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The Best Attractions In Sorokino

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The Peasant rebellion of Sorokino, officially called the Kulak Rebellion of Sorokino by the Soviet authorities, was a popular uprising against the Soviet policy of war communism in what is today eastern Altai Krai. After the Russian SFSR's tax policy had effectively destroyed the economic basis of many peasants, they took up arms in order to force the communist government from their lands in early 1921. Centered in the area east of Barnaul and north of Biysk, the peasant rebels, around 5,000–10,000 men strong, rallied around the mottos For a clean Soviet power and Soviets without communists.Supported by White Army veterans, the peasant rebels formed ...
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  • 1. 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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  • 2. Alexandrovskaya Sloboda Aleksandrov
    Alexandrov is a town and the administrative center of Alexandrovsky District in Vladimir Oblast, Russia, located 120 kilometers northeast of Moscow. Population: 61,551 ; 64,824 ; 68,220 .
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  • 3. New Jerusalem Monastery of Resurrection Istra
    The Resurrection Monastery or New Jerusalem Monastery is a major male monastery of the Russian Orthodox Church in Moscow Oblast, Russia. The Voskresensky Monastery has given rise to the eponymous village, which has grown into the town of Voskresensk .
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  • 6. Tank Museum Kubinka
    The Kubinka Tank Museum is a large military museum in Kubinka, Odintsovsky District, Moscow Oblast, Russia where tanks, armoured fighting vehicles and their relevant information are displayed and showcased. The museum consists of open-air and indoor permanent exhibitions of many famous tanks and armored vehicles from throughout the 20th and 21st centuries . It is also known to house and display many unique and one-of-a-kind military vehicles, such as the Nazi German Panzer VIII Maus super-heavy tank, Troyanov's Object 279 Kotin heavy tank and a Karl-Gerät heavy self-propelled artillery, amongst other single or limited-production prototypes from the Soviet Union and Nazi Germany.
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