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Nikolo-Terebensky Monastery
Monastery of St. Nicholas (russian: Николо-Теребенская пустынь, "Nicholas Terebeni ''Hermitage (religious retreat)#Eastern Christian tradition, pustyn''") is a Russian Orthodox Church, Russian Orthodox monastery located in Truzhenik settlement (former Terebeni) in Tver Oblast, Russia. History In 1492, the landowner Mikhail Obudkov built a wooden church in the village of Terebeni in honor of Saint Nicholas the Wonderworker. According to legend, the image of St. Nicholas, kept in it, repeatedly left the church by itself transporting to the Spring (hydrology), spring on the banks of the Mologa River. At this place, a wooden church was erected, around which the ''pustyn'' was subsequently formed. In the 16th century, the village belonged to Vladimir the Bold, prince of Serpukhov. Information has been preserved that by the Time of Troubles the monastery already existed, but it was Polish–Muscovite War (1605–1618), ravaged by the Poles and completely dest ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Maksatikhinsky District
Maksatikhinsky District (russian: Макса́тихинский райо́н) is an administrative and municipalLaw #4-ZO district (raion), one of the thirty-six in Tver Oblast, Russia. It is located in the northeast of the oblast and borders with Lesnoy District in the north, Sandovsky and Molokovsky Districts in the northeast, Bezhetsky District in the east, Rameshkovsky and Likhoslavlsky Districts in the south, Spirovsky and Vyshnevolotsky Districts in the southwest, and with Udomelsky District in the west. The area of the district is . Its administrative center is the urban locality (an urban-type settlement) of Maksatikha. Population: 16,723 ( 2010 Census); The population of Maksatikha accounts for 52.3% of the district's total population. Geography The whole area of the district belongs to the drainage basin of the Mologa River, a major tributary of the Rybinsk Reservoir. The source of the Mologa is in the southeastern part of the district. The river flows east, ex ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
