Yaroslavl (English) Ярославль (Russian)
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Location of Yaroslavl Oblast in Russia
Yaroslavl
Coordinates: 57°37′N 39°51′E / 57.617°N 39.85°E / 57.617; 39.85Coordinates: 57°37′N 39°51′E / 57.617°N 39.85°E / 57.617; 39.85
Coat of arms	Flag
Administrative status
Country	Russia
Federal subject	Yaroslavl Oblast
Administrative center of	Yaroslavl Oblast
Municipal status
Urban okrug	Yaroslavl Urban Okrug
Mayor	Viktor Volunchunas
Representative body	City Duma
Statistics
Population (2010 Census, preliminary)	591,486 inhabitants
- Rank in 2010	23rd
Population (2002 Census)	613,088 inhabitants
- Rank in 2002	21st
Time zone	MSD (UTC+04:00)
Founded	1010
Postal code(s)	150000—150066
Dialing code(s)	+7 4852
Official website

Yaroslavl (Russian: Яросла́вль) is a city and the administrative center of Yaroslavl Oblast, Russia, located 250 kilometers (160 mi) northeast of Moscow. The historical part of the city, a World Heritage Site, is located at the confluence of the Volga and the Kotorosl Rivers. It is one of the Golden Ring cities, a group of historic cities northeast of Moscow that has played an important role in Russian history. Population: 591,486 (2010 Census preliminary results); 613,088 (2002 Census); 632,991 (1989 Census).

Geography

Location

The city lies in the eastern portion of Yaroslavl Oblast, one of the 83 federal subjects of Russia, and of which Yaroslavl is the administrative centre; this is around 283 kilometers (175 miles) to the north-east of Moscow. The nearest large towns are Tutayev (34 km as the bird flies to the north-west), Gavrilov-Yam (37 km to the south) and Nerekhta (47 km to the south-east). The historic centre of Yaroslavl lies to the north of the mouth of the Kotorosl river on the right bank of the larger River Volga. The city's entire urban area covers around 205 km² and includes a number of territories south of the Kotorosl and on the left bank of the Volga. With over 600,00 residents, Yaroslavl is, by population, the largest town on the Volga until it reaches Nizhny Novgorod, it is a large transport node and a great number of important national and regional roads, railways and waterways pass through the city. In fact many of the roads that connect Yaroslavl to Moscow and beyond are two-lane highways.

Yaroslavl and its respective oblast are located in the central area of the East European Plain, which in areas to the north-east of Moscow is characterised by rolling hills and a generally uneven landscape; however, most of these hills are no larger than 200  meters in height. Typical for this region, the area in and around Yaroslavl is rich in mixed and coniferous forests, in addition to these, there are also large areas of swampland.

Climate

Yaroslavl and its local area has a typical temperate continental climate, in comparison to central and western Europe, this makes for a climate with more snowy, colder, but dry winters, and typically temperate, warm summers.

A completely frozen Volga in Yaroslavl, Winter 2006

The Winter in Yaroslavl begins in about November and usually goes on for around five months. The coldest month of the year is typically January with an average daily temperature of just −8,2 °C; however at this time it is not uncommon for temperatures to drop below −20 °C, in some special cases (for example, most recently in January 2006) temperatures of −35 to −40 °C can be experienced. On the other hand, Yaroslavl can also experience positive temperatures during this time of the year (for example, in 1932, when thaw lasted for 17 days of January). Typically the Volga freezes over during the winter. Snow cover is usually between 35 to 50 cm thick, but can in some cases be up to 70 cm in depth. The Springtime months are best characterised by a typical lack of precipitation. From the end of March to beginning of April there is often a thaw and much of the ice and snow of the winter months melts to reveal foliage underneath. It is not uncommon for temperatures in April to reach 20 °C. Summers in Yaroslavl are typically wet and heavy rainstorms are by no means rare; the summer often reaches its hottest point during the month of July. June however is also one of hottest months and is typically the hottest by average, with a mean daily temperature of 23,3 °C und often days which see over 30 °C. From September begins the circa two month long Autumn which is characterised by relatively high air humidity, a smaller number of sunny days and unpredictable temperatures (it is possible to first see ground frost in September). The average amount of precipitation seen in the city during a year is 591 mm, of which 84 mm (the most precipitation in one month) falls in July; on the other hand, the very least precipitation occurs in Winter and Spring (particularly in February and March).

