Historical Centre of the City of Yaroslavl*
UNESCO World Heritage Site
State Party	Russian Federation
Type	Cultural
Criteria	ii, iv
Reference	1170
Region†	Europe and North America
Inscription history
Inscription	2005  (29th Session)
* Name as inscribed on World Heritage List. † Region as classified by UNESCO.

Yaroslavl (Russian: Яросла́вль) is a city in Russia, the administrative center of Yaroslavl Oblast, located 250 km north-east of Moscow at 57°37′N, 39°51′E. A UNESCO World Heritage Site is a site (such as a Forest, Mountain, Lake, Desert, Monument, Building, complex As of 2008 there are a total of 878 World Heritage Sites located in 145 "State Parties" Russia (Россия Rossiya) or the Russian Federation ( Rossiyskaya Federatsiya) is a transcontinental Country extending A UNESCO World Heritage Site is a site (such as a Forest, Mountain, Lake, Desert, Monument, Building, complex This is a list of the UNESCO World Heritage Sites in Europe. Asia Minor, Cyprus, all of the Aegean Islands, the Canaries A UNESCO World Heritage Site is a site (such as a Forest, Mountain, Lake, Desert, Monument, Building, complex Russian ( transliteration:,) is the most geographically widespread language of Eurasia, the most widely spoken of the Slavic languages The classification system of the types of inhabited localities in Russia, the former Soviet Union, and some other post-Soviet states has certain peculiarities compared Russia (Россия Rossiya) or the Russian Federation ( Rossiyskaya Federatsiya) is a transcontinental Country extending Yaroslavl Oblast (Яросла́вская о́бласть Yaroslavskaya oblast) is a federal subject of Russia (an Oblast) which is Moscow (Москва́ romanised: Moskvá, IPA: see also other names) is the Capital and the largest city of The historical part of the city, a World Heritage Site, is located at the confluence of the Volga and the Kotorosl Rivers. A UNESCO World Heritage Site is a site (such as a Forest, Mountain, Lake, Desert, Monument, Building, complex Kotorosl, or Kotorost River (Ко́торосль is a right tributary of the Volga in the Yaroslavl Oblast of Russia As of the 2002 Census, its population was 613,088. Russian Census of 2002 (Всеросси́йская пе́репись населе́ния 2002 го́да was the first Census of the Russian Federation carried

History

Yaroslavl lies at the intersection of several major highways, railways, and waterways. * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * Before adding any more images to this * * page please do carefully consider * * whether they would be mere decoration * * or actually improve "Railroad" and "Railway" both redirect here For other uses see Railroad (disambiguation. A waterway is any navigable Body of water. These include Rivers Lakes Seas Oceans and Canals In order for a waterway Preceded by Viking sites such as Timerevo from the 8th or 9th centuries, the city is said to have been founded in 1010 as an outpost of the Principality of Rostov Veliky, and was first mentioned in 1071. A Viking is one of the Norse ( Scandinavian Explorers Warriors Merchants, and pirates who raided and colonized wide areas Timerevo (Тимерёво Timeryovo) is an archaeological site near the village of Bolshoe Timeryovo seven kilometers southwest of Yaroslavl, Russia, A principality (or princedom) is a monarchical feudatory or Sovereign state, ruled or reigned over by a monarch with the title of Prince Rostov (Росто́в Old Norse: Rostofa is one of the oldest towns in Russia and an important tourist centre of the so called Golden Capital of an independent principality from 1218, it was incorporated into Muscovy in 1463. The Grand Duchy of Moscow (Великое княжество Московское was a medieval Russian polity centered on Moscow between 1340 and In the 17th century it was Russia's second largest city, and for a time (during the Polish occupation of Moscow in 1612), the country's de facto capital. Poland (Polska officially the Republic of Poland Moscow (Москва́ romanised: Moskvá, IPA: see also other names) is the Capital and the largest city of Today, Yaroslavl is an important industrial center (petrochemical plant, tire manufacturing plant, diesel engines plant and many others).

Apart from the Spaso-Preobrazhensky (Transfiguration of the Saviour) Monastery the oldest churches in the city date back to the 17th century and belong to the so called Yaroslavl type (built of red brick, with bright tiled exteriors). Those of St.  Nicholas Nadein and Elijah the Prophet have some of the Golden ring's most impressive frescoes. Fresco (plural either frescos or frescoes) is any of several related Painting types done on Plaster on walls or

Yaroslavl has many institutions for higher education including: Demidov University, Polytechnical University, Ushinskiy Pedagogical University, Medical Academy, International University for Business and New Technologies (MUBINT).

Military institutions include the High Military Financial School and the High Anti-aircraft Missile School.

