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	Kostroma Region - Kommersant Moscow
		The main river is the Volga and its tributaries the Kostroma, Uzhnya, and Vetluga rivers.
		Kostroma was stripped of its status as a provincial center and became a district center of Yaroslavl Region.
		Kostroma was Russia's main light-industry center by the end of the 18th century, and even today, it is one of the largest textile-industry centers, employing 14% of all industrial workers.
	www.kommersant.com /p-48/r_391/Kostroma_Region (3585 words)

	Encyclopedia: Kostroma River (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
		Kostroma (Кострома́) is a river in Russia, left tributary of Volga.
		The group of sixteenth- and seventeenth-century monuments in the territory of Kostroma and its vicinity include the Church of the Manifestation of Christ, the complex of the Ipatievsky Monastery, the church in the village of Krasnoye, the Church of the Resurrection-on-the-Debra and the Church of St. John the Baptist.
		Among the exhibits, the Church of the Synaxis of the Virgin (1552) from the village of Kholm and the Church of the Transfiguration (1713) from the Vezhi pogost command particular attention.
	www.nationmaster.com /encyclopedia/Kostroma-River (332 words)

	Kostroma (English)
		The group of sixteenth- and seventeenth-century monuments in the territory of Kostroma and its vicinity include the Church of the Manifestation of Christ, the complex of the Ipatievsky Monastery, the church in the village of Krasnoye, the Church of the Resurrection-on-the-Debra and the Church of St. John the Baptist.
		Among the exhibits, the Church of the Synaxis of the Virgin (1552) from the village of Kholm and the Church of the Transfiguration (1713) from the Vezhi pogost command particular attention.
		Many residential houses in Kostroma are built in a neo-classical style but in the provinces this style has none of the clear-cut austerity of the metropolis, serving to accentuate the unpretentious harmony of the building and to impart to it an air of intimacy.
	www.kostroma.ru /kostroma/kostroma.htm (1383 words)

	Tours to Russia, Russia River Cruises, Mother Volga Cruises, Moscow, Uglich and Yaroslavl, Nizhny Novgorod, Kostroma, ...
		Kostroma: One of the loveliest cities of the Golden Ring, Kostroma is certainly a highlight of the cruise.
		The pride of Kostroma is the museum at the former Ipatyevsky Monastery founded in the 14th century by the Zemov family, the forbearers of the Godunov family.
		Kostroma is only one of a few Russian cities retaining the classical layout of the 18th/19th centuries, with streets and boulevards fanning out like the spokes of a wheel from a central square.
	www.expresstorussia.com /tour_36/river_cruises_russia.html (2209 words)

	Kostroma (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
		The City is divided by the Volga River, "the main street of Russia," and is 200 miles northeast of Moscow.
		Kostroma experienced its first great period of prosperity as the home of the Godunov family, which arrived in the 14th century and quickly rose to prominence in the region.
		Kostroma is famous with its wonderful architectural monuments, Ipatyevsky Convent (16th-17th cent.) and the Church of Resurrection on Debra River (1652).
	www.geocities.com /MadisonAvenue/4376 (823 words)

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		Approaching Kostroma he liked an oak grove at the mouth of a small river (the Kostroma) and ordered to stop there to have a rest.
		In 1744 the Monastery became the Bishop’s residence of the Kostroma eparchy.
		In 1744 Empress Catherine II arrived in Kostroma on board the galley “Tver” During her Royal visit she paid special attention to the Ipatievsky Monastery, the cradle of the Romanovs Dynasty.
	www.kostroma.orthodoxy.ru /Letopis/RazhEn.shtml (1860 words)

	Golden Ring Photo Gallery. City Kostroma.
		The town is the center of the Kostroma region located 372 km north-east of Moscow on the banks of the Volga.
		The Church of the Transfiguration was erected in 1628 in the village of Spas-Vezhi, 20 km from Kostroma.
		In Kostroma the icon was mounted in the Cathedral of St. Theodore Stratilates built by the commission of Yuri Dolgoruky.
	www.visitrussia.com /guide/gallery-goldring-kostroma.htm (1135 words)

