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In the News (Fri 18 Dec 09)

  
  Staritsa - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Staritsa (Russian: Старица) is a town in Tver Oblast, Russia, administrative center of Staritsky District).
In 1775, Staritsa became a center of an uyezd.
Staritsa is also famous among Moscow speleologists for its 18th–19th century quarries.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Staritsa   (609 words)

  
 The Official and Not-so-Official Page of the City of Staritsa, Tver Region, Russia
Staritsa was founded in the 13th century to serve the needs of a monastery, and to these days it remains a city of churches.
Staritsa was a major center of craftsmanship and low-tech industry before the unfortunate series of events of early 20th century.
Distribution in Staritsa among poor single mothers who don't drink (one of the condition for receiving aid) is administered by Paulina.
www.unclepasha.com /staritsa_eng.htm   (1062 words)

  
 danrogers - pafg430 - Generated by Personal Ancestral File
Prince Andrej Fedorovich of Khovanskij was born in 1490 in Staritsa, Tver, Russia.
Petrovna Borozdina was born in 1492 in Staritsa, Tver, Russia.
Roman Ivanovich of Odoevskij was born in 1511 in of, Staritsa, Tver, Russia.
freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com /~dantrogers/pafg430.htm   (447 words)

  
 Staritsa, Tver region, Russia
Staritsa is defined by hills, the bridge over the Volga, and old churches.
Staritsa and the surrounding countryside can be recommended if you wish to see the real small-town and rural Russia yet unchanged by the developing tourist boom.
Staritsa is also conveniently located between Moscow and St. Petersburg, and your itinerary can go, for instance, thought Novgorod, Ostashkov, Staraya Russa, Torzhok and Tver (St. Petersburg to Staritsa) and then though Rzhev, Volokolamsk, and New Jerusalem (Staritsa to Moscow).
www.russian-horse-rides.com /staritsa.htm   (465 words)

  
 Staritsa (Starica), Tver region, Russia
Staritsa got established at the end of the13th century and remained independent from Moscow till Ivan the Terrible ordered the last prince of Staritsa knived during a feast.
Presently Staritsa is receiving a lot of attention and press coverage [move here scans of articles from www.unclepasha.com/horses.htm and www.russian-horse-rides.com] as the authentic and unvisited place relatively immune to times.
Your typical Staritsa theft is neighbours steeling each others' spuds, and your typical Staritsa murder is neighbours splitting each others' heads open with wood-choppers after old resentments of three generations of them stealing countless generations of each others' chicken come up to the surface following a long weekend of mutual raw potato vodka consumption.
www.staritsa.info /staritsa.htm   (904 words)

  
 My Stariza photoalbum
Staritsa - one of the oldest towns in the Tver region, located by the river of Volga.
In 1485 Staritsa became part of the Moscow state.
Staritsa is located approximately 300 km from Moscow.
stariza.com /english.html   (275 words)

  
 Бюро путешествий "James Cook" : «REAL RUSSIA» self-drive   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-25)
In the morning – a tour of the city followed by a 100 km drive to the town of Staritsa (tarmac).
Staritsa has first been mentioned in ancient chronicles in 1297.
The local Assumption monastery has been founded in 1110 and is one of the oldest acting monasteries in the whole of Russia.
www.jamescook.ru /real_russia_self_drive.shtml   (956 words)

  
 Travel to Russia - All Russia Tours, Moscow, Russia - offers a wide range of Russia tours and vacation packages for ...   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-25)
Departure to Staritsa - a small town in the Tver area situated on an abrupt coast of Volga.
Staritsa was a favourite town of Russian tzar Ivan Grozny.
Staritsa city tour - you will see the main attractions of Staritsa: the Uspensky monastery founded in the 12th century and Illyinskaya church.
www.allrussiatours.com /budget-tour-0/program.html   (1044 words)

  
 Tver, Staritsa and other towns between Moscow and St. Petersburg
Also an itinerary that takes you to Staritsa through Sergiev Posad and Dmitrov can easily be made to include Klin.
Connoisseurs of neglect and decay are invited to the page of Stepurino that is now acquiring sort of a fame thanks to the writing folk I took via the old road from Staritsa to Moscow that passes through through Stepurino, Lotoshino, Volokolamsk, and Istra.
Not too lake to turn to Dmitrov, then go through Klin, and then by the Monastery of Joseph-of-Volokolamks through Stepurino to Staritsa, where I wanted to entice you to start with, especially in the off-season under the slogan of "Winter is the Soul of Russia".
www.staritsa.info   (1091 words)