The city has a well-developed network of public transportation including buses, trolley-buses and tram lines. A tram, tramcar, trolley, trolley car, or streetcar is a railborne vehicle, of lighter weight and construction than a Train It is home to the Tunoshna airport, which was a former Cold War airbase, and the Yaroslavl Levtsovo air base. Tunoshna (also Tunoshnoye, or Tunoschna) (Аэропорт Туношна is an airport in Yaroslavl Oblast, Russia located 18 km southeast Cold War is the state of conflict tension and competition that existed between the United States and the Soviet Union (USSR and their respective allies from the Yaroslavl/Levtsovo is an air base in Yaroslavska, Russia located 5 km north of Yaroslavl.

Many Orthodox shrines and monasteries are strewn along the banks of the Volga.

There is one railway bridge across the Volga and two road bridges; the second road bridge across the Volga was ready for use in October 2006. A bridge is a Structure built to span a Gorge, Valley, Road, railroad track, River, Body of water

There are two major passenger railway stations: Yaroslavl-Glavny and Yaroslavl-Moskovsky. Electric shuttle trains go to Danilov, Rostov, Alexandrov, Nerekhta, and Kostroma. A train is a connected series of vehicles that move along a track ( Permanent way) to transport freight or passengers from one place to another Rostov (Росто́в Old Norse: Rostofa is one of the oldest towns in Russia and an important tourist centre of the so called Golden Nerekhta (Не́рехта is a town in Kostroma Oblast, Russia, known since the early 13th century Kostroma (Кострома́ is an historic city in central Russia, the administrative centre of Kostroma Oblast. Diesel shuttle trains go to Rybinsk and Ivanovo. Rybinsk (Ры́бинск is the second largest city of Yaroslavl Oblast, Russia Ivanovo (Ива́ново is a city and the administrative center of Ivanovo Oblast, Russia. Also many long-distance passenger trains go through Yaroslavl. A train is a connected series of vehicles that move along a track ( Permanent way) to transport freight or passengers from one place to another

Yaroslavl is the site of the Volkov Theater (built 1750), the oldest theater in Russia. Theatre (or theater, see spelling differences) is the branch of the Performing arts defined by Bernard Beckerman as what "occurs when one

Temples: the city has many Russian Orthodox churches, one Russian Old Believers church, one Baptist church, one Lutheran church, one mosque and one synagogue. A temple (from the Latin word Templum) is a structure reserved for religious or spiritual activities such as prayer and sacrifice or analogous rites See also Eastern Orthodox Church Structure and organization The Slavic Orthodox Church is organized in a hierarchical structure Introductory summary of origins In 1652 Nikon (1605 – 1681 Patriarch of the Russian Orthodox Church from 1652 to 1658 introduced a number of ritual and textual Lutheranism is a major branch of Western Christianity that identifies with the teachings of the sixteenth-century German reformer Martin Luther A "mosque" in English refers to all types of buildings dedicated for Islamic worship although there is a distinction in Arabic between the smaller privately owned mosque and the larger A synagogue (from Greek: grc συναγωγή transliterated synagogē, "assembly" he בית כנסת beit knesset, "house of

FC Shinnik Yaroslavl is a soccer club based in Yaroslavl. FC Shinnik Yaroslavl (Футбольный клуб «Шинник» Ярославль is a Russian football club based in Yaroslavl. Association football, more commonly known as football or soccer, is a Team sport played between two teams of eleven players and is widely considered It plays in the Russian Premier League. The Russian Premier League (also known as Rosgosstrakh Championship of Russia) is the top division of Russian football. The city also hosts the Lokomotiv Yaroslavl ice hockey team which became the champion of Russia in 1996–1997, 2001–2002, and 2002–2003. Lokomotiv Yaroslavl (Локомотив Яросла́вль is a professional Ice hockey team from Russia, playing in the Kontinental Hockey League

Districts

Saviour Monastery Cathedral in Yaroslavl (1505-15)

Yaroslavl is divided into six city districts. The center is located on the northern bank of the Kotorosl where it converges with the Volga, on the Volga's western bank. The Center is the economic and political center of the city. The center is also the oldest district in the city, where the city was first settled. The center contains the majority of landmarks and attraction in the city, including the Volkov theater, the Church of Elijah the prophet, the soccer stadium, the Volga embankment and the monastery, often mistakenly called the kremlin. Pyatyorka is located north of the center, but still under its administrative jurisdiction. Pyatyorka is largely a residential region with very little of note, aside from a few Houses of Culture.