The following figures for precipitation and temperature values in Yaroslavl have been collated on the basis of data from the years 1961–1990.

History

Yaroslavl lies at the intersection of several major highways, railways, and waterways. Preceded by Viking sites such as Timerevo from the 8th or 9th centuries, the city is said to have been founded in 1010 as an outpost of the Principality of Rostov Veliky, and was first mentioned in 1071. Capital of an independent Principality of Yaroslavl from 1218, it was incorporated into Muscovy in 1463. In the 17th century it was Russia's second largest city, and for a time (during the Polish occupation of Moscow in 1612), the country's de facto capital. Today, Yaroslavl is an important industrial center (petrochemical plant, tire manufacturing plant, diesel engines plant and many others).

In 2009, Yaroslavl became a meeting place for global policy debates within the International Conference 'The Modern State and Global Security'. AKA Yaroslavl Global Policy Forum. The conference in Yaroslavl gathered the most authoritative representatives of political science, business community as well as the representatives of the government of different states. Dmitry Medvedev, President of the Russian Federation, José Luis Zapatero, Prime Minister of Spain, Francois Fillon, Prime Minister of France were the participants of the Conference.

Traditionally in 2010 Yaroslavl gathered together international authorities to discuss the challenges of the modern states within Global Policy Forum 'The Modern State: Standards of Democracy and Criteria of Efficiency'. In 2011 Yaroslavl will bring together participants from all over the world to discuss the agenda-2011 'The modern state in the age of social diversity'.

In 2011, most of the members of the city's KHL team, Lokomotiv Yaroslavl, died in an aircrash on takeoff from the local airport, Tunoshna Airport.

The oldest settlement in the city is to be found on the left bank of the Volga River in front of the Strelka (a small cape at the confluence of the Volga and Kotorosl) and belongs to the V-III millennium BC. (Neolithic). In the IX century (the so-called Russian Khanate) formed, near Yaroslavl, a large Scandinavian-Slavic settlement, known nowadays for a range of burial mounds, in Timereve. When excavations were carried out a large number of artifacts including Scandinavian weapons with runic inscriptions, chess pieces and the largest collection of Arabian coins (treasure) in northern Europe, (the earliest were struck in the first Idrisid) were found. In Timereva the fourth set of Scandinavian brooches ever found in Russia was discovered. Apparently, this "proto-Yaroslavl" was a major center for the Volga trade route. Soon after the founding of Yaroslavl, the settlement went into decline, probably in connection with the termination of the operation of the Volga trade route. Upstream of the Volga River, just outside the boundaries of the modern city, archaeologists have studied a large necropolis with a predominance of ordinary graves of the Finno-Ugric-type. Upstream of the Volga River, just outside the boundaries of the modern city, archaeologists have studied a large necropolis with a predominance of ordinary graves of the Finno-Ugric-type.

Foundation of the city

Historical Centre of the City of Yaroslavl *
UNESCO World Heritage Site
Country	Russian Federation
Type	Cultural
Criteria	ii, iv
Reference	1170
Region **	Europe and North America
Inscription history
Inscription	2005 (29th Session)
* Name as inscribed on World Heritage List ** Region as classified by UNESCO

If taken by its date of first foundation, Yaroslavl is the oldest of all the currently existing towns on the Volga. Yaroslavl was founded by a prince of Kievan Rus Yaroslav the Wise during the period of his ruling the Principality of Rostov (988—1010) when he stepped ashore for the first time near the area now known as 'Strelka', a favourite contemporary park. On this spot which was well protected from attack by the high, steep banks of the Volga, Kostrol and Medveditsa rivers, Yaroslavl and his men began to set about building the first Yaroslavl Kremlin. The first recorded event of Yaroslavl occurred as a result of famine, it was recorded as the Rostov Uprising of 1071. The name of the city is traditionally linked to that of its founder: Yaroslav.

