Empress Catherine II in Kostroma

On May 14, 1767, Russian Empress Catherine II arrived in Kostroma.

The young lady recently carried out a coup. It has only been five years of his sole rule. And now the recent Sofia Augusta Frederick, Anhalt-Zerbst princess, accompanied by foreign diplomats, goes along the Volga. Along this great river live her subjects whom she wishes to meet. See them and show yourself.

Kostroma meets her as the heiress of Mikhail Fedorovich Romanov: “Enter, Empress, into the monastery of your ancestors.” Just as he pacified Smut, so did it bring peace and stability. Representatives of all classes, men, women and children hope in her, believe in her, swear loyalty to her.

“Tomorrow I will go away and let the foreigners go to Moscow.” They will tell you how I was received here. I saw them all more than once in tears from the joy of the people, and I. G. Chernyshev wept the whole dinner from the local nobility of delicacy and affectionate treatment. – wrote the empress from Kostroma Nikita Panina, the educator of her son and heir.

It was all the more pleasant, because in Yaroslavl she had to deal with merchants’ swarms, and in the Lower – with conflicts between representatives of different faiths and trends. Kostroma was remembered, remained in the heart and memory of the Empress, who went down in history as Catherine the Great.

About the approval of Catherine II coat of arms and the plan of Kostroma is told on the red route of excursions"Kostroma at 15:15.", and the city built according to this plan can be admired from a bird's eye view on a daily VR tour."Flight over Kostroma".

According to the materials of the scientific consultant of the project “Kostroma at 15:15” candidate of cultural studies Larisa Sizintseva.