	WayToRussia.Net Guide to Russia / The Golden Ring / Kostroma Sightseeing
		Closer to the Volga river there are parallel to each other 'bread' and 'kvas' arcades ('kvas' is a russian brewed sweet drink), and further down, parallel to the Volga, there are 'fish' arcades.
		Nowadays this monastery is the residence of the archbishop of Kostroma.
		It was founded in the beginning of 1330 at the place where Kostroma river meets the Volga.
	www.waytorussia.net /GoldenRing/Kostroma/Sightseeing.html (1119 words)

	Cities on Volga River cruise
		Somewhat to the left near the village of Aksakovo on the river Ucha is the village of Fedoskino.
		On the river Ikishl' some thirteen kilometers from Dmitrov is the village of Dedenevo also known as Novospasskoye, were legend has it in 1293, the instigator of feuds between Alexander Nevskyi's sons, the Tatar warlord, Deden or Duden was surrounded and killed.
		Kostroma (population 280,000) is located 186 miles from Moscow on the left bank of the Volga River at the confluence of the Kostroma River.
	www.xenophon-mil.org /ruscity/volga/river/volga.htm (14300 words)

	WayToRussia.Net Guide to Russia / The Golden Ring / Kostroma: information, impression, history, what to do in Kostroma.
		Kostroma is the center of Kostroma region and is located 340 kilometers north east of Moscow.
		Kostroma was founded in 1152 on the conjunction of Volga and Kostroma rivers by Yury Dolgoruky (he was the one who founded Moscow also) to secure the north-east part of his Rostov-Kostroma principality.
		A bit to the west, where the Kostroma river enters in the Volga, just at the confluence is nested the monastery of St Ipathy, the main architecture and historical attraction of the town.
	www.waytorussia.net /GoldenRing/Kostroma/Kostroma.html (626 words)

	Volga River CruiseWebsite
		Kostroma, one of the loveliest cities of the Golden Ring is certainly a highlight of the cruise.
		The pride of Kostroma is the museum at the former Ipatyevsky Monastery founded in the 14th century by the Zernov family, the forbearers of the Godunov.
		Kostroma is the only Russian city retaining the classical layout of the 18th and 19th centuries, with streets and boulevards fanning out like the spokes of a wheel from a central square.
	members.aol.com /ftc0cntrlr/Russia.htm (8885 words)

	Travel Agency Fremad Russia, Golden Ring. Bogolubovo
		The city is located on the banks of the Volga River 330 kilometers northwest of Moscow.
		In 1778, Kostroma became the center of a gubernia (province), and several years later a master pan for its development was adopted, by which all its radial streets were to converge on the central square with a huge Shopping Center on the bank of the Volga.
		Today Kostroma is the only city in Russia which has retained the layout and architectural ensemble formed in its central part during the XVIII - early XIX centuries.
	fremad-russia.com /kostroma.htm (449 words)

	Hotels in Kostroma, Russia.
		Kostroma is an ancient Russian town with a population of 282000 situated on the left bank of the Volga river.
		The pearl of Kostroma is the ensemble of the Ipatyevsky Monastery with white stone walls and golden cupolas.
		The group of 16-17th centuries monuments in the territory of Kostroma includes the Bogoyavlensky Monastery and the Church of St.John the Baptist.
	www.allrussianhotels.com /en/hotels/kostroma/intourist_kostroma (155 words)

	MOSCO
		In1778, Kostroma became the center of a gubernia (province), and several years later a master pan for its development was adopted, by which all its radial streets were to converge on the central square with a huge Shopping Center on the bank of the Volga.
		Another treasure of Kostroma is the Church of the Resurrection-on-the-Debre built in the XVII century with the donations of the merchant Kiril Isakov.
		The Epiphany Monastery (founded in the first quarter of the XV century), residence of the present Archbishop of Kostroma, is in the center of the city and accommodates a seminary, workshops for making church clothes, icons, as well as a printing house for publishing a newspaper.
	www.mosco.ru /old/gr-kostroma.html (735 words)

