The town called Zaraysk appeared pretty long ago. For the first time he was mentioned in the annals back in 1146, that is, in principle, even a year earlier than Moscow. Then he could not hear anything for a long time about him, apparently burned some nomads. And only in 1225 he was restored in all likelihood, because there was a miraculous icon of St. Nicholas.
After the Kremlin was built here, the town became essentially defensive fortress on the path of nomads and the Tatars. During the vague time, Poles came here. But only in the seventeenth century the city acquired its current name - Zaraysk.
Of course, the very first thing in Zarask must inspect his famous Kremlin. Since the Tatars began to constantly run on Russia, defensive fortresses began to be built in the cities everywhere and most often it was the Kremlin. And I must say that they built them quite thoroughly, so they got up with an impregnable obstacle on the path of enemies, but some of course did not endure the onslaught and were destroyed. So the Zarayski Kremlin is just such a well-preserved construction in the Moscow region. There are many buildings on its territory, but the Nikolsky Cathedral and the Cathedral of John the Forerunners are particularly distinguished.
Then we must certainly look into the historical and architectural art museum-reserve. All its exposure is placed in the building of the Trinity Church. The museum is essentially divided into two halls - in the first other materials on the history of the region, there are also pictures of famous Russian artists, including Ilya Repin, furniture from the seventeenth to the nineteenth century, bronze, china, glass and so on. Basically, these items were collected on the noble estates immediately after the end of the Civil War. Well, the second hall of the museum itself is completely devoted to the nature of the edge.
In Zaraisk, there is a museum of the famous Soviet sculptor - Anna Golubankina - the student of the famous Rodna, who was born and grew up in this city. This house is now on a very quiet Zagajskaya street. On the slope of the years she returned here and lived until his death. In the museum you can see many of its well-known works, reduced copies of sculptures, photos, personal belongings and documents.
In Zaraisk, there is also a house-museum of the great Russian writer Fyodor Dostoevsky, who conducted his childhood in it. The fact is that when he was still quite small, there was a terrible destructive power of the fire in the estate. The Dostoevsky family was not rich and could not fully restore the Barsky House. Only the outhouse managed to save and it is now that the museum is now located in it. After the death of his father, his younger son Andrei lived in him, well, Fedor Mikhailovich himself periodically came here to spend his relatives.
In 1608, in March, a bloody battle with Polish-Lithuanian interventories took place in the vicinity of Zaraysk, during which three hundred Russian warriors died. They were buried in one common grave and subsequently built near the Orthodox custom church of the Annunciation. A stone temple with a three-tier bell tower was erected a little later in her place. Fortunately, he passed the sad fate of many Russian churches - he was never closed, he remained acting all the time.
From the city architecture of the nineteenth century the greatest interest is the building of the Zemstvo. The fact is that during a long time all the institutions have been scattered almost throughout the city, which was naturally uncomfortable. Therefore, it was decided to build the Zemstvo administration. At first they rummed about savings, but then they still came to be convinced that the building should be stone and good, so that he did not have to constantly hold it and rebuild him.