Yaroslavl

Yaroslavl is a city located in the eastern part of Russia known as East European Plain due to its proximity to Europe.It has been a commercial hub in Russia for over 1,000 years because of its advantageous location where the Volga River and Kotorosl River intersect, making it optimal for maritime commercial activities. The city is also located approximately 155 miles from Moscow, allowing it to be a hub for merchants and transportation for those going across the country. It is one of the cities considered to be in the "Golden Ring" of Russia, which is composed of cities surrounding Moscow in a circular pattern.

The oldest traces of humans in Yaroslavl date back from 5,000 to 3,000 BCE. Other artifacts found in the city trace back to the ninth century and are those of a Scandinvaian-Slavic settlement. The official founding of the city is stated to be in 1010 by Prince Yaroslav the Wise. The city was initially founded as a town along a trade and travel route and stayed that way for several centuries. The Mongols occupied the town in the 1200s, but Yaroslavl partnered with Moscow in the 1400s for protection. In the 1600s, Ivan the Terrible took over the regions nearby Moscow to gain control over them, including Yaroslavl.

The city continued to grow and add various kinds of architecture, such as the city center, churches, and brick residential buildings. In the eighteenth century, after the establishment of St. Petersburg, Yaroslavl became a more industrial city, manufacturing goods such as textiles and chemicals. Today, the city is still industrial and has plants that produce automotive parts and aircrafts.

YaroslavlThe city has over 1,000 years of history and a lot of sites to see. The following is a list of popular sites in the city:

• The Volga Embankment
• Park on Strelka
• Svyato-Vvedensky Tolgsky Convent
• Metropolitan Chambers
• Museum of the History of Yaroslavl
• Yaroslavl Art Museum
• Transfiguration Monastery
• Vlasyevskaya Tower and Znamenskaya Church
• Ferris Wheel “The Golden Ring”