By the XII century the Petropavlovsky and Spasso-Preobrazhenski monasteries of Yaroslavl had already come into existence, however at that time they were located well beyond the city limits. During the first two centuries of its existence Yaroslavl remained a minor fortified city of the Rostov-Suzdal lands.

From the beginning of the thirteenth century, Yaroslavl found itself under the lordship of Konstantin and became one of his primary residences. As, just before his death in 1218, Konstantin broke up his land between his various sons, his second son Vsevolod came into possession of the Yaroslavl land, which he from thence onwards ruled as the Principality of Yaroslavl. This principality, of which Yaroslavl became the capital included a number of territories ro the north and existed up until its eventual absorption into the Principality of Moscow in 1463.

During the thirteenth and fourteenth centuries, Yaroslavl was a city largely built from wood, as a result of which it often found itself plagued by disastrous fires, which in some cases almost destroyed the entire city, a good example of which would be that which took place just before the transfer of power in the city to Vsevolod on 1221. Another constant source of danger for the city and for the many Russian princes of the time came from the East and the many foreign invaders, (usually from the Mongol Horde. A particularlly successful attack took place in 1257, when troops from the Golden Horde under Möngke Khan overran the Principality of Yaroslavl and murdered both the larger population of the area and the prince's close family. On the site of that unfortunate event, on the right bank of the Kostromol, there is now a memorial church and high cross.

In 1293 and 1322 there were further disastrous attacks on Yaroslavl launched by the Golden Horde, and in 1278 and 1364 the Plague struck. On many an occasion Yaroslavl had to be completely rebuilt, both in terms of residential buildings which no longer exist, to those larger more permanent structures which remain to this day, such as the Spasso-Preobrazhenski Monastery and 1314 Monastery of Maria of Tolga, which is located on the left bank of the Volga. In 1463 the Principality of Yaroslavl was finally absorbed into the Grand-duchy of Moscow, with the area it once covered becoming an oblast within the new structure of the Muscovite state. From this point onwards the history of the city and its lands became completely inseparable from that of Moscow and eventually Russia.

Sixteenth century and the Troubles

Even in the sixteenth century Yaroslavl continued to suffer from large scale fires and the damage they did to the city's developing economy and infrastructure. As a result the age old tradition of building in wood was abandoned and a new city built of stone began to appear; unfortunately this meant that very little of the Yaroslavl of the Middle Ages remained unchanged. The most prominent example of this is the Spasso-Preobrazhenski monastery which was destroyed in 1501 and rebuilt in just under a few years. Resultantly the monastery's cathedral was built up in the years 1506-16, a building which remains, to this day, the oldest unchanged building in the city. By the middle of the sixteenth century a number of other building works had been completed in the monastery, also, other than this, for the first time in its history, Yaroslavl gained a stone-built wall with a number of large watch towers which were intended to be used to spot attackers from miles away. During the reign of Ivan the Terrible, when all the Russian principalities gave up their traditional rights and submitted to the Tsardom of Russia, the two large monasteries of Yaroslavl profited very much from rich gifts from the court of the Tsar, largely because Ivan IV made a number of pilgrimages to Yaroslavl over the course of his life.

New building works were also made affordable by a large upswing in Yaroslavl's economic fortunes which the city experienced in the middle part of the 16th century. The main reason for this largely unexpected improvement in Yaroslavl's fortunes came largely from the city's position on the Volga which allowed trade to be brought from and to Moscow via the river, linking the new Russian capital with the port of Archangelsk darstellte. Resultantly Yaroslavl became an important place for the conduct of international trade and a number of shipping berths and warehouses grew up around the city for the use of merchants, especially those from England and Germany.