Across the Kotorosl lie Frunzensky and Krasnoperekopsky city districts, which are divided by Moskovsky Prospect. Frunzensky is a relatively new district, constructed in the post-war era and offers little of particular interest. Perhaps Frunzensky district's greatest attraction is the Yarpivo brewery. Most of the buildings are of typical grey Soviet construction. Frunzensky district is divided into three microdistricts: Suzdalka, Dyadkovo, and Lipovaya Gora. Microdistrict, or microraion (микрорайо́н is a residential compound—a primary structural element of the Residential area construction in the

Church of St. John the Baptist in Yaroslavl on the 1000 ruble banknote. St John the Baptist Church (Церковь Иоанна Предтечи in Yaroslavl is considered to be the acme of the Yaroslavl school of Architecture The ruble or rouble (рубль rublʹ, plural ru рубли́ rubli; see note on English spelling and Russian plurals with numbers

Krasnoperekopsky city district is one of the oldest parts in Yaroslavl. During pre-revolution days, it was home to the bulk of Yaroslavl's industry, and a good deal of industry remains today. Krasnoperekopsky district is divided into two microdistricts, one of which is Neftestroy, a relatively pleasant up-and-coming region, named for its proximity to Yaroslavl's oil refinery. Neftestroy is home to the newly-built hockey arena, and there are plans to build an indoor soccer stadium there by the millennial anniversary of Yaroslavl's founding. By contrast, on the other side of the railway tracks that run through Krasnopereposk district lies the Perekop proper. Today, the Perekop is known as one of the most dangerous areas of Yaroslavl. It consists largely of run-down, pre-Soviet izbas, and decaying factory buildings. Izba (изба is a traditional Russian countryside house a kind of Log house. There are plans to pump life into this depressed district, but at the time of writing it remains extremely impoverished and dangerous. Much of Yaroslavl's mafia grew out of the Perekop. Ironically enough, the Perekop offers some of Yaroslavl's most beautiful parks and churches, most notably the Church of Saint John the Baptist, which is located right next to a paint factory on the Kotorosl embankment; and Peter and Paul's Cathedral, a peculiar Protestant-looking Orthodox church. St John the Baptist Church (Церковь Иоанна Предтечи in Yaroslavl is considered to be the acme of the Yaroslavl school of Architecture

Yaroslavl town hall (18th century)

North of the center there is a small industrial region, which is home to the tire factory, the sponsor of Yaroslavl's soccer team, and the engine plant, as well as many other smaller factories. A city hall or town hall is the chief administrative building of a City or Town 's administration and usually houses the city or Further north on the Western bank lies Dzerzhinsky city district, named after "Iron" Felix Dzerzhinsky, founder of the Cheka, the Soviet secret police. Felix Edmundovich Dzerzhinsky ( Polish: Feliks Edmundowicz Dzierżyński, Russian: Феликс Эдмундович Дзержинский Belarusian Dzerzhinsky district's core microdistrict is Bragino, named after a small village that was eventually consumed by Yaroslavl's post-war expansion. Bragino is the largest area in Yaroslavl in terms of population, but like Frunzensky district, it is largely a residential region, mostly consisting of middle to lower-middle class families.

On the other bank of the Volga lies Zavolzhsky city district (lit. one behind the Volga). Zavolzhsky district is Yaroslavl's quietest and most rural area. In Zavolzhsky, blocks of pre-fabricated Soviet apartment blocks are broken up by beautiful birch and evergreen forests. The region is largely residential and has little to offer aside from its forests.

St. John the Baptist church (17th century)

Notable residents

• Valentina Tereshkova, the first woman to go into space was born in a nearby village and went to school in Yaroslavl. St John the Baptist Church (Церковь Иоанна Предтечи in Yaroslavl is considered to be the acme of the Yaroslavl school of Architecture Valentina Vladimirovna Tereshkova (Валенти́на Влади́мировна Терешко́ва born 6 March 1937) is a retired Soviet
• Andrei Khomutov, member of the Soviet national hockey team that won countless World Championships and the 1981 Canada Cup. Andrei Valentinovich Khomutov (Андрей Валентинович Хомутов born April 21, 1961 in Yaroslavl, USSR) was a Soviet The 1981 Canada Cup was the second professional ice hockey world championship involving the world's top six ice hockey nations
• Fedor Volkov, founder of the 1st Russian theatre.
• Nikolai Nekrasov and Leonod Trefolev, poets.
• Leonid Sobinov, opera singer.
• Konstantin Ushinsky, founder of the Russian pedagogics.

Sister cities

Yaroslavl has twin town ties with

• İzmir, Turkey
• Burlington, VT, United States
• Coimbra, Portugal
• Exeter, UK
• Hanau, Germany (Hesse)
• Jyväskylä, Finland
• Kassel, Germany (Hesse)
• Poitiers, France
• Palermo, Sicily (Italy)

External links

• Yaroslavl, Russia
• Map of Yaroslavl (searchable)
• Business Yaroslavl (In Russian)
• Panorama of Yaroslavl
• Contemporary architecture of Yaroslavl
• Photos
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• Information
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• Volkov theater
• Yaroslavl Millennium project 2010
• Information (In Russian)