Borovsk

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Object location	55° 12′ 27.19″ N, 36° 29′ 05.05″ E	View all coordinates using: OpenStreetMap	55.207553; 36.484737

Borovsk, a town established in 1358, stands between Moscow and Kaluga. Current population is estimated at around 12 thousand.

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  Coat of arms
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  Flag

Geography

Protva River

Borovsk was founded on the steep right bank of the Protva River. The town developed primarily to the south of the old citadel. Isolated suburbs (slobodas) developed to the west (across the Tekizha Creek Ravine) and to the north and east, across the Protva.

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  The Protva near old citadel
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  The Protva near old citadel
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  One of many green islands on the Protva
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  The Protva in Borovsk
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  The Protva in Borovsk
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  Fish in the Protva

Tekizhe Creek

The small Tekizhe Creek flows into the Protva east of the old town, in a grand natural ravine. It forms the natural border of the city core, separating it from the eastern suburb.

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  Tekizhe Creek
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  View east across the ravine
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  View north along the ravine
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  View west across the ravine

Hills and valleys

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  Hills east of Borovsk
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  Fields west of Borovsk
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  Fields east of Borovsk
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  Woodland north of Borovsk
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  Valley of the Protva west of Borovsk
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  Valley of the Protva west of Borovsk

Borovsk Citadel

No traces of ancient fortresses survived to date. The old Kremlin Hill is scarcely built out, and most of these small buildings are occupied by the town hall and district court.

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  The top of the hill
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  City Hall
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  The (alleged) grave of Fedosiya Morozova
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  Painters on the crest of the hill
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  View west from the hill
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  View north-east from the hill

Main Square

Lenin Square, the former Market Square, stands immediately south-west of Kremlin Hill. To date, the square remains the shopping center of the town - there are no modern "shopping plazas" or big label supermarkets. The Square is also home to local museum and library. There are monuments to Lenin, philosopher Nikolay Fyodorov and a small World War Two memorial cemetery.

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  Old market, view from west
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  South-east corner
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  North-west corner
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  North-west corner
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  Old shop buildings
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  North side

Streets of the core town (west to east)

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  Uritskogo Street
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  Kaluzhskaya Street
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  Volodarskogo Street
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  Lenina Street
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  Krasnoarmeyskaya Street
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  Dzerzhinskogo Street

Western suburb

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  Uritskogo Street
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  Bernikova Street
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  Bernikova Street
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  Bernikova Street
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  Bernikova Street
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  Former prison

Southern suburb

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  Rabochaya Street
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  Rabochaya Street
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  Rabochaya Street
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  Kalinina Street
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  Kalinina Street
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  Mira Street

Eastern suburb

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  The church and the gardens
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  Tsiolkovskogo Street
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  Stepana Razina Street
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  Kolkhoznaya Street
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  Kommunisticheskaya Street
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  Kommunisticheskaya Street

Northern suburb

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  Engelsa Street
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  Engelsa Street
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  Engelsa Street
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  Engelsa Street
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  Municipal beach and footbridge to the Citadel
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  Municipal beach

Architecture

Churches

Historically, Borovsk was a town of die-hard Old Believers.

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  Cathedral of the Annunciation (Moscow Patriarchy)
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  Church of St. Boris and Gleb (Moscow Patriarchy)
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  Church of the Entry (former Old Believers, now Moscow Patriarchy)
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  Church of the Exaltation of the Cross (Moscow Patriarchy)
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  Church of the Intercession (Moscow Patriarchy)
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  Church of the Transfiguration (Moscow Patriarchy)

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  Cathedral of All Saints (former Old Believers, now secularized)
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  Cathedral of the Intercession (Old Believers)
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  Church of the Intercession (former Edinoverie, now secularized)

Pafnutyev Monastery

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  Setting
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  Entrance
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  Cathedral
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  Belltower
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  Fortifications

Museums

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  Local library and history museum
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  The Center of Arts in the former Cathedral of All Saints
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  Folk art commune in the former Shokin House
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  Tsiolkovsky Museum

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Wooden houses

Typical small single-family homes

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Larger wooden houses on brick basements

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Murals

Borovsk has more murals than Belfast. Almost all of these murals were created in the 2000s by local artist Vladimir Ovchinnikov (http://vladiov.narod.ru/), mostly in grisaille. Freedom of panorama prohibits hosting of his artwork per se, but hopefully these examples pass de minimis exemption:

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  The Globe of Borovsk
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  The Polezhaev family
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  The Cathedral
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  Old photographs
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  Old photographs
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  Tsiolkovsky and Cucumber

Nearby villages

Krasnoye

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  View from across the Protva
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  Another view from afar
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  Church of Archangel Michael
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  Church of Archangel Michael
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  Footbridge
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  Nearby fields

Sovyaki

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  Riverside houses
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  Bridge and the church of St. Barbara
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  Church of St. Barbara
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  Church of St. Barbara
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  Nearby fields
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  Fields slated for development

Roshcha

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  View from Borovsk
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  Church of the Nativity of Theotokos
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  Quiet alley
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  Abandoned house
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  Dacha township
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  Nearby forest

Ryabushki

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  Landscape
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  Church of St. Demetrios
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  Wooden houses
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  Run-down house
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  Main Street
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  Main Street

Rusinovo

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  View from Ryabushki
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  The hills
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  Church of St. Nicholas
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  Main Street
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  Main Street
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  Main Street