Biography of the city of Alexandrov

The story of the history of the Aleksandrov became a city in the year, before that he was called the Alexander Sloboda, which grew out of a small palace village. Here, the Grand Duke in the image and likeness of Western European monarchs builds "Russian Versailles". Pokrovsky now Trinity Cathedral of G. on the territory of the sovereign of the court is erected by the genuine masterpieces of ancient Russian stone architecture: the Krutsk Church - the bell tower, the Trinity of the Pokrovskaya and Assumption Churches.

Here, in the palace printing house, in the year I saw the light printed by the Andronic of the ignoramus "Psalter Slobodskaya." The VII century in the empty royal residence was located the Assumption Convent. The construction of monastic buildings that began here ultimately led to the creation of a rare unity of the ensemble, which absorbed the characteristic features of the cult and civil architecture of several centuries.

The complex of the Assumption Monastery, located on the prevailing marks of the left bank of the River of the Seva and turned to it with the main facade, is still dominant in the composition of the city and its center. The existing Transfiguration Church and the Christmas Cathedral existing on the site of the former wooden churches of the Epiphany and the Nativity of Christ. The development on the right bank of the Seri River continued to form along the Moscow Road, which then became the main street of the city, and in its eastern part the main square with the commercial rows adjacent to it is still laid.

Since the year, the settlement has been renamed the city. On his coat of arms were depicted two na-collages and a vise as a sign that blacksmiths were famous for their products in Alexandrov. In the year of Catherine II, the first regular plan of the city of Alexandrov was approved. In it, a two -part planning structure that was already established on the both banks of the river was fixed.

Its main compositional axis was the road leading to the city center from Moscow, backed up by a system of squares: when entering the city - Sennaya, in the center - the main one for the present places and trading shops, and then behind the bridge - the square in front of the gates of the Assumption Monastery. In the year, a railway traffic was opened past Aleksandrov from Moscow to Yaroslavl.

The Aleksandrov station was located at the end of the axis of the main street of the city. Built here at the beginning of the 20th century and the station survived to this day gave the beginning of a new square. A new general plan of Alexandrov was compiled in the year. From the documents it can be assumed that its author is the architect N. The project provided for the further development of the city in the direction of the railway station based on the regular plan.

At the end of the 19th century, intensive construction takes place in Alexandrov: buildings of manufactories, factories, profitable, trade and treasury houses are being built. The unique appearance of the provincial county town is formed, which is also more preserved. Materials are provided by the director of the Pervushin Museum-Estate E. E. Version for printing Copyright. Aleksandrov.

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