Also included in Moscow are visits to the largest Orthodox Christian Church in the world, the Cathedral of Christ the Saviour, and the Novodevichy (New Maiden) Convent and Cemetery with the tombs of famous Russian authors, musicians, and politicians. You'll travel from St. Petersburg and Moscow via the high-speed Sapsan train. This channel was generated automatically by YouTube's video discovery system.
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Zvenigorod is a historical town, 60 km east of Moscow. It takes about an hour by car, depending on the traffic, so it’s perfect for a day trip to escape the capital.
The small, almost 1000-year-old, town located on the river Moskva has quite a few things to offer for its visitors.
The Monastery “Savvino Storozhevskiy”, which is just a 5 min drive from the center of Zvenigorod, is definitely worth a visit. It is surrounded by beautiful nature on a hill, so don’t forget to enjoy the view from outside the monastery walls. But also inside it's really beautiful and peaceful. It reminded us a lot of Sergey Possad, but “Savvino Storozhevskiy” is smaller and less touristy. If you want to visit the churches inside, don’t forget to bring a scarf to cover your head inside the church (women only). The parking and entrance are free.
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For those who would like to walk a bit more, we recommend to drive 3 min further through the forest to “Tserkov Nikolaya”. Here you will find on another parking lot, from where you walk to a spring and the two churches.
For lunch or a coffee break, we recommend a visit to the street “Kupchy Dvor”. This tiny street has a great atmosphere. All the shops, cafés and restaurants are in old nice wooden houses and they created really beautiful outdoor spaces on the street.
From here, it‘s a nice walk towards the river to see the old wooden houses. Also the museum “Back to the USSR” is worth a visit, if you still have time. But don’t forget to check the opening hours before you go there.
We hope we have inspired you with some nice tips for the weekend!
Location: Zvenigorod, Odintsovskiy Gorodskoy Okrug, Moscow Region
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Name of the Churches close to the Monastery: Tserkov Nikolaya
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Moscow Escape - Especially when playing Weak Notrump openers, a conventional countermeasure when opponent Doubles for penalty. Here is one of several escape variations used by players, this one an adaptation of the DONT convention: Bid | Meaning | 1N - (X) - XX | Responder's Redouble shows a single-suited hand | 1N - (X) - 2C | Shows a two-suited hand: Clubs and a higher suit | 1N - (X) - 2D | Shows a two-suited hand: Diamonds and a higher suit | 1N - (X) - 2H | Shows a two-suited hand: Hearts and Spades | 1N - (X) - 2S | To play in Spades, taking up more bidding space than beginning with a Redouble followed by 2S |
A popular adaptation to Escapes includes:
Bid | Meaning | 1N - (X) - P - (P);
XX | Responder 's Pass forces opener to Redouble; the Redouble may show a one-suited hand to be disclosed by responder or Pass to convert to punish the opponents' for an ill-advised Double. Incidentally, opener's Redouble functions similar to the Lebensohl 2 Notrump conventional call, as: (2x) - X - (P) - 2N. Thus, a 2 level responder bid is to play and a 3 level bid invites game (stronger than a direct 3 level bid over opponent's Double) | 1N - (X) - P - (P);
XX - (P) - 2D | Responder belatedly shows a single-suited Diamond hand; with a 4-3-3-3 hand, if opponents' again Double, a subsequent Redouble is 'SOS', asking partner to name a longer suit | 1N - (X) - P - (P);
XX - (P) - P | Responder shows good values by subsequently Passing, anticipating making the 1 Notrump contract for a good result; if opponents' enters the auction, their contract will now likely be Doubled for penalty. |
Note: many creative escape variations are in use today, requiring partnership discussion on specific methods. See SOS Redoubles, Exodus, Bergen Redouble Over Notrump |