  
 Staritsa and surrounding area
Regional history museum is housed the dining hall build for Staritsa visits of Ivan the Terrible.
I feed visitors a story that back in the communist days, during the space race, every collective farm was required to build its own spaceship, powered by nuclear fuel extracted from cow manure.
Staritsa and other cities between Moscow and St. Petersburg
www.russian-horse-rides.com /staritsa_winter.htm   (182 words)

  
 Санаторий «СТАРИЦА» ::: English version :::
Qualified personnel of «Staritsa» is experienced in receiving foreign guests from the USA, Japan, China and others.
The physician of manipulation and the masseurs are of help at diseases of muscles, joints and spine.
«Staritsa» sanatorium offers a good opportunity to cure your health and have a relaxing holiday in Solotcha.
www.staritsa.com /english.html   (296 words)

  
 Tver region
In 14th-15th centuries this city was the capital of the Staritsa princedom.
There are old quarries not far from Staritsa, where since the 12th century limestone, “the marble of Staritsa” has been explored.
Staritsa has kept intact great monuments of history and architecture, among which Uspenskiy Monastery has special place.
www.moscow-city.ru /regions/en/tver_region/tver_eng.html   (799 words)

  
 Uncle Pasha's Dacha | Russian eco lodge | Russian rural scene | uncle pasha
The City of Staritsa managed to preserve its historic character.
Car upkeep contribution for the 250 km ride from Moscow to Staritsa: $70-100.
Staritsa is accessible by bus from Moscow and almost direct train from St. Petersburg.
www.infohub.com /Lodgings/lodging_pages/164.html   (349 words)

  
 The Upper Volga Camp   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-25)
For service in **good** English write to paul_voytinsky@yahoo.com or call +7-910-932-5546 in Staritsa or +7-916-117-1527 in Moscow.
Lessons, help with saddling horses, and riding escort are available at a very reasonable rate ($5-10/hour, depending on the instructor's qualifications).
Meeting at the train or bus station in Staritsa, or even in Tver, can be arranged, also at "local" prices.
www.restplace.ru /index_eng.htm   (377 words)

  
 Cheap Moscow welcome even poor you.
For $55/day (1500 roubles) someone will be appointed to cook, to keep the "banya" hot, to saddle the horse for you, to carry in firewood, and otherwise make sure you need to do nothing to keep yourself comfortable.
Located near Staritsa, Tver region, 4-5 hours from Moscow and 6-7 from St. Petersburg.
You are invited to my "dacha" near Staritsa (also spelled "Starica") in the Tver region, right on the Volga river.
www.cheap-moscow.com   (575 words)

  
 thePeerage.com - Basil Glinski , Prince Glinski and others
She married Andrew Rurik, Duke of Staritsa, son of Ivan III Rurik, Grand Duke of Moscow and Sophia Paleolgus, in 1533.
     Vladimir Rurik, Duke of Staritsa was born in 1533.
He was the son of Andrew Rurik, Duke of Staritsa and Euphrosine Khovanski.
www.thepeerage.com /p11487.htm   (638 words)

  
 Uncle Pasha
Back to personally looking after my clients as far as it is possible given that 80% of the time I'm in Staritsa, and of course working on the sites.
Istra, New Jerusalem, Klin, Tver, Rzhev), and of course Staritsa itself.
www.staritsa.info Staritsa makes the central page of this project but at the end all places of significance between Moscow and St. Petersburg are to be documented with the practical budget traveller in mind.
www.unclepasha.com   (2842 words)

  
 Russia Locations List - Starinki to Starka
Staritsa Cherontal, Oxbow Lake, Long: 65.61972 Lat: 55.65083
Staritsa Glyadyana, Oxbow Lake, Long: 65.0575 Lat: 54.87833
Staritsa Gorodovaya, Oxbow Lake, Long: 64.36306 Lat: 54.33917
www.traveljournals.net /explore/russia/locations/s/585.html   (129 words)

