Кострома в цвете
1970-е годы
Kostroma in colour
1970s
Music by Tatiana Burtseva
Here I present a series of photographs of the historic town of Kostroma, one of the Golden Ring towns of Russia. Kostroma is located at the confluence of the Volga and Kostroma Rivers and was first mentioned in the chronicles for the year 1213. Some historians believe that the town was actually founded by Yuri Dolguruky, a century earlier in 1152....
The centre of the town with the stone built colonnade market, the FIre Tower have not changed since they were constructed. When these photographs were taken many of monasteries and churches were closed and used for other purposes. The magnificent Ipatiev Monastery dating from the 16th and 17th centuries was also forcibly closed after the Revolution of 1917 and became part of the historical and architectural preservation of Kostroma.