Yaroslavl gazebos

Summer is a time of love, and for lovers in Yaroslavl there are amazing places - romantic arbors on the embankments. There are five of them in Yaroslavl. The very first was built on the embankment of the Volga at the Myakushinsky Descent. Be sure to walk there, near the gazebo: You seem to find yourself in the times of the Silver Age: merchant mansions, fragrant linden, openwork grille, grandeur, silence, comfort.
In the 19th century, the inhabitants of Yaroslavl gave the name of the gazebo - "Governor's". According to legend, the governor of the Yaroslavl Territory visited this gazebo on Sundays and treated everyone to tea.
On the side, on the surface of the water there is a hotel resembling an old pier. In the 19th century, ships entering the harbor brought stones to strengthen the Volga coast, where rich merchants built houses. Even Emperors Alexander I and Nicholas I, wishing to improve the embankment, allocated a fabulous amount of 280,000 rubles at that time. Time here seems to have stopped at the beginning of the 20th century. Yaroslavl of that time very beautifully portrayed the artist-animator Alexander Petrov in the short film “Once again!”. For this film, he picked up a cheerful foxtrot “Rio Rita”, which is now always remembered on the waterfront near the gazebo. Yes, handsome Yaroslavl more than once turned out to be the hero of various films: “Flowers belated”, “Doctor Zhivago”, “More than love”. And of course, in thousands of amateur films, the most popular theme of which is “Yaroslavl wedding”. The scenario is not very different from wedding to wedding: a kiss in a gazebo promising cloudless happiness, launching white pigeons into the sky and red heart-shaped locks. A snow-white limousine or an old carriage.
Among the linden and buildings hides the Church of the Ascension, where lovers were married in ancient times.

After two or three years, people who love each other will return to the embankment, but not alone, but with children.
There is a mysterious Governor’s Garden on the waterfront. Lovers also walked here, but not simple ones: the governor's couple, nobles with beautiful ladies, who knows, maybe the highest figures who stayed in the Governor's Palace? It is known that Emperor Alexander the Blessed loved this garden. The park is really admirable: a flowing fountain, delicate flowers, a tete-a-tete swing, open-air sculptures, and in autumn - "eye charm" - flying golden leaves.
Cabin on Kotorosli.
Another beautiful gazebo is on Korosli. This river has an unusual name. On its banks settled the Meryans, an ancient Finno-Ugric tribe. Their hair was the color of linen, and their eyes blue as forget-me-nots, they were friendly, but spoke an incomprehensible dialect. Many Finno-Ugric names remained in the Yaroslavl regions: Kotorosl, Nero, Tolgobol, Yakhrobol, Shachebol and others. They reveal the secret of the ancient history of the Yaroslavl region.

We will return to the embankment of Kotorosli, a small, winding river. They decorated the embankment of Yaroslavn during the Great Patriotic War. They waited for their husbands and hoped they would come back and see their city blossom. They planted lime trees, arranged an elegant cast-iron grille and even made a bridge over the Medveditsky ravine. All the work lasted two and a half months, so strong was the desire to see their loved ones, and after the war, like a gift, appeared on the embankment symbol of love - a new gazebo-rotunda (1956).
The gazebo offers a wonderful view: a park with color and musical fountains, a millennium column, an expressive silhouette of the Chrysostine Church, lush greenery of trees, a carousel of the Daman Island, and on the other hand - a whole necklace of temples pleasing to the eye.
Korosl flows into the Volga, and the unhurried waters of the Volga flow further, to other cities and villages. Nearby is ancient Kostroma, and between the two cities there are amazing settlements and villages. For example, Rybnitsa is the birthplace of the famous sculptor Alexander Opekushin, the author of the monument to A.S. Pushkin in Moscow, and Greshnevo, where N.A. Nekrasov spent his childhood, and the secluded Vvedensky monastery on the mountain, where, according to legends, before the coming of the Tatar-Mongols, there was a large city, and the ancient village of Dievo-Gorodishche, so unruly during the establishment of Soviet power. But the most amazing sight is the picturesque castle of Ponyzovkin in the village of Krasny Profintern. Many travelers do not believe their eyes when they first see this architectural wonder. Rich industrialist Ponyzovkin decided to build this castle for his beloved Rosa Bursian. She was German in origin, but had lived in Moscow for a long time. To please, surprise, delight her, Ponizovkin built an amazing castle on the Volga.
And the impossible is possible! we are surprised when we learn that the customer of the castle is the grandson of the serf peasant Nikita Ponizovkin, who received freedom from serfdom. He, smart and quick-witted, manages to establish several chemical plants, for a long time providing his family. His grandson, also Nikita, is brilliantly educated and enters various salons in St. Petersburg. There he met the lady of his heart, Rosa Bursian. What a romance! Our romantic journey is over.
I wish all travelers love and understanding! And remember: travel is the best remedy for quarrels and partings!

© Copyright Olga Anatolievna Tarakanova, 2015.