песчаная делянка
The place
песчаная делянка ("Sandy plot") in Yaroslavl oblast, Pereslavl-Zalessky/Rostov area (Golden Ring, central Russia, Russia), at 170 m elevation, central Russian plain. Continuous Russia Golden Ring cluster (batches 340-391). Cleared sandy forestry plot (Pereslavl-Zalessky 40,000 inhabitants, UNESCO 1993, 8 Orthodox churches from the 12th century, birthplace of Alexander Nevsky + Rostov 30,000 inhabitants, UNESCO 1955, 15th-century ivory-carving Kremlin + Golden Ring, 8 historic cities, 1969 tourism + heritage of the Russians, Golden Ring Eastern Slavs Orthodox + Slavs 5th-8th century Kievan Rus 862 Rurikid dynasty + Ivan IV the Terrible 1547-1584 first tsar, Moscow centralization + Peter the Great 1682-1725 Petrograd window on Europe modernization + Catherine II 1762-1796 the Great, enlightened + Alexander II 1855-1881 abolition of serfdom 1861 + 1917 revolution Lenin + USSR 1922-1991 + fragile democracy 1991-2000 + Putin 2000-2025 25 years authoritarian).
The setting
Yaroslavl Pereslavl-Zalessky/Rostov Golden Ring central Russia 170 m central Russian plain, continuous cluster batches 340-391, sandy forestry plot + Pereslavl-Zalessky 40,000 UNESCO 1993 8 churches 12th c. Nevsky + Rostov 30,000 UNESCO 1955 ivory Kremlin 15th c. + Golden Ring 8 cities 1969, Russians Golden Ring Eastern Slavs Orthodox + Slavs 5th-8th c. Kievan Rus 862 Rurikids + Ivan the Terrible 1547-1584 first tsar + Peter the Great 1682-1725 Petrograd Europe + Catherine II 1762-1796 enlightened + Alexander II 1855-1881 serfdom 1861 + 1917 revolution Lenin + USSR 1922-1991 + fragile democracy 1991-2000 + Putin 2000-2025 25 years authoritarian.
