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  Reference Encyclopedia - Beloozero
Belozersk (Russian: Белозе́рск), known as Beloozero (Белоо́зеро) until 1777 (lit. White Lake Town), is a town in Vologda Oblast, Russia, situated on the southern bank of the Lake Beloye, from which it takes the name.
First chronicled in 862, Belozersk was one of five original Russian towns (the other being Ladoga, Novgorod, Polotsk, and Rostov).
On several occasions, the settlement was moved from one bank of the lake to another.
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 Vologda
Belozersk, one of the ancient Russian cities, was first mentioned in a chronicle of 862*.
Belozersk's history is also the story of the city residents.
The Norwegian city of Skien (Telemark province) is a partner of Belozersk.
www.vologda-oblast.ru /main_prn.asp?V=173&LNG=ENG   (1068 words)

  
 History's Harvest   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
Tamara kindly let me stay in her Belozersk apartment alone for a couple of days until I can catch some transportation back to Anufrievo; the roads are impassable again.
I had come to Belozersk on a bus with a group of gravediggers who had gotten together to dig the grave of the latest man who had died in our village.
Belozersk's statue of Lenin that has stood guard in the town square since forever was mysteriously covered in white cloth at the time of the city festival yesterday.
www.washingtonpost.com /wp-srv/inatl/longterm/harvest/harvest3.htm   (1061 words)

  
 Cyrillov and Belozersk   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
Belozersk princedom (nowadays Belozersk) is one of the oldest settlements of the region.
The history of Belozersk was closely connected with the water way and boat was chosen as a symbol of the monument.
Panorama of the city from water is wonderful, mainly, in autumn, when the forest burns in the sunset by gold and crimson on the banks of the river, and the leaden sky hangs over grey izbas.
russia-travel.ws /regions/Cyrillov_and_Belozersk   (2236 words)

  
 THE LABORATORY OF METEORITICS, VERNADSKY INSTITUTE, RAS   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
The shower is described in a well-known letter from the priest Ivan to the monks of the St. Cyril Belozersk Monastery.
The expedition then travelled to Belozersk and then to the Ferapontov and St. Cyril-Belozersk monasteries.
In the museum of the St. Cyril-Belozersk monastery a map was found giving old and new names of villages.
www.meteorites.ru /menu/encyclopaedia-e/erga-e.html   (1075 words)

  
 Saint Luke Orthodox Church - Saints - Saints by Day - January - 1st   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
The Monk Alexander of Oshevensk was born on 17 March 1427, 80 versts from Belozersk in the Vysheozersk region, several months before the death of the Monk Kirill of Belozersk (+ 9 July 1427), -- with whom he was bound together by later spiritual connections for his whole life.
Alexei (worldly name of the Monk Alexander of Oshevensk) was the fifth son of the rich landowner Nikifor Osheven and his spouse Fotinia; he was a long-awaited child and was born through the fervent prayers of Fotinia.
The Mother of God Herself together with the Monk Kirill of Belozersk appeared to her and promised the birth of a son through the intercession of the Monk Kirill.
www.stlukeorthodox.com /html/saints/april/20th.cfm   (2638 words)

  
 13th Belozersky Regiment
The regiment takes its name from the town of Belozersk which lies on the Volga, to the north of Moscow.
Belozersk is the home of the famous St. Kirill-Belozersk monastery.
In 1812 the regiment participated in at the battle of Borodino as part of General Olusfiev's 17th Division.
mysite.wanadoo-members.co.uk /20th_century_warfare/id29.htm   (377 words)

  
 Architecture - The Empire That Was Russia: The Prokudin-Gorskii PhotographicRecord Recreated (A Library of Congress ...
First mentioned in Russian chronicles for the year 862 A.D., the town of Belozersk or "White Lake" was abandoned and relocated several times.
The original settlement, commemorated here by a small nineteenth-century wooden chapel, was on the north side of the White Lake in north central European Russia.
In the settlement of Viazovaia, along the Trans-Siberian mainline in the Ural Mountain region, wooden storage facilities for hay and food crops are photographed against the background of a dense pine forest.
www.loc.gov /exhibits/empire/architecture.html   (1383 words)

