The Bell Museum in the city of Valdai, Novgorod region, is located in the historical building of the Church of the Great Martyr Catherine, which is an architectural monument of the 18th century. Since its opening in 1995, the museum has been part of the Novgorod State United Museum-Reserve. The museum presents a wide range of materials on the hist
Interesting places: Valdayskiy District
The Sokolovskie Klyuchi spring is located in the Bor tract on the territory of the Valdai National Park, not far from the village of Roshchino and the village of Dolgiye Borody in the Novgorod region. It was discovered in the 70s by Yakov Sokolov, a resident of the village of Roshchino, and named in his honor. Yakov Sokolov was the first to take c
Valdai Iversky Bogoroditsky Svyatoozersky Monastery is an Orthodox monastery located on the Selvitsky island of Valdai Lake in the Novgorod region. It was one of three monasteries built on the initiative of Patriarch Nikon, together with New Jerusalem and Cross. The history of the monastery began in 1652, when Patriarch Nikon expressed a desire to
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