Plan of the monastery, Beginning of 17th century

The economic prosperity of Yaroslavl during the late 16th century was put to an end by the unsteady years of troubles which lasted from around 1598 until 1613. Like most Russian cities of the time, Yaroslavl was devastated by famine and became a potential target city for Polish-Lithuanian troops acting in their capacity as 'interventionists' in the troubled Russian state. The Polish-Lithuanian-supported pretender to the Russian throne captured Karachev, Bryansk, and other towns, was reinforced by the Poles, and in the spring of 1608 advanced upon Moscow, routing the army of Tsar Vasily Shuisky at Bolkhov. Promises of the wholesale confiscation of the estates of the boyars drew many common people to his side. The village of Tushino, twelve versts from the capital, was converted into an armed camp where Dmitry gathered his army. Resultantly this pretender won the appreciation of the powers in Yaroslavl and thus their loyalty. However, despite having promised to pay a higher rate of taxes and dues to the Polish occupiers, Yaroslavl was on numerous occasions plundered by the forces of the pretender Dmitry. This led to a number of popular uprisings. Thus in early 1609 a Russian peasant army was formed to free as many of the Volga's cities as possible, including, amongst others, Volgoda and Yaroslavl.

In May 1609 another Polish army under the command of Aleksander Józef Lisowski tried to bring the strategically important city of Yaroslavl under the power of the invaders. However, the majority of the city's citizens had withdrawn into the tradition centre of the city and found refuge behind the protective earthen wall, thus denying the Poles entry without a fight. Yet even when Litowski successfully (through deceit) managed to get behinf this wall, hw found that the citizens of Yaroslavl had retreated into their ancient wooden Kremlin and the two stone-built monasteries. The ensuing siege of Yaroslavl lasted until 22 May, but despite constant attempts to take the city, the Poles had to return to Moscow having not fulfilled their duty to bring Yaroslavl under direct control of their command.

Despite their failure at Yaroslavl, Polish forces remained in control of Moscow, and despite an attempt in 1610 by the Russian peasants' army to unseat the Poles from the Moscow Kremlin, little was accomplished and their seemed no end in sight for the occupation of the Russian tsardom. One year later however Kuzma Minin and Prince Dmitry Pozharski founded yet another peasants' army in Nizhny Novgorod, that on the way to Moscow, found itself stationed in Yaroslavl for many months. In this time from April to June 1612 Yaroslavl became the de-facto capital of the Russian state, since in this place the most important matters of state were settled until the eventual lieration of Moscow came. After its time in Yaroslavl the peasanrs' army moved on towards Moscow, and with thanks to the rest and help they had received voluntarily from the people of Yaroslavl, the army was able to liberate Moscow and finally put an end to the Polish-Lithuanian 'intervention' in the affairs of the Russian state.

Main sights

Many Orthodox shrines and monasteries lie along the banks of the Volga.

Church of Elijah the Prophet in Yaroslavl

The most ancient building in the city is the Spaso-Preobrazhensky ("Transfiguration of the Saviour") Cathedral of the Spassky (St Saviour) Monastery constructed in 1506–1516 on the foundations of the original edifice dating back to 1216–1224. In the 16th century, the first stone wall is built around the monastery. It is from this monastery that an army of volunteers led by Minin and Prince Pozharsky set out to liberate Moscow from Polish invaders. In 1787, the monastery was closed and converted into a residence of the Yaroslavl and Rostov bishops. At that time, monastery buildings began to be reconstructed. New cells and the prior's chambers were built.

Apart from the Spaso-Preobrazhensky ("Transfiguration of the Saviour") Monastery, the oldest churches in the city date back to the 17th Century and belong to the so-called Yaroslavl type (built of red brick, with bright tiled exteriors). Those of St. Nicholas Nadein and Elijah the Prophet have some of the Golden Ring's most impressive frescoes.

Yaroslavl is the site of the Volkov Theatre (built 1750), the oldest theater in Russia, and the Demidovsky Pillar.

The city has many Russian Orthodox churches, one Russian Old Believers church, one Baptist church, one Lutheran church, one mosque and one synagogue.

Education

Yaroslavl has a large number of educational establishments which enclose all three levels of the Russian educational system: primary (ca. 20 establishments), middle (ca. 20 colleges and other secondary schools), and higher (8 state and 2 non-state funded higher educational institutions). In Yaroslavl one can study for both masters' and bachelors' level courses.

The main building of Yaroslavl's 'Demidov' State University.

