Lyskovsky District is located in the central part of the Nizhny Novgorod Region, and borders Knyagininsky, Vorotynsky, Kstovsky, Voskresensky, Borsky, and Spassky Districts of the Nizhny Novgorod Region.[1]

The administrative center of the district is the town of Lyskovo.

History

The first recorded mentions of Lyskovo date to 1410.[2]

The history of Lyskovsky District stretches back to ancient times. Our ancestors repeatedly defended their land against the Muslim khanates of Volga Region. The famous Makaryev Yarmarka served as a link between Europe and the Eastern countries.

Many great and remarkable people of Russia were born in Lyskovsky District: Simon Ushakov, icon painter of the Armory of the Moscow Kremlin;[3] the celebrated poets Glazkov and Sukhov;[4][5] the prominent church figure Illarion of Suzdal;[6] and from the Makaryev monastery came Nikon, the patriarch who reformed the Russian Orthodox Church.[7]

In 1926, Lyskovo became a town.[2]

Sights

Lyskovo attracts many tourists and excursionists. Its history, architectural monuments of the 18th and early 19th centuries, and notable places are all of great interest.

On the highest hill stands the Spaso-Preobrazhensky Cathedral, built in 1711.[8] It is clearly visible from the Volga. In the central part of the city rises the dome of the Voznesensky Cathedral (1814–1838). Nearby stand the Georgievskaya Church (1814)[9] — a former religious school — the bell tower and trading buildings, and other structures (part of the former estate of Prince G. A. Gruzinsky).[8] Together they form an ensemble that shaped the city's center.

One of the notable landmarks is Deer Hill (Olenya Gora), which is associated with the founding of the city.[8] From time immemorial, Deer Hill was a place of popular festivities for the people of Lyskovo. From the summit, the Volga stretches far into the distance, along with its beautiful right bank, broad meadows, and lakes. From the hill, on the left bank at the mouth of the Kerzhenets River, where it flows into the Volga, the settlement of Makarevo is clearly visible. The famous Makaryev Monastery can also be seen. In the past this was a large feudal estate with more than 3,000 serfs and extensive tracts of land, river, forest, and meadow holdings along the Volga and the Kerzhenets.

The monastery and the residents of Lyskovo were in constant conflict over the right to use the forest and meadow lands, the river crossing over the Volga, and there were many clashes, sometimes bloody ones. In October 1670, during the Razin uprising, the monastery was stormed by rebellious peasants from Lyskovo and Murashkino and was captured and plundered shortly thereafter.

Makaryev Monastery was founded in 1435, but four years later it was seized and destroyed by the Tatar khan Ulu-Muhammad. It was not restored until 1620.[10][7] Today it is an active convent.[10] The majestic monastery ensemble — its tall white-stone walls, pointed tent-roofed towers, the Trinity Cathedral, the elegant five-domed crowning of the gate church, and the Uspenskaya Church — is what the Makaryev Monastery represents today.

Industry

Today Lyskovo is an inter-district industrial center.

The city's industry includes an electrical engineering plant producing automotive equipment, horns, soldering irons, and irons; a metal fittings plant producing hardware for the light industry, as well as fireproof cabinets and safes; a building materials combine; a chemical combine; canning and brewing plants; a furniture factory; and other enterprises in the construction and food industries.[11]

Links

See also

Links

Sources

  1. web.archive.org — Lyskovsky District (archive)
  2. web.archive.org — Historical background (archive)
  3. Kommersant (Volga Region) — Simon Ushakov, the life-like iconographer (archive)
  4. hrono.ru (archive)
  5. names52.ru — Sukhov Fyodor Grigoryevich (archive)
  6. sedmitza.ru — "Ilarion, Metropolitan of Suzdal and Yuryev: pages of a biography" — A. V. Morokhin — Sedmitsa.RU, library of the CNC "Orthodox Encyclopedia" (archive)
  7. opentextnn.ru — Abrosimova A.Yu., Krasnov V.V. Makaryev Zheltovodsky Monastery. Historical and cultural characteristics — OPEN TEXT (archive)
  8. opentextnn.ru — Materials of the historical and cultural reference plan, the project of protection zones for cultural heritage sites, land use regulations and urban planning… (archive)
  9. georgiy-lyskovo.cerkov.ru — Church of the Holy Great Martyr and Victory-Bearer George in Lyskovo — Official parish website — Church of the Holy Great Martyr George the Victory-Bearer in Lys… (archive)
  10. makarevskij-monastyr.ru — About the monastery — The Holy Trinity Makaryev Zheltovodsky WOMEN'S Monastery (archive)
  11. web.archive.org — Industry of the Lyskovsky District (archive)