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| | Street Art in Borovsk |
 | | It is really a series of paintings with many varied subjects, including a crustacean, a portrait of his wife, a man looking out a broken window, butterflies, a house at night, falling autumn leaves and an owl on a snow covered tree. |
 | | The proof that Borovsk has traditionally ‘punched above its weight’ ever since Vasily II took Maria of Borovsk as his wife in the 14th century came in a succinct introduction, the former Mayor, Alexander Egerev, wrote to a book, “Old Small Town”. |
 | | The Mayor, who stepped down in 2005, extolled Borovsk’s contribution to history, its role in developing Russian religious and philosophical ideas, and mentioned the many famous Russians who were born or chose to live here, including poets and mathematicians, military heroes and exiles. |
| www.passportmagazine.ru /article/482 (1759 words) |
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