Yaroslavl is currently home to the following state higher educational institutions: Yaroslavl 'Demidov' State University, Yaroslavl Technical University, Ushinskiy Pedagogical University, Yaroslavl State Medical Academy, Yaroslavl State Agricultural Academy, Yaroslavl State Institute for Theatrical Studies, Military School of Finance and Economics, and the Yaroslavl Higher School for Anti-Aircraft and Missile Defence. Amongst the non-state funded institutions for further education in the city is the International Academy for Business and New Technologies (MUBiNT), and also a number of branches from Moscow-based universities. In addition to these establishments, there is also the Yaroslavl Seminary, a large establishment for the training of new Russian Orthodox priests.

By the end of 2008 Yaroslavl had around 187 pre-school teaching and care groups registered within the city, within these there were around 22,700 places which were oversubscribed and thus filled by around 26,000 pre-school aged children. The number of registered children was around 78.7%, or around 0.4 % more than in 2007. At the beginning of the 2008-9 academic year the city had around 100 daytime general educational groups for children within which around 48,100 infants were registered. This figure was around 200 people less than in the previous year. According to the situation in 2010 around 16,000 people are to be found working in Yaroslavl's educational sector.

Transportation

Yaroslavl is situated at the crossing point of a number of major automotive, rail and riverboat routes. The M8 (Moscow — Yaroslavl — Vologda — Archangelsk) links the city to Moscow and also onwards to the north in the direction of Archangelsk. The city's two banks are connected by one major railway bridge and two bridges designed to carry automotive traffic (The Oktyabrskyj Bridge and Yubilejnyj Bridge). The smaller Kostrol river, on the other hand, is crossed by as many as four bridges for automobiles and one for railway traffic (built in 1896).

Automotive transport

In the last few years the authorities of Yaroslavl have been acting on the initiative to build a bypass around the city, for this reason the centre of the city is now largely free of freight transporters and other larger vehicles transiting through the city. In August 2010 the first piece of this new bypass was opened, it included an interchange, which connects the Yubilejnyj Bridge with the South-West Yaroslavl relief road.

There is one railway bridge across the Volga and two road bridges; the second road bridge across the Volga was ready for use in October 2006.

Yaroslavl's 'Moscow Station' (1870) — one of Russia's oldest stations.

Interurban and regional bus services depart from and arrive at the city's main bus terminal. The services run from this station serve a number of highly-populated areas as well as other villages and smaller towns located within Yaroslavl Oblast such as Pereslavl-Zalesskij, Rybinsk and Uglich. Larger cities served include Moscow, Saint Petersburg, Ufa, Kostroma, Kazan, and Cherepovets.

Rail transport

There are two major passenger railway stations: Yaroslavl-Glavny and Yaroslavl-Moskovsky. Electric shuttle trains go to Danilov, Rostov, Alexandrov, Nerekhta, and Kostroma. Diesel shuttle trains go to Rybinsk and Ivanovo. Also, many long-distance passenger trains go through Yaroslavl. The city is connected to Moscow by a fast electric train service (sitting places only) called 'Express'.

The directorate of the Northern Railway is located in Yaroslavl on the city's Volga Embankment..

Air transport

Yaroslavl is home to the Tunoshna airport, which was a former Cold War airbase, the Yaroslavl Levtsovo air base, and the smaller Karachika aerodrome (all of these airfields are located outside of the city limits). Tunoshna airport, which holds the status of an international airport is able to cater for a number of varied aircraft types, including the An-124 «Ruslan» and the Il-96-300. From 1 April 2011 regular air traffic between Moscow, Saint Petersburg and Yaroslavl has been restored thanks to the establishment of the Dexter air company., иные регулярные рейсы отсутствуют. Levtsovo airport is primarily used to cater for aircraft like the An-2, Mi-2, or Mi-8 and is in general rarely used for passenger flights. The Yaroslavl Air Club (one of Russia's oldest air clubs and the place from which Valentina Tereshkova first began to attend flight training) is based at Karachika aerodrome.

Maritime transport

Yaroslavl River Port (1985) — and example of late Soviet modernism

Yaroslavl's river port has an annual import average of around 3.5 million tonnes of freight a year. Climatic conditions allow the port to be used for six months of the year, from May to later October. The river port caters not only for larger river cruise ships which stop off in the city as part of their journey up/down the Volga, but also to a number of regular services which link Yaroslavl with Brejtovo, Tolga, Konstantinovo, Bakarevo, and Novye Chentsy.

