Belozersk

Belozersk is a town and the managerial focal point of Belozersky District in Vologda Oblast, Russia, situated on the southern bank of Lake Beloye, from which it takes the name, 214 kilometers northwest of Vologda, the regulatory focus of the oblast. Known as Beloozero until the point that 1777, it was first chronicled in 862 as one of the five unique Russian towns the other four being Murom, Novgorod, Polotsk, and Rostov.

According to the Primary Chronicle, Sineus, a sibling of Rurik, turned into the sovereign of Beloozero in 862. However, Sineus undoubtedly never existed. On a few events, the settlement was moved starting with one bank of the lake then onto the next. Inside the system of managerial divisions, Belozersk fills in as the regulatory focus of Belozersky District. As an authoritative division, it is consolidated inside Belozersky District as the town of area essentialness of Belozersk.

The town of Belozersk is delegated an authentic town by the Ministry of Culture of Russia, which suggests certain limitations on development in the chronicled center. The medieval landmarks in the town focus are the Assumption Church 1552 and the Transfiguration Cathedral 1668. The wooden place of worship of St. Elijah was worked in 1690. The area is wealthy in old groups, for example, Kirillo-Belozersky and Ferapontov Monasteries.