The Church of St. Nicholas the Wonderworker in Naro-Fominsk was built in 1852 in honor of the 40th anniversary of Victory in the War of 1812.
Earlier, back in the seventeenth century, in the village of Fominskoye there was a wooden St. Nicholas Church, which was burned by the French in 1812 during their retreat. In 1845, it was decided to build a stone church next to the place where the temple once stood.
In 1900, the chapel of the Great Martyr George began to be added to the church. However, it was not possible to complete it - the events of 1917 prevented it. In February 1930, the Church of St. Nicholas the Wonderworker was closed. The temple suffered greatly during the war years, was looted and subsequently used as a warehouse. In 1973, the church building was restored and given over to the Naro-Fominsk Historical Museum.
Only in 1988 it was decided to open the church again.
Nara River
The Nara River flows through the Moscow and Kaluga regions and is a left tributary of the Oka. The length of the river reaches 158 kilometers, the basin area is 2,030 square kilometers.
The river originates in Lake Poletsk, then flows through the Nara ponds and flows into the Caspian Sea. Large cities such as Naro-Fominsk and Serpukhov are located on the river.
On one of the banks of the river there is the Rainbow Falls, which flows into the Nara from a height of about three meters from a steep bank.
In summer, the river and the surrounding area are very beautiful - at this time there is a lot of water and everything is surrounded by lush greenery.
The river is often used for picnics and hikes, and is also constantly visited by fishermen.
New and old stone bridges were built on the Nara.
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Petrovskoye Estate
The Petrovskoye (Knyazhishchevo) estate is a unique estate ensemble and a formerly luxurious estate, which, unfortunately, is now going through hard times, but is nevertheless worthy of attention. There is still no clear opinion about the authorship of the estate; the names of such architects as Bazhenova, Kazakova, Starov, Lvov are heard in disputes.
In the 18th century, the estate came into the possession of N.A. Demidov and it was under him that she flourished. A brick two-story house in the classicist style, a sculpture of Catherine II, cast iron sphinxes, all this amazed with its beauty and harmony.
On the territory of the estate, the Church of St. Peter the Metropolitan and a separate bell tower were also built, which were closed in 1930 and converted into an industrial building.
There is a legend that Empress Catherine II visited the estate in the village of Petrovskoye, and A.S. stayed several times. Pushkin.
The village of Krekshino is located just 20 kilometers southwest of the Moscow Ring Road, and it is very easy to get here by car. The ruins of the manor house are somewhat distant from the highway; they are located in a vacant lot, surrounded by modern residential buildings. A pond can be seen not far from the ruins of the house, but there are no reliable sources that would confirm that it was dug during the prosperity of the estate.
The Krekshino estate was founded in the second half of the 18th century by the collegiate assessor I.D. Tatarinov, then his son inherited the estate. In the middle of the 19th century, the estate passed to a new owner - it was acquired by General A.V. Pashkov, participant in the Patriotic War of 1812 and the Russian-Turkish War of 1828-1829. His heirs owned the estate until the 1917 revolution. Among the guests of the estate were very famous people of Russia; it is enough to mention, for example, the name of the great writer Leo Tolstoy.
The two-story manor house was a very picturesque frame structure, built using the “half-timbered” technology, which was very popular in European countries in the Middle Ages and flourished at the beginning of the 20th century. Unfortunately, only ruins remain of the house, as it was seriously damaged by fire in 1996.
Afineevo Estate
It so happened that the Afineevo estate has had many owners throughout its history. Historians are still arguing about who was the first owner. The nobleman Stupishin was the third landowner of these lands. By his will, a linden park, artificial ponds with openwork bridges and a main manor house in a classical style appeared in Afineevo.
After him, Afineevo passed to the publisher and editor of the journal Otechestvennye zapiski, Svinin. He, in turn, practically did not live in the estate and sold it to the merchant Vlasov.
In 1913, the collector Bakhrushin became the full owner of the estate. He brought order to Afineevo: he built a barnyard and raised bees. But his peace was disturbed by the revolution. The estate was captured by nationalists who destroyed everything.
Only the Church of John the Baptist, made in the Moscow Boroque style, has survived to this day, as well as a fountain, the foundation of a manor house and a path paved with marble. The memory of the former beauty of the estate is preserved by the centuries-old spruce and linden trees of the overgrown park.
