Zvenigorod

Zvenigorod

Russia
      city, Moscow oblast (province), western Russia, located on the Moskva River, 33 miles (53 km) west of Moscow. Archaeological excavations (1943–45 and 1954–57) have revealed the existence of settlement there from the 12th and 13th centuries. The first written mention of Zvenigorod appeared in the 1339 will of Ivan Kalita, prince of Muscovy and Vladimir. From the 14th through the 16th centuries, Zvenigorod served as a defense post on the western approaches to Moscow, from Lithuania and Poland, along the Smolensk-Moscow road. The Gorodok (Citadel), an earth fortification rising about 150 feet (46 metres) above the Moskva River, was built during this period. In 1398 the ruling prince, Yuri Zvenigorodsky, founded the Savvino Storozhevskiy Monastery at the confluence of the Storozhka and Moskva Rivers, 0.6 mile (1 km) from Zvenigorod. Peter I the Great, his brother Ivan V, and his sister Sophia found refuge in the monastery during the 1682 rebellion of the Streltsy, the Russian military corps established in the mid-16th century that formed the bulk of the Russian army. The natural environment of hills and forests has made the countryside around Zvenigorod a favourite retreat for such famous Russians as the political thinker Aleksandr Herzen (1812–70), the playwright Anton Chekhov (1860–1904), the short-story writer and novelist Maksim Gorky (1868–1936), and the composer Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky (1840–93).

      Today the city's economic activities include the manufacture of furniture, school and office supplies, toys, sporting equipment, and clothing. Zvenigorod also has a technical training school specializing in finance. A fine example of early Moscow architecture in the Gorodok is the Uspenskiy Sobor (Assumption Cathedral) dating from the 14th century. It has a single dome, rectangular floor plan, and frescoes by the Russian painter Andrey Rublyov (1360/70–c. 1430), founder of the Moscow school of painting. Within the nearby Savvino Storozhevskiy Monastery stands the Rozhdestvensky Sobor (Nativity of the Virgin Cathedral; 1405) with an interior of 15th-, 16th-, and 17th-century paintings, and a small palace built for Tsar Alexis Mikhaylovich in 1652–54. The structures of the former monastery now house medical clinics, a sanatorium, and the Zvenigorod Historical Museum, as well as the Museum of Local Lore. Pop. (1991 est.) 18,900.

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