  
 SAINTS AND FEASTS
Saint Cyril of Belozersk, a Muscovite born in 1337, was tonsured in the Simonov Monastery in Moscow where he was later made abbot.
Renouncing this position, at a revelation from the Mother of God he set out for the wilderness of Belozersk (White Lake) to live the life of a hermit.
Later, when others desiring to lead the monastic life had gathered under his direction, he founded the Monastery of Belozersk.
www.goarch.org /en/chapel/saints.asp?contentid=2333   (286 words)

  
 Sokolov article   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
K In 1908 and 1909 the Sokolov brothers visited the Belozersk region of Novgorod Province.
They had hoped to find vestiges of the Russian by/my tradition (by/ma is the term for epic), and they did find some fragments, but they discovered that a more active tradition involved ordinary folktales and songs.
But in spite of everything, we recall our trips to the Belozersk region with a feeling of deep gratitude to the local population.
www.ethnomusic.ucla.edu /courses/133/week2/sokolov.htm   (4150 words)

  
 Guggenheim Museum - Exhibitions - Russia! - Highlights
Under the 243-year Mongol rule, the grand princes of Muscovy emerged as the dominant political force in Russia.
In the fourteenth century, the Moscow princes increased the reach of their territory, partly through the establishment of monasteries north of their capital, such as the one founded in 1397 by St. Kirill, or Cyril, at Belozersk (the “White Lake”).
Kirill’s monastery became the first in Russia dedicated to the Dormition of the Virgin.
www.guggenheim.org /russia/highlights1.html   (481 words)

  
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Some of its past glory can be seen even today.
The might of the Kirillov Monastery, once the largest monastic settlement in Russia, the splendid glory of Dionysius’ frescoes at Ferapontovo, or the quiet beauty of one of Russia's oldest towns – small and remote Belozersk.
It is a glimpse of the past, but it is the kind of past that brightens today and gives inspiration and hope for tomorrow.
www.iconsexplained.com /iec/03000_kirillov.htm   (254 words)

  
 Viskovatov organization Russian army Paul I 1797-1801   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
1.) St.-Petersburg Division – Leib and Pavlovsk Grenadiers; Kexholm, Belozersk, Yeletsk, and Arkharov’s Musketeers.
” ” ” Pavlovsk Grenadiers and Belozersk Musketeers
Lt.-Gen. Budkevich’s Musketeers (formerly Belozersk) – 31 October 1798 – as previously, Lt.-Gen. Budkevich’s; 30 April 1799 – Maj.-Gen. Kulnev’s; 13 May 1799 – Maj.-Gen. Sedmoratskii’s.
home.comcast.net /~Dian.Blum/V7Org.html   (6218 words)

  
 Pravda.RU Representatives of Russia's ancient towns to gather in 1140-year-old Murom
On Saturday the city of Murom (Vladimir region, Central federal district) will celebrate the 1140th anniversary of its foundation.
The same date is to be celebrated by Rostov Veliky, Stara Ladoga and Belozersk (Vologda region, Northwest federal district).
The chronology of these cities has been registered since 862, when Rus (Russia) was first mentioned in the Chronicle of Years (an all-Russian chronicle).
newsfromrussia.com /region/2002/08/03/33792.html   (1727 words)

  
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Residents of Anufrievo take a break from planting potatoes
The other day, Kolya and Yura came by with vodka and I let them in but emphatically told them that they could just stay a short while and that I was tired of watching people drink.I had come to
Belozersk on a bus with a group of gravediggers who had gotten together to dig the grave of the latest man who had died in our village.
www.lucianperkins.com /03anu.html   (724 words)

  
 Vologda Region. Kirillov The Holy Assumption Kirill-Belozersk Monastery The Belozersk Tower - AGNIPHOTO Photo Bank: ...   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
Kirillov The Holy Assumption Kirill-Belozersk Monastery The Belozersk Tower - AGNIPHOTO Photo Bank: photographs, posters, art prints.
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 Virgin Belozersk - Byzantine Art and Orthodox Tradition - OramaWorld.Com
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