Lyubanovo Estate
Today the building bears little resemblance to an estate. Nowadays a rural school is located there, which both can and does maintain the former beauty of the historical monument, which is made in the style of neoclassicism with elements of modernism.
But before this was one of the richest houses in the Moscow region. The first owner of Lyubanovo was K.I. Czartoryski. Chronicles have been preserved where he is described as a despot. Czartoryski treated his serfs harshly. Walled up skeletons of mutilated people were found in the basement walls of his estate. The noble family of a tyrant and fanatic lived in the estate until 1881. Then the estate passed to Privy Councilor V.K. Schlippe. But he did not live on the estate for long. Schlippe was repressed to Germany in 1917.
Two years later, F.E. visited the estate. Dzerzhinsky. The head of the All-Russian Cheka and his family were placed in Lyubanovo to improve their health during the holidays. Felix Edmundovich enjoyed nature, practiced shooting with a revolver, hunted and took boat trips along the Nara River. This is confirmed by a memorial plaque attached to the wall of the manor house.
Milyukovo Estate
The Milyukovo estate belongs to another architectural and historical complex of estates near Moscow, as it was here that the former patrimony of the steward S.Ya. Milyukova. Subsequently, the owners of the estate were various famous historical figures G.N. Belsky, I.I. Shcherbatov, P.P. Shakhovskoy and his heirs, merchants Iroshnikovs, Lyapins and others.
Now the estate is in a dilapidated state, but there you can see the remains of the stone Milyukov Church, which was assigned to the temple in Staro-Nikolskoye and built in the 18th century, a small two-story outbuilding in the classicist style, facing the road, and two cascading ponds along the stream have also been preserved .
Spas-Kositsy Estate
The Spas-Kositsy estate is an architectural monument located near Moscow, which is located away from the road and belongs to the ancient Shuvalov estate, created in the mid-18th century.
The pearl of the estate is the magnificent temple complex, presumably built by K.I. In blank. The complex consists of a four-pillar, five-domed Church of the Transfiguration of the Lord, a three-tier bell tower in the Elizabethan Baroque style. The buildings themselves are impressive with their pediments and pilasters, very beautiful arched and oval windows and many other decorative elements.
The Transfiguration Church has been preserved and is active; not far from the estate there is the Pafnutyevo-Borovsky Monastery, although there is no direct road to it.
Estate Staro-Nikolskoye
The Staro-Nikolskoye estate is located in the Moscow region near the village of Pervomaiskoye. It is believed that the first owner and founder of the estate was V.M.’s grandfather. Rtishchev - F. M. Rtishchev, an adviser close to the tsar. Next, Ya.S. becomes the owner in turn. Esipov, Musins-Pushkins, A.E. Krygin, V.P. Berg. With each owner, something new is added to the estate, complementing the architectural ensemble.
At the moment, a three-story Empire style manor house, a two-story outbuilding, and an entrance gate built at the beginning of the 19th century have been preserved. Also, on the territory of the estate there was a temple of the Descent of the Holy Spirit on the Apostles and a hipped bell tower in the pseudo-Russian style in honor of the martyr Juliana. Lovers of history and architecture will find many interesting details in this estate, and all guests can enjoy a walk along the linden alley.
Estate V.P. Berg
The estate appeared at the beginning of the 20th century. According to a special order for Berge, the architect V. Adamovich built small two-story houses from wood in the eclectic style. Carved windows, high columns, and walls lined with cut birch bark delighted the eyes of passers-by. The owner of the estate was a famous gold miner and loved to live on a grand scale.
Today, very little remains of the former luxury. Some of the ceilings in the manor houses collapsed, the paint was peeling, and the doors were lopsided. But this did not affect the overall appearance at all. In addition to the rich Berge mansion, outbuildings have also been preserved on the property: a barnyard, a carriage house and a water tower.
The centuries-old buildings are surrounded by a park that stretches all the way to the bank of the Desna River. Rare varieties of larch, fir and other coniferous trees grow there.
In 2008, the land next to the estate was sold for the construction of a cottage village. The work has been in full swing for a long time. The new owners, remembering their predecessors, did not change the name. So they left it - the village of Bergov.
Stele "City of Military Glory"
In 2009, Naro-Fominsk was named the “City of Military Glory.” A year later, in honor of this event, the city Victory Square was decorated with a memorial stele.