Urban transport

Трамвай в Ярославле

The city has a well-developed network of public transportation, including buses, trolley-buses and tram lines. Bellow there is a table showing how many people used different types of transport in a number of given years (millions of people):

Bus transport is by far the most popular means of urban transportation used by the residents of Yaroslavl. In fact every day, over 600 different routes are run by a large consortium of both small and large buses and private taxis.

The Yaroslavl tram system is one of the oldest in Russia and has been in existence since 1900. In 2011, this system is currently made up of four routes which run through various parts of the city. Starting in 2004 the number of routes run by trams throughout the city has been steadily reduced, and whilst in 2006 trams could be found in both the historic city centre and the Krasnoperekopskij District, the routes serving these areas have now disappeared altogether. Whilst at the beginning of the 21st century the number of tram cars used by the Yaroslavl tram system stood at around 100, this has now fallen (by 2011) to just 43.

The city's urban transport network also runs a fleet of trolleybuses which run along nine different routes, and have done since the year 1949. Every day 88 trolleybuses are to be found in use around Yaroslavl, along together with around 227 normal municipal buses.

Sports

FC Shinnik Yaroslavl is an association football club based in Yaroslavl. It plays in the Russian First Division. The city also hosts the Lokomotiv Yaroslavl ice hockey team, which became the champion of Russia in 1996–1997, 2001–2002, and 2002–2003. All players on the team were killed on 7 September 2011, when the plane in which they were travelling for their first match of the season crashed on take off from Yaroslavl airport.

A new football stadium is to be built in Yaroslavl in readiness for the 2018 FIFA World Cup which Russia will host.

Savior Monastery Cathedral in Yaroslavl, built in 1505-1515.

City divisions

Yaroslavl is divided into six city districts. The centre is located on the northern bank of the Kotorosl River, where it converges with the Volga on the Volga's western bank. The centre is the economic and political hub of the city. It is also the oldest district in the city and where it was first settled. The centre contains the majority of landmarks and attractions in the city, including the Volkov Theatre, the Church of Elijah the Prophet, the football stadium,and the Volga embankment and the monastery, which is often mistakenly called the kremlin. Pyatyorka is located north of the centre but is still under its administrative jurisdiction. Pyatyorka is largely a residential region with very few notable sites, aside from a few houses of culture.

Across the Kotorosl lie Frunzensky and Krasnoperekopsky City Districts, which are divided by Moskovsky Avenue. Frunzensky is a relatively new district, constructed in the post-war era. Most of the buildings are of typical grey Soviet construction. Frunzensky City District is divided into three microdistricts: Suzdalka, Dyadkovo, and Lipovaya Gora.

Church of St. John the Baptist in Yaroslavl is on the 1000 ruble banknote.

Krasnoperekopsky City District is one of the oldest parts in Yaroslavl. Before the 1917 Revolution, it was home to the bulk of Yaroslavl's industry, and a good deal of industry remains today. Krasnoperekopsky City District is divided into two microdistricts, one of which is Neftestroy, an up-and-coming region, named for its proximity to Yaroslavl's oil refinery. Neftestroy is home to the newly built hockey arena, and there were plans to build an indoor football stadium there by the millennial anniversary of Yaroslavl's founding in 2010. On the other side of the railway tracks that run through Krasnopereposky City District lies the Perekop proper. Today, Perekop is known as one of the most dangerous areas of Yaroslavl. It consists largely of run-down, pre-Soviet izbas and decaying factory buildings. There are plans to pump life into this depressed district, but at the time of writing, it remains extremely impoverished and dangerous. Much of Yaroslavl's mafia grew out of Perekop. However, Perekop offers some of Yaroslavl's most beautiful parks and churches, most notably the Church of Saint John the Baptist, which is located next to a paint factory on the Kotorosl embankment; and Peter and Paul's Cathedral, a Protestant-style Orthodox church.

