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Zvenigorod Vacation Guide

Zvenigorod is a lovely town located 50 km east of Moscow.
Its name "zvenigorod" is made from to words "zvenet'" - to ring and "gorod" - town.
People settled down in Zvenigorod approx. in 12th century.Zvenigorod rose to prominence in the late 14th century, after it was bequeathed by Dmitry Donskoy to his second son Yuri, who founded his residence on the steep bank of the Moskva River.
Famous russian frescos and icons painter Andrey Rublev painted Zvenigorod cathedral and church in Savvni Storozhevky monastery.
Savvino Storozhevsky monastery was established in 14th century by St. Savva. This diminutive, roughly hewn church still stands, although its present-day exquisite look is the result of recent restoration. In 1650, the monastery was chosen by Tsar Alexis as his suburban residence. In five years, they constructed a white-stone royal palace and a festive chamber for tsaritsa. The cloister was encircled with stone walls and towers, patterned after those of the Troitse-Sergiyeva Lavra. In May of 1918, when the Bolsheviks tried to seize the relics of St. Savva, several persons were shot dead. In 1985, the cloister was assigned to the Danilov Monastery in Moscow. St. Savva's relics were returned to the monastery in 1998.