The monument is made of marble. The stele rises 12 meters and is crowned with the coat of arms of Russia. Three special plates are fixed in its lower part. One shows the full words of the Decree of the President of Russia on conferring a special title on the city. The other briefly describes the feat of the residents of Naro-Fominsk during the Great Patriotic War. The third shows tragic figures about the residents who died during the war and the destroyed buildings of the city.
The modest but majestic stele has become another city landmark, reminiscent of the heroic Soviet people who defended their hometown.
Monument "Tank T-34"
Naro-Fominsk is a city of military glory. In the autumn of 1941, there were hot battles here. At the turn of the Nara River, a motorized rifle division, reinforced by a tank brigade, stopped the German advance. The KV-1 heavy tank, under the control of Lieutenant G. G. Khetagurov, distinguished itself, which managed to defeat the enemy headquarters and inflict great damage on the enemy.
Nowadays, not far from the bridge through which the heroic tank crossed Nara (now Victory Square), a T-34 tank is installed in memory of the tragic and glorious events.
The monument is carefully monitored. He looks well-groomed and valiant. On the pedestal on which the tank is mounted, there are two memorial plaques.
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Naro-Fominsk- city (since 1926) in the Moscow region. Since 2005, it has been part of the urban settlement of Naro-Fominsk. Administrative center of the Naro-Fominsk region. The city is located on the banks of the Nara River, 7 km southwest of the Troitsky administrative district of Moscow. Nara railway station on the Moscow - Kyiv line. May 2009 in the Kremlin D.A. Medvedev presented a letter from the President of the Russian Federation conferring the honorary title of the Russian Federation “City of Military Glory” on the city of Naro-Fominsk. On June 3, 2013, the Bank of Russia issued a base metal coin worth 10 rubles “Cities of Military Glory”: Naro-Fominsk.
Geography
The city is located on the Central Russian Upland southwest of Moscow, on the 70th kilometer of the Kyiv Highway, 56 kilometers from the Moscow Ring Road, on the Nara River and its tributaries Gvozdnya and Berezovka.
Story
Excavations at the Fominsky settlement in the Smolensk region showed that already in the 12th century there was a settlement there, forming the center of the Fominsky principality, an appanage within the Smolensk principality of ancient Rus'. The first mention of the village of Fominskoye on the river. Nara dates back to 1339 - in the spiritual will of Ivan Kalita it was said: “I command my sons to give their fatherland to Moscow. And this is how I divided the volosts for them. The inheritance of the second son of John (Ivan the Red, father of Dmitry Donskoy) is Fominskoye. The inheritance of the third, Prince Andrei, is Narskoe,” where it appears only as Narskoe, a village in part of the Fominsk principality. As a result of further wars, in 1371, the fortress of the Fominsk principality “Fomen Gorodok” was destroyed, and the name for the village of Narskoye continues to exist as Fominskoye-Narskoye. [source not specified 1538 days]
The next mention of Fominsky is found in the decree of Tsar Alexei Mikhailovich of 1654. According to it, the village was attributed to the Zvenigorod Savvino-Storozhevsky Monastery.
19th century
During the Patriotic War of 1812 in October, the French army (110 thousand) with a huge convoy began to leave Moscow, first along the old Kaluga road, and then along the new one. Napoleon chose the route of retreat to Smolensk through Kaluga, since this route passed through unravaged places.
On October 9 (October 21), the advanced units of the vanguard of Evgeniy Beauharnais arrived in the village of Fominskoye along the new Kaluga road. On October 10 (October 22), Napoleon’s retreating army passed through the village of Fominskoye. Napoleon himself stayed in the village, from where he wrote a letter to his wife. On October 10 (October 22), M.I. Kutuzov sent the Fominsk army under the command of D.S. Dokhturov to attack a French detachment, which, according to intelligence officers, was stationed in the village. However, along the way, Dokhturov learned that in the village there was not a separate detachment, but almost the entire French army led by Napoleon, which was advancing towards Borovsk and Maloyaroslavets. Dokhturov did not go to Fominskoye, but turned to Maloyaroslavets. The village of Fominskoye is mentioned in L. N. Tolstoy’s novel “War and Peace”. Scene with a report to M.I. Kutuzov about Dokhturov’s discovery of the main French forces in Fominskoye (vol. 4, part 2, chapter 15-16).
