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The Best Attractions In Zhukovka

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Zhukovka is the name of several inhabited localities in Russia. Urban localitiesZhukovka, Bryansk Oblast, a town in Zhukovsky District of Bryansk Oblast; 53°32′N 33°44′ERural localitiesZhukovka, Altai Krai, a selo in Pavlozavodskoy Selsoviet of Pavlovsky District in Altai Krai; 53°12′N 82°59′E Zhukovka, Lukhsky District, Ivanovo Oblast, a village in Lukhsky District of Ivanovo Oblast Zhukovka, Yuryevetsky District, Ivanovo Oblast, a selo in Yuryevetsky District of Ivanovo Oblast Zhukovka, Kaliningrad Oblast, a settlement in Pogranichny Rural Okrug of Bagrationovsky District in Kaliningrad Oblast Zhukovka, Kostroma Oblast, a village in Voskr...
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The Best Attractions In Zhukovka

  • 1. Dacha Art Gallery Zhukovka
    A dacha is a seasonal or year-round second home, often located in the exurbs of Russian and other post-Soviet cities. A cottage or shack serving as a family's main or only home, or an outbuilding, is not considered a dacha, although some dachas recently have been converted to year-round residences and vice versa. In some cases, owners occupy their dachas for part of the year and rent them to urban residents as summer retreats. People living in dachas are colloquially called dachniki ; the term usually refers not only to dacha dwellers but to a distinctive lifestyle. The Russian term is often said to have no exact counterpart in English.Dachas are common in Russia, and are also widespread in most parts of the former Soviet Union and in some countries of the former Eastern Bloc. Surveys in 1...
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  • 2. Savvino-Storozhevsky Monastery Zvenigorod
    The Savvino-Storozhevsky Monastery is a Russian Orthodox monastery dedicated to the feast of the Nativity of the Theotokos. It is the preeminent landmark of Zvenigorod, a town 48 km west of Moscow. In 1398, Prince Yuri of Zvenigorod asked Savva, or Sabbas, one of the first disciples of Sergius of Radonezh, to come to his capital city and set up a monastic abode on the Storozhi Holm . St. Savva of Storozhi was interred in the white stone cathedral of the Virgin's Nativity in 1407. This diminutive, roughly hewn church still stands, although its present-day exquisite look is the result of a 1970s restoration campaign. The frescoes in the altar date back to the 1420s, but the rest of the interior was painted in 1656. A magnificent iconostasis in five tiers and the Stroganov School royal doors ...
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