"Proud to be the first among VTs here!" Borovsk by Kuznetsov_Sergey

Borovsk Travel Guide: 40 reviews and 169 photos

Borovsk

You may watch 59 high resolution photos on my Slide-show Borovsk out of my Webshot page.

Welcome to Borovsk, a quaint, hilly town two hours' drive from Moscow. At first sight, the town doesn't look like much, but with some patience it certainly won't leave you disappointed.

I've been there many times in 70th and 80th. My children grew up here when spent summers at dacha 5 rm nearby. This August I came back and was impressed once more - what a wonderful town, celebrating its 650th birthday!

Borovsk

You may watch my 4 min 57 sec VIDEO-Clip Borovsk We're Russians,
3 min 31 sec VIDEO-Clip Borovsk,
1 min 39 sec VIDEO-Clip Borovsk Churches,
4 min 08 sec VIDEO-Clip Borovsk Paintings Slides,
8 min 08 sec VIDEO-Clip Borovsk Town Slides,
3 min 14 sec VIDEO-Clip Borovsk St Paphnutius Monastery,
5 min 07 sec VIDEO-Clip Borovsk St Paphnutius Monastery Slide-show,
4 min 16 sec VIDEO-Clip Borovsk Wall Paintings
out of my Youtube channel. Also I've put several here on VT.

Last visit to Borovsk: Aug 2008
Intro Updated Sep 20, 2008
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Reviews (40)

Old believer's meal Restaurants (1)

When I was getting hungry I’ve tried to find a place where I could eat something and go on sightseeing. I was a success... more travel advice

Ovchinnikov's murals Local Customs (5)

Borovsk has recently been known for painted facades of its downtown buildings, resulting from a work of one amateur... more travel advice

How to get to Borovsk: Transportation (2)

Borovsk is a small Russian town in Kaluzhskaya Oblast’ with population about 12 thousand people. It located just south... more travel advice

Borovsk - Avvakum Ovchinnikov's mural - Borovsk

Staroveri Old Believers Local Customs (5)

Borovsk used to be a town with a strong presence of the Old Believers, a movement that opposed changes in the Russian... more travel advice

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travelgourmet Apr 25, 2011 at 1:39 AM

Previt Sergey, As always your photos and videos are amazing. Okroshka is like the French vichyssoise, cold vegetable soup. Yummy! Poka, Larry
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hopang Dec 15, 2009 at 11:54 AM

Lots of interesting tourist attractions at Borovsk especially its museums, monuments, monasteries, memorials, churches and cathedrals. The Shokin's House, Annunciation Church and Central Square certainly look stunning! ~ho & pang
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nomorewars Apr 5, 2009 at 11:52 PM

Colorful pictures, detailed descriptions, and tasty looking okroshka –what’s there not to like about Borovsk? Personally speaking, the food is enough for me to visit this tremendous Russian town.
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jumpingnorman Feb 25, 2009 at 9:30 PM

Very colorful monastery in Borovsk... thanks for letting us see this beautiful part of Russia -- I don't even know where it is on the map...but I'll hire a monk as you said - to show me around! Norman :)
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hunterV Jan 18, 2009 at 12:58 AM

Hello, Sergey! It's a wonderful Russian city with a lot of great architecture!
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timada Oct 1, 2008 at 8:50 AM

Your videos , with such a nice music , fill my heart with joy and emotion .Do you have a melody called Vecernii zvon ? My mother and my grandmother sang it when I was a child !
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yumyum Sep 27, 2008 at 4:45 AM

I would be much like to visit Borovsk where somewhere in the vicinity must be the once called village "Nikolo Lushesk" which probably had an entirely different spelling. Great page! Do you know whether there is a Gostinitsa there?
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HORSCHECK Sep 26, 2008 at 1:28 PM

Sergey, interesting page with brilliant photos here. I especially like the photos of the facade paintings and of course of your lovely Lada in front of the Lenin statue. The mystical legend about Borovsk sounds indeed very mystical.
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Nemorino Sep 25, 2008 at 1:02 PM

I was very interested in reading your tips on the Old Believers, because they play an important part in the plot of Modest Mussorgsky's opera Khovanschina.
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spanishguy Sep 19, 2008 at 4:47 AM

Hi Sergey! What a wonderful place, terrific pictures and quite interesting tips.