In the 1830s, landowner Dmitry Petrovich Skuratov acquired the village of Malaya Nara. And in 1840, he and Nikolai Dmitrievich Lukin organized a paper spinning factory. This factory became a city-creating enterprise.
In 1845, the owners of a paper spinning mill received permission to build a new church in the village of Fominskoye. The former wooden church of St. Nicholas burned down in 1812, along with the entire village, during the retreat of French troops. By 1852, the stone Church of St. Nicholas was built on the left bank of the Nara River. The population in 1852 was 365 people.
In 1863, a one-class school was opened in the village, and in 1882 it became a two-class school.
In 1864, the factory was acquired by Moscow merchants the Yakunchikoffs (father and son Vasily). Since then, Fominskoye and Malaya Nara began to be called by a common name: the village Naro-Fominskoe.
Near Malkov, in the second half of the 19th century, the villages of Vvedenovka and Butyrki arose, where those who came to work at the factory settled.
In 1892, construction began on a weaving shed building, and by the end of the 19th century, a factory village arose, which included a hospital, pharmacy, bathhouse, bakery, and reading room.
Anton Chekhov, Konstantin Stanislavsky, and the artist Igor Grabar visited the Yakunchikov estate on the Nara River.
“The factory belonged to the Yakunchikovs, who lived in the same Nara, far from the village, in the forest, in which they built a house and set up an estate with a park. Old man V.I. Yakunchchikov lived in Moscow without a break. He was a man of average height with gray sideburns, not at all like a businessman, but rather reminiscent of one of those senators whom I often saw at F. M. Dmitriev’s. His youngest son, N.V. Yakunchikov, was a diplomat, attaché of the London embassy, and the eldest, Vladimir Vasilyevich, and his wife Maria Fedorovna lived in the summer at a dacha in Nara.”
From the memoirs of Igor Emmanuilovich Grabar.
USSR
In 1918 the village became the center of Nara-Fominsk district. By decision of the provincial executive committee on April 18, an independent Naro-Fominsk district was formed from four volosts: Rudninskaya, Tashirovskaya, Rozhdestvenskaya and Petrovskaya.
In 1918-1922, the Naro-Fominsk district administration of the Soviet workers' and peasants' militia operated.
In 1922, due to a number of transformations in the Moscow province, Naro-Fominsk district was temporarily annexed to Zvenigorod. The village of Nara-Fominskoye becomes the center of the volost. The district center is Zvenigorod.
On August 17, 1925, by decree of the Presidium of the All-Russian Central Executive Committee, the village was transformed into a workers' settlement. There were about 16 thousand people in the village.
On March 15, 1926, the presidium of the All-Russian Central Executive Committee decided to transform the workers' village into Nara-Fominskoye city. It also included the village of Malkovo, the village of Butyrki, the village of Novo-Fedorovka, and the village of Vvedenovka.
In 1927, running water appeared in the city, and in 1928 electricity was supplied from the factory's power plant.
In 1929, an administrative reform was carried out. Nara-Fominskoye became the center of the Naro-Fominsk district of the Moscow district
In 1939, the city's population was 31.6 thousand people.
Defense of Naro-Fominsk (1941)
In the fall of 1941, during the German offensive against Moscow according to the Typhoon plan, Naro-Fominsk found itself in the direction of the main attack.
From October 17, 1941, the city was subjected to severe bombing. On October 21, 1941, units of the 4th Army of Army Group Center approached Naro-Fominsk and captured the western part of the city the next day. Further advance in this sector was stopped at the turn of the Nara River by the 1st Guards Motorized Rifle Division (33rd Army of the Western Front) under the command of Colonel A.I. Lizyukov, reinforced by the 5th Tank Brigade of Lieutenant Colonel M.G. Sakhno.
On October 28, 1941, the KV-1 heavy tank, under the control of Lieutenant G. G. Khetagurov, carried out reconnaissance in the city. At high speed the tank crossed the river dividing the city into two parts. The first shots from the tank were aimed at the house, next to which German vehicles and soldiers had accumulated. Then, driving out onto the main street, KV aimed his cannon at the German headquarters and “with several shots smashed it to pieces.” The tank also crushed several enemy cannons disguised by haystacks. On the way back, the tank was set on fire, but this did not prevent the crew from returning to their territory. In the city, not far from the bridge through which G. G. Khetagurov crossed the river, a monument is installed on a pedestal - a T-34-85 tank, with the inscription 945 on the side.