Город Красный Холм / Red Hill, Tver - 1900s

Дореволюционная Россия на фотографиях Город Красный Холм Тверской Губернии 1900-х годов Pre-revolutionary Russia in photographs Red Hill Тver Province 1900s Music: Nocturne. Played her by Vladimir Ilyashevich on the Balalaika and the Ukrainian Radio Symphony Orchestra Here I present a series of photographs of the old town of Red Hill, in the Krasnokholmsky district of Tver Province. Situated on the Neledina River, the original settlement was known as Saviour on the Hill. First mention of the village dates back to 1518, when Prince Simeon Ivanovich of Kaluga granted land for the building of the Krasnokholmsky Nicholas St. Anthony Monastery ( destroyed after the Revolution). In 1764 Empress Catherine II issued a decree on the confiscation of monastic land, and the village on the hill Spas ceased to be the domain of the monastery. In January 1776, the village was given a new name - Red Hill. Looking around the village, today, we step back in time, as many of the pre-revolutionary town buildings remain....