St. John the Baptist Church, dating from the 1680s, is the acme of traditional Russian architecture.

The 17th-century churches of Yaroslavl are renowned for their magisterial proportions and elaborate frescoes.

The Assumption Cathedral, originally built in stone in the early 1210s, was rebuilt in its current form in 2010.

North of the centre there is a small industrial region, which is home to the tire factory, the engine plant, as well as many other smaller factories. Further north on the Western bank lies Dzerzhinsky City District, named after "Iron" Felix Dzerzhinsky, founder of the Cheka, the Soviet secret police. Dzerzhinsky City District's core microdistrict is Bragino, named after a small village that was eventually consumed by Yaroslavl's post-war expansion. Bragino is the largest area in Yaroslavl in terms of population, but like Frunzensky City District, it is largely a residential area, mostly consisting of middle- to lower-middle income families.

On the other bank of the Volga lies Zavolzhsky City District. This city district was Yaroslavl's quietest and most rural area, but now it is one of the most dynamic parts or the city with expansive new buildings with big hypermarkets, such as "Globus" and "Real." Beautiful birch and evergreen forests separate apartment blocks.

Notable residents

• Aleksandr Lyapunov, Russian mathematician and physicist, made great contributions to the theory of differential equations.
• Maksim Tarasov, a pole vaulter, Olympic Champion.
• Valentina Tereshkova, the first woman in space, was born in a nearby village and went to school in Yaroslavl.
• Andrei Khomutov, member of the Soviet national hockey team that won countless World Championships and the 1981 Canada Cup.
• Fyodor Volkov, founder of the first Russian theatre.
• Nikolai Nekrasov and Leonid Trefolev, poets.
• Leonid Sobinov, opera singer.
• Konstantin Ushinsky, founder of Russian pedagogics.
• Boris Vinogradsky, MD, FACS, surgeon, now working in Cleveland, Ohio, USA, Chairman of the Board of the Russian American Medical Association.
• Elena Grosheva, Olympic Gymnast (Silver Medalist, Atlanta 1996).
• Denis Grebeshkov, hockey player for the Nashville Predators.
• Lyubov Ivanovskaya Russian triathlete.
• Artemy Troitsky, rock critic.
• Alexander Vasyunov, former hockey player for the New Jersey Devils, victim of the Lokomotiv Yaroslavl plane crash.
• Artem Anisimov, hockey player New York Rangers.
• Aleksandr Petrov (animator), world famous animator, Oscar winner.

Twin towns/sister cities

Yaroslavl has twin town ties with:

Cities and towns in Yaroslavl Oblast Administrative center: Yaroslavl Danilov · Gavrilov-Yam · Lyubim · Myshkin · Pereslavl-Zalessky · Poshekhonye · Rostov · Rybinsk · Tutayev · Uglich

Golden Ring of Russia Alexandrov · Bogolyubovo · Gorokhovets · Gus-Khrustalny · Ivanovo · Kideksha · Kostroma · Moscow · Palekh · Pereslavl-Zalessky · Plyos · Rostov · Sergiyev Posad · Suzdal · Tutayev · Uglich · Vladimir · Yaroslavl · Yuryev-Polsky

World Heritage Sites in Russia by federal district Central Church of the Ascension in Kolomenskoye · Moscow Kremlin and Red Square Novodevichy Convent · Trinity Sergius Lavra White Monuments of Vladimir and Suzdal · Historic Centre of Yaroslavl Southern Western Caucasus Northwestern Curonian Spit1 · Ferapontov Monastery · Kizhi Pogost · Virgin Komi Forests Historic Monuments of Novgorod and Surroundings Historic Centre of Saint Petersburg and Surroundings Solovetsky Islands · Struve Geodetic Arc2 Far Eastern Volcanoes of Kamchatka · Central Sikhote-Alin · Wrangel Island Siberian Golden Mountains of Altai · Lake Baikal · Putorana Plateau · Uvs Nuur Basin3 Volga Kazan Kremlin North Caucasian Citadel, Ancient City and Fortress Buildings of Derbent 1 Shared with Lithuania · 2 Shared with nine other countries · 3 Shared with Mongolia