since its construction.
Here, according to the creators, the cultural life of the city should be in full swing.
Copy center in the old Pavlovo Posad mansion with stylized signs.
Revolution Square in Pavlovsky Posad
Bolshaya Pokrovskaya Street ends with Revolution Square with a monument to V.I. Lenin. This is the main square of the city, which at the turn of the last two centuries was called a trade or market square. This is where the main city events, sports competitions, school graduations are held, City Day, Christmas and New Year are celebrated.
In the center of the square is a monument to Vladimir Ilyich Lenin. The work, created by the hands of the sculptor Alekseev, has stood on Pavlovo Posad land since May 1, 1934.
At the entrance to the square from Pavlovskaya Street there is a bronze bust of twice Hero of the Soviet Union, pilot-cosmonaut V.F. Bykovsky. He visited space three times. The bust appeared here on June 14, 1983, to mark the 20th anniversary of his first space flight. In Pavlovsky Posad there is a street named after V.F. Bykovsky.
Behind the monument you can see the stone five-domed Church of the Kazan Icon of the Mother of God. The temple was built in 1901 at the expense of the city elder Fyodor Porfiryevich Manaev, and was popularly called Manaevskaya.
Monument dedicated to the birth of the city of Pavlovsky-Posad
In the northern part of Revolution Square there is a sculptural composition dedicated to the birth of the Pavlovo Posad district. Three female and two male figures on the pedestal represent the unity and variety of crafts that the local residents were engaged in: weaving, construction, shipbuilding, arable farming and shipping.
At the request of peasant gatherings, on June 2, 1844, the government issued a decree on the formation of the provincial town of Pavlovsky Posad. It included the village of Pavlovo and the villages of Dubrovo, Zakharovo, Melenki and Usovo. It is interesting that in the oral speech of modern city residents, the names of these former villages are often used to designate one or another section of the territory of the current city, an unofficial area.
Leo Tolstoy Street in Pavlovsky Posad
Revolution Square smoothly flows into Lev Tolstoy Street. Already from here you can see the main church landmark of the city and one of the tallest buildings in Pavlovsky Posad - the Bell Tower of the Resurrection Cathedral.
On the left side is a memorial to those who fell for Soviet power.
Cute houses.
Along its length, the street crosses the Vokhonka River.
The river is very small and calm, however, the original settlement located at this place was named after this river.
From documents of the 16th century, the village of Pavlovo (the ancestor of the current city), located on the banks of the Vokhna or Vokhonka River, actually bore the name Vokhna at the same time. However, in Kalita's charter it is about the volost named after the river. As the research of Doctor of Historical Sciences V.A. Kuchkin shows, the overwhelming majority of the names of ancient Moscow volosts are derived from hydronyms - the names of rivers; A similar feature of the names of ancient volosts sharply distinguishes them from the names of settlements.
Nearby there is a small cast-iron bridge - newlyweds come here after the registry office to hang their castle as a sign of the eternity of the marriage.
Churches and monasteries of Pavlovsky Posad
The main church attractions of Pavlovsky Posad: Intercession-Vasilievskaya Monastery (1874), Bell Tower of the Resurrection Cathedral, Kazan Church (Manaevskaya), Church of the Ascension on Gorodok (1909). In addition, the city has the Dmitrov chapel pillar and the St. Nicholas Church-school.
Church of the Kazan Icon of the Mother of God
The church was built at the expense of the city elder Manaev, for which the people began to call it Manaevskaya. By the beginning of the twentieth century, the Resurrection Cathedral was the only parish church for residents of the entire city and many surrounding villages. The population of Pavlovsky Posad increased and over time the monastery could no longer accommodate all the parishioners. In 1902, local residents asked the governor: “Help, Your Excellency, in building a church, there is an extreme need for another church, which was observed on Easter Sunday and Holy Easter, the crowding is terrible, many cannot fit into the church and stood outside.” So, on the initiative of the parishioners, with the light hand of the city elder Manaev, a second parish church appeared - ts. Kazan Icon of the Mother of God. Local merchants donated money for its construction.
Bell tower of the Resurrection Cathedral in Pavlovsky Posad
The dominant feature of the center of Pavlovsky Posad was and remains the elegant three-tier bell tower of the Resurrection Cathedral. The building, built in 1839 at the expense of the merchant Davyd Ivanovich Shirokov, occupies a special place in the temple ensemble of the city. The bell tower is 58 meters high and looks very impressive from any point, rising on a hillock. No wonder local residents consider this building the main symbol of Pavlovsky Posad, and illustrators depict it on postcards, magnets, calendars, and book covers.