  
 Staritsa (Starica), Tver region, Russia
My "dacha" where I spend 2/3 of my time, is in Staritsa, 80km (55 miles) from Tver.
Report prepared December 3, 2004, while I was sitting in the village of Dubrovki with winter ennui that is as unavoidable these places as diarrhea in India.
Istra and New Jerusalem, Klin, Tver, Volokolamsk, Yaropolets, Staritsa, Stepurino, Bortenyevo, Rzhev, Torzhok, Vyshny Volochek, Kashin, Valday, Ostashkov, Staraya Russa, Novgorod...
www.staritsa.info /tver.htm   (2367 words)

  
 Forgotten Honor Tournament - Campaign #4: Battle #5: Staritsa
The much heralded Soviet winter counter-offensive was in fact a series of small-unit actions amongst the white and evergreen of the Russian winter.
The raid on the crossroads northwest of Staritsa was just one of many.
Aftermath: To protect the critical crossroads, the Germans had cut a maze of trenchworks through the snow.
www.forgottenhonor.com /modules.php?name=News&file=article&sid=72   (769 words)

  
 NIS Trafficking
Russian Federal Security Service (FSB) officials arrested three men in Staritsa, Tverskaya Oblast for possession of 10 ampoules of radioactive cobalt-60, the newspaper Tverskaya Zhizn reported on 5 December 2002.
The suspects include 50-year-old Aleksandr Belonogov and his 21-year-old son, both residents of the city of Rzhev (Tverskaya Oblast), and one unidentified resident of Staritsa.
According to the paper, the suspects were attempting to sell the cobalt for just $700-800.
www.nti.org /db/nistraff/2002/20020800.htm   (287 words)

  
 Horseback Riding : Uncle Pasha's Dacha : Russia : HORSE-RIDING.NET
Horseback rides and trips in Staritsa, Tver region, between Moscow & St. Petersburg.
Tours of Staritsa, boating, exploration of catacombs, rafting and boating too..
Village of Dubrovki, Staritsa District, Tver region, Russia.
www.horse-riding.net /stables/detailed/4268-horse.html   (111 words)

  
 Staritsa: See what people are saying right now on Technorati   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-25)
Staritsa: See what people are saying right now on Technorati
Uncle Pasha's Russian Travel Services One of the most interesting Russians and Russian travel...
Staritsa per day for the last 30 days.
technorati.com /tag/Staritsa   (124 words)

  
 Бюро путешествий "James Cook" : Backcountry Russia   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-25)
On the other hand, the nature is fantastic, and the further we are from the megapolis, the less villages we encounter and the more fields, forests, rivers and lakes surround us…
y lunchtime, we arrive to a small town of Staritsa which history goes back to the XII century.
The town is located on the high banks of the great Russian river Volga and looks fantastic in any time of the year.
www.jamescook.ru /backcountry_russia.shtml   (1343 words)

  
 Amazon.com: Staritsa: Put§ dlinoiu v sem§ vekov : nauchno-prakticheskaia konferentsiia, posviashchennaia 700-letiiu ...   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-25)
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www.amazon.com /Staritsa-nauchno-prakticheskaia-konferentsiia-posviashchennaia-soobshcheniia/dp/585457103X   (636 words)

  
 Prokudin-Gorsky Color Database   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-25)
Church of St. Paraskeva Pyatnitsa in the town of Staritsa.
The Church of the Ascension in the town of Staritsa
Entrance to the Monastery of the Dormition in the town of Staritsa
www.prokudin-gorsky.ru /English/database.php3?first=1440&sAlbum=&sText=&nAlbum=   (273 words)

  
 Russia Travel Forums - View topic - Tver, Staritsa, Volga, horses..
Russia Travel Forums - View topic - Tver, Staritsa, Volga, horses..
Posted: Sun Oct 31, 2004 11:17 pm Post subject: Tver, Staritsa, Volga, horses..
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www.waytorussia.net /TalkLounge/quote-6304.html   (327 words)

  
 Horseback Riding Vacations : Horse riding in Russia - Horseback rides and tours in the Staritsa district, Tver Region, ...   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-25)
Horseback Riding Vacations : Horse riding in Russia - Horseback rides and tours in the Staritsa district, Tver Region, Russia
Horseback rides and tours in the Staritsa district, Tver Region, Russia
To bring some life into the deserted village of Dubrovki ("Oakwood") where we are trying to live, and perhaps to convince you to make a contribution towards feeding the beasts
www.horse-riding.net /vacations/detailed/351-horse.html   (92 words)

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