	Russia
		Catherine I of Russia Catherine I of Russia (In 1727) Originally she was given the birthname of Martha Skavronskaya and...
		Chita, Russia Chita (Чита́) is a city in confluence of Chita and Ingoda rivers.
		Rivers of Russia Notable rivers of Western Dvina.
	www.brainyencyclopedia.com /topics/russia.html (2067 words)

	Kostroma Region (Russia) (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
		By the law of Kostroma oblast from 19th of October, the flag was given the lawfull status.
		Kostroma city flag is made of four horizontal stripes: light blue, golden yellow, white, and blue.
		A Kostroma coat of arms was shown (on Russian TV channel Kulhtura), quartered with a six pointed star on 1 and 4 and a crescent on 2 and 3, but each qurter had different metals and tints (I can’t say which because the picture was fl and white).
	www.crwflags.com /fotw/flags/ru-kos.html (424 words)

	Kostroma Mon Amour (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
		Equally attractive are the streets of the town, its old suburbs surrounded by orchards and shaded by venerable lime and birch-trees.
		Most of Kostroma was built in the late 18th and early 19th centuries.
		The walls of the Ipatyevsky Monastery, founded in the late 13th and early 14th century, are silent witnesses of the heroic struggle waged by the people of Kostroma against the foreign invaders during the "Time of Troubles".
	students.uniyar.ac.ru /~yang/english.html (1038 words)

	Kostroma Region (Russia) (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
		By the law of Kostroma oblast from 19th of October, the flag was given the lawfull status.
		Kostroma city flag is made of four horizontal stripes: light blue, golden yellow, white, and blue.
		A Kostroma coat of arms was shown (on Russian TV channel Kulhtura), quartered with a six pointed star on 1 and 4 and a crescent on 2 and 3, but each qurter had different metals and tints (I can’t say which because the picture was fl and white).
	flagspot.net /flags/ru-kos.html (397 words)

	Blazons of Kostroma Oblast Towns
		Coat of arms of Kostroma Oblast was instituted on January 21, 1999.
		Moreover, in 1708 the territory of Kostroma Oblast was divided between Moscow, Arkhangelsk and Kazan provinces.
		However, when at the end of 1796 the Kostroma province was created, the son of Ekaterina II - Pavel I, apparently, for spite the mother, has decided to change the coat of arms of territory.
	heraldry.hobby.ru /eng/e.kostr.html (1080 words)

	In the Name of Life
		The Kostroma district is situated in the central economic region, bordering the Vologda, Kirov, Nizhnij Novgorod and Yaroslavl districts and is in the Volga basin.
		The decision to construct a nuclear power plant near the village of Chistye Bory in the Byiskij region of the Kostroma district, was adopted by the CPSU TsK (Central Committee) and Ministers Council of the former Soviet Union on June 1st 1987.
		Kostroma is a region with a strong tradition of textile workers and flax growers, lumber tradesmen, river workers and cheese makers.
	archive.greenpeace.org /comms/no.nukes/react02a.html (1067 words)

	Golden Ring, Russia
		During the Polish intervention in the turbulent years of the early seventeenth century Kostroma was a significant stronghold for the resistance movement.
		During the reign of Ivan the Terrible Ples was one of the largest river firsh suppliers to the kings' court.
		There is an open-air museum of wooden architecture similar to the one in Kostroma with its old peasant houses, a waterwell and two magnificent wooden churches od the 16th and 18th centuries that had been brought to the museum from far away corners of the Suzdal province.
	www.travelmake.com /golden_ring.html (6442 words)

	Uniworld River Cruises
		A jewel in the circle of the Golden Ring cities, pretty Kostroma was home to the noble families Godunov and Romanov before young Alexei Romanov was elected czar and began the legendary Romanov dynasty.
		Kostroma’s heart is a majestic ensemble of 18th and 19th century architecture, the pride of which is the Ipatyevsky Monastery.
		Of special interest are the open air museum of wooden windmills, the medieval peasant homes and a church built without a single metal nail.
	www.uniworld.com /ports_of_call.asp?Cruise_ID=548 (715 words)