Initially, a wooden church of the same name stood on this site (built between 1341 and 1389), which was destroyed by foreigners during the Time of Troubles. Stone church with chapels in the name of the Great Martyr. Demetrius of Thessaloniki and St. Sergius of Radonezh was built in 1703-1710. After its construction, the church was expanded, completed and rebuilt more than once.
In 1891, a chiming clock with a German mechanism was installed on the bell tower of the Resurrection Cathedral, playing several melodies. Today, the chimes are monitored by experienced watchmakers.
The 1930s were difficult for the church, the clergy of the temple were persecuted, and priest Alexy (Vorobyov) suffered martyrdom. In 1936, the temple was handed over to the renovationists, and then completely closed. In the 1950s The Church of the Resurrection was demolished due to dilapidation.
Pokrovsko-Vasilievskaya Monastery
The monastery appeared in Pavlovsky Posad thanks to the efforts of the hereditary and honorary citizen of the city, a major manufacturer and benefactor, Yakov Ivanovich Labzin and his family. The monastery in a short time became one of the most beautiful monasteries of the Moscow Diocese in terms of church decoration and the internal life of the nuns. The monastery stands on the outskirts of Pavlovsky Posad, and the cemetery begins immediately behind it. The territory of the monastery is very large and carefully maintained. The monastery is decorated with numerous trees, shrubs, and flower beds. The servants run their own farm: there is a barnyard, an apiary, vegetable gardens and greenhouses.
Visitors are greeted by the dominant feature of the monastery - a high hipped bell tower added to the temple in 1913.
Cathedral of the Intercession of the Blessed Virgin Mary- the main building of the monastery, a two-story temple in the pseudo-Russian style, crowned with a decorative five-domed structure, with a refectory built in 1869-1911. Initially, on this site stood a two-story cemetery church, erected by the merchant Yakov Ivanovich Labzin over the graves of his wife, Akilina Ivanovna and her brother, Vasily Ivanovich Gryaznov (later canonized). After the death of the temple creator, the grand opening of the Intercession-Vasilevskaya women's community took place at the church. Thus, the Pokrovsk Cemetery Church became a monastery cathedral and was enlarged by the addition of an extensive refectory and a multi-tiered bell tower. In 1920, the monastery was closed, but services in the cathedral continued until 1932. In 1995, the monastery was revived, but as a diocesan monastery for men.
Other monastery buildings. Church of St. Michael the Archangel
Church of John the Baptist.
Holy Gate
Church-school of St. Nicholas the Wonderworker in Pavlovsky Posad
The church-school was opened in August 1914 in the Filimonov microdistrict (former village) by the famous manufacturer Alexander Egorovich Sokolikov and factory mechanic Anatoly Alekseevich Shestakov. The church itself was located on the second floor; on the east side there was an altar with an iconostasis. The 4-year school was attended by the children of peasants and workers of the Sokolikov factory; there were one classes, twenty people in each.
Churches in Pavlovo-Posad district
For those for whom there are not enough churches in the city, you can drive around the area in search of attractions:
— St. Nicholas Church (village of New Zagarye), 1844
- St. Nicholas Church in Vasyutin (Nikolaevsky churchyard, in Kunya, on Moss by the pond)
— Trinity Church in Chizhi
— Church of the Nativity (Village Zaozerye)
— Nativity of the Virgin Mary Church in Saurov (on Upolzy)
— St. Nicholas Chapel Pillar in Novozagarye
— Kazan Church in Kazan (Mere)
— Kazan Church in Byvalin (Nikitsky Church at Nikitsky Pogost in Drozn)
— Old Believer Nativity of Christ prayer house in Andronovo (Bolshiye Dvory)
— Chapel in Vasyutin (chapel at Nikolsky churchyard in Mkha)
— Chapel pillar in Dergaev
— Chapel of Dorotheus, Bishop of Tyre, in Stremyannikovo
— Church of the Great Martyr Catherine (S. Rakhmanovo), 1906
— Chapel pillar in Vlasov
— Chapel pillar in Dalnaya
— Old Believer (Belokrinitsky Consent) Church of Anna Kashinskaya in Kuznetsy
— Trinity Church in Averkiev
— Chapel pillar of the Icon of the Mother of God of the Burning Bush in Nazarievo