Ancient cities of Russia: Bryansk
Bryansk was founded in 985, and the first mention of the city is known from the Ipatiev chronicle in 1146.
Bryansk is located at the intersection of the most important highways, here the roads from Belarus, Ukraine and Russia converge.
Modern Bryansk has common borders with two states, Ukraine and Belarus, and several regions of our country - Kaluga, Smolensk, Orel, Kursk.
You can come to Bryansk by train, car or bus from Moscow (355 km), St. Petersburg (970 km), Smolensk (250 km), Pskov (699 km), Kursk (280 km), Orla (117 km).
5 km from the city in the village of Oktyabrskoye is an international airport, which receives flights to Moscow, St. Petersburg, Sochi, Krasnodar, Makhachkala, Kaliningrad, Kazan, Mineral Waters, Volgograd, Rostov-on-Don.
Sights of Bryansk
Lathe monument
The unusual monument was erected in 1980 in honor of the 40th anniversary of vocational education, as a reminder of the labor feat of young workers during the war.
At the base of the monument, a capsule is laid - a gift to descendants - it must be opened in 2030.
Monument to the steam locomotive Er 787-70
On May 9, 2005, in honor of the 60th anniversary of the victory in the Great Patriotic War, a monument to the Er 787-70 steam locomotive was erected near the Bryansk railway station. It was launched in Poland in 1952 and made its last flight in 1973.
The steam locomotives of the E series were widely used during the war, very reliable, they were produced since 1912.
Monument to Peresvet and singer Bayan
In Bryansk, Alexander Peresvet was born - a legendary monk-warrior who participated in the Kulikovo battle and fell in combat with the Tatar hero Chelubei.
September 8 is a memorable date when the memorial day of the monk-warrior of Peresvet is celebrated. On this day, on the Kulikovo field, the monk-warrior Peresvet was the first to die in battle, indicating the Russian army the way to victory. And the victory was achieved, although the battle was extremely hard and bloody.
Monument F. And Tyutchev.
July 27, 2003, on the day of the 130th anniversary of the death of F.I. Tyutchev, poet, philosopher and diplomat, a monument in his honor was opened.
The monument stands in the square opposite the regional drama theater named after A.K. Tolstoy.
On the pedestal there are bas-reliefs with views of St. Petersburg, Moscow, Munich, the village of Ovstugh, where Tyutchev lived and worked.
Monument to victims of the Chernobyl accident
On April 26, 2006, a monument dedicated to the victims of the Chernobyl accident was opened. The sculptor is A. Romashevsky.
Cathedral of the Trinity of Life Original
The largest temple of the Bryansk region, the area of the lower tier is 1000 square meters. m, the upper one is 882. Extensive brick two-storey five-domed cathedral in pseudo-Russian style with a separate four-storey bell tower "Peresvet" height of about 80 meters. The dome of the bell tower is made of gold tiles, it weighs 10 tons.
In the XIII-XIV centuries on this place was a maiden monastery. Later, a stone church was built on its territory. The monastery was abolished in 1764, and the church became a parish church. In the 30s, the church was ruined, the priests were repressed, and the property of the parish was looted. The temple was reopened during the occupation in 1942 and was never closed.
The idea of reviving the cathedral arose in 2002. Patriarch Alexy II blessed the construction. Construction began in 2007 under the project of V. Aksyonov. On the feast of the Ascension of the Lord, on May 24, 2012, the first Divine Liturgy was performed in the upper tier, and on July 1, 2012, His Holiness Patriarch Kirill of Moscow and All Russia performed the rite of great consecration of the throne of the upper tier of the cathedral.
Pilot monument
The monument to the pilots is a memory of the bryants who fought in the sky. This is the memory of the aces of the 3rd Guards Fighter Aviation Division (Bryansk) and the 313th Near Bomber Aviation Division (Bezhitskaya), about the pilots of the 32nd, 64th, 65th Guards Aviation Regiments.
Partizan Square
Monument to soldiers and partisans - liberators of Bryansk was opened on September 17, 1966, on the 23rd anniversary of the liberation of the city from Nazi invaders. Authors: sculptor A. P. Faydysh-Krandievsky, architects - M. O. Barshch and A. N. Kolchin.
The sculptural and architectural complex consists of three compositions, an obelisk and a stylobate uniting them. The compositional accent of the monument is a 22-meter obelisk of Victory, in front of it a bronze sculpture of a warrior is installed on the pedestal.
On the front side of the obelisk there is the inscription “For our Soviet Motherland” on the reverse side the words: “Eternal memory to the heroes who fell in the battles for the freedom and independence of our Motherland.” 1941-1945”.
Text: personalguide
Photo: varlamov
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