	SGA - Gospel Expedition Field Journal
		Kostroma was founded in the 12th century on the bank of the Volga River where it is joined by the Kostroma River (which gave the name to the city).
		“Kostroma” was a symbol of fertility and spring in ancient Russian mythology.
		The city became the center of the Kostroma Principality and in 1340 became a part of Moscow State.
	www.sga.org /cgi-bin/ge_journal/20040722 (466 words)

	Russia in 1994 (2 Cruise)
		The Chicherin, a modern air conditioned 300 passenger river boat built in Germany to cater to the aparatnik class in Soviet times, had been privatised and made available to the tourist trade along with other river boats like the older one behind us.
		River traffic has always been important in Russia since the Viking penetration by longboats in the 9th century.
		Founded in 1150, Kostroma was one of the most important cultural and cultural centers of the "Golden Ring" of cities north east of Moscow.
	geo.ya.com /bclo/page94/94en-russia-2.html (1093 words)

	Volga Cruise: Ipatevsky Monastery, Kostroma, Part I (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
		The picture above is the Ipatevsky Monastery in Kostroma taken from the bridge across the Kostroma River.
		Kostroma, the first town of the Golden Ring that we visit, was once a very important cultural and commercial center.
		This one was saved from the rising waters caused by dams on the river and set on the grounds of St. Ipaty.
	www.4windstravel.com /shows/ruscrs/kostroma.html (308 words)

	Russia - August 2003 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
		Cruising the River Sheksna which then joins White Lake at Krokhino where the church (right) became another victim of the floods due to the construction of the Volga-Baltic Waterway and an Ecology Centre as now been set up to monitor and repair the damage caused to the environment.
		Cruising the River Svir with further locks, an example to the right showing how large they are and how the boats only just fit, we had a lecture on the Romanov Dynasty.
		During dinner we entered the River Neva at Petrorepost where the fortress was used as a prison for high-ranking persons until 1917.
	freespace.virgin.net /stuart.farrell/russia/cruise.htm (554 words)

	Russia in 1994 (2 Cruise)
		The Chicherin, a modern air conditioned 300 passenger river boat built in Germany to cater to the aparatnik class in Soviet times, had been privatised and made available to the tourist trade along with other river boats like the older one behind us.
		River traffic has always been important in Russia since the Viking penetration by longboats in the 9th century.
		Founded in 1150, Kostroma was one of the most important cultural and cultural centers of the "Golden Ring" of cities north east of Moscow.
	berclo.net /page94/94en-russia-2.html (1106 words)

	Program
		Picturesquely located on the banks of the Volkhov river, the city is a collection of ancient architecture, with 39 cathedrals and churches.
		Within the walls of the Kremlin, St. Sophia’s Cathedral (mid-11th century) is the oldest stone structure of Russia.
		Kostroma, which lies on the banks of the Volga river.
	www.orientexpress.ru /pr_anc.htm (651 words)

	Exploring Russia / Waterways
		Yaroslavl, Uglich, Kostroma, and Nizhni Novgorod, four of Russia's most revered and beautiful cities, are all situated along its banks.
		Kostroma's associations with great figures in Russian history is second only to Moscow and St. Petersburg.
		Kostroma experienced its first great period of prosperity as the home of the Godunov family, which arrived in the 14th century and quickly rose to prominence in the region.
	www.geographia.com /russia/water01.htm (1349 words)

	Kostroma (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
		Kostroma is an ancient Russian town with a population of 282000 situated on the left bank of the Volga river.
		The pearl of Kostroma is the ensemble of the Ipatyevsky Monastery with white stone walls and golden cupolas.
		The group of 16-17th centuries monuments in the territory of Kostroma includes the Bogoyavlensky Monastery and the Church of St.John the Baptist.
	www.tourintel.ru /online/gettowndescription.asp?id=160 (127 words)

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