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 | | Yaroslavl is one of Russian's oldest cities, whose history reflects great and tragic events in the life of the Russian people, their culture and economy, their struggle for freedom against the foreign invaders in the distant past and their feats of courage in the Second World War. |
 | | Later, with the development of navigation along the northern water route Yaroslav the first great Volga port, acquired prominence, and by the end of the twelfth century the city had spread considerable beyond the confines of the log stockade of Yaroslavl's fortress. |
 | | Two monasteries were built to strengthen the defence of the city: the Petrovsky Monastery to the north, on the bank of the Volga, and the Spasso-Preobrazhensky Monastery, to the west, on the bank of the Kotorosl. |
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