8 Sights in Ryazan, Russia (with Map and Images)

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Explore interesting sights in Ryazan, Russia. Click on a marker on the map to view details about it. Underneath is an overview of the sights with images. A total of 8 sights are available in Ryazan, Russia.

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1. Георгий Победоносец

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Георгий Победоносец

Saint George, also George of Lydda, was a Christian who is venerated as a saint in Christianity. According to tradition, he was a soldier in the Roman army. He was of Cappadocian Greek origin and a member of the Praetorian Guard for Roman emperor Diocletian, but was sentenced to death for refusing to recant his Christian faith. He became one of the most venerated saints and megalomartyrs in Christianity, and he has been especially venerated as a military saint since the Crusades. He is respected by Christians, Druze, as well as some Muslims as a martyr of monotheistic faith.

Wikipedia: Saint George (EN)

2. Рязанский кремль

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The Ryazan Kremlin, the oldest part of the city of Ryazan, is a historical and architectural museum. It is one of the oldest museums in Russia. Located on the top of a steep hill, it is surrounded by rivers and a dry moat. This monument of architecture and nature reserve of federal importance is included in the State Register of Especially Valuable Objects of the People of the Russian Federation. The management of this museum is the responsibility of the Federal State Institution of Culture "Ryazan Kremlin"

Wikipedia: Ryazan Kremlin (EN)

3. Уткин Владимир Федорович

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Уткин Владимир Федорович неизвестен / Добросовестное использование

Alexei Fedorovich Utkin is a Soviet and Russian scientist, designer of missile systems, designed the launch complex and rolling stock for the Combat Railway Missile System. Doctor of Technical Sciences (1989), Professor (1993), Academician of the Russian Academy of Cosmonautics named after K. E. Tsiolkovsky (1994), St. Petersburg Academy of Engineering (1994). Honored Worker of Science and Technology (1995), laureate of the Lenin (1976), State (1980) prizes of the USSR.

Wikipedia: Уткин, Алексей Фёдорович (RU)

4. памятник М.Д. Скобелеву

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памятник М.Д. Скобелеву

Mikhail Dmitriyevich Skobelev, a Russian general, became famous for his conquest of Central Asia and for his heroism during the Russo-Turkish War of 1877–1878. Dressed in a white uniform and mounted on a white horse, and always in the thickest of the fray, he was known and adored by his soldiers as the "White General". During a campaign in Khiva, his Turkmen opponents called him goz ganly or "Bloody Eyes".

Wikipedia: Mikhail Skobelev (EN)

5. Архангельский собор

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The Arkhangelsk Cathedral is an Orthodox church on the territory of the Ryazan Kremlin, one of the oldest surviving buildings in the Ryazan region. It was built at the turn of the XV-XVI centuries. An example of early Moscow architecture. It served as the house church of the great Ryazan princes, and later, from the end of the 15th century, the burial place of the Ryazan bishops.

Wikipedia: Архангельский собор (Рязань) (RU)

6. Христорождественский собор

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The Nativity of Christ Cathedral of the Ryazan Kremlin (formerly the Assumption Cathedral) is an Orthodox cathedral in the city of Ryazan. Along with the Assumption Cathedral, it is one of the two main churches of the Ryazan Metropolis. It is the first stone building on the territory of the Ryazan Kremlin, and one of the oldest surviving buildings in the Ryazan region.

Wikipedia: Христорождественский собор (Рязань) (RU)

7. Солотчинский монастырь Рождества Богородицы

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The Solotchinsky Nativity of the Mother of God Monastery is a monastery of the Ryazan diocese of the Russian Orthodox Church in the Soviet District of the city of Ryazan, the largest architectural monument of the Naryshkin Baroque on the Ryazan land. It is located in the resort area of Solotcha on the banks of the river of the same name.

Wikipedia: Солотчинский монастырь (RU)

8. Евпатий Коловрат

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Евпатий Коловрат Коржев Иван / CC BY-SA 3.0

Evpaty Kolovrat is a Russian bogatyr described in The Tale of the Destruction of Ryazan. According to the tale he died while fighting the vastly superior army of the Mongol ruler Batu Khan, trying to avenge the destruction of Ryazan a few weeks earlier.

Wikipedia: Evpaty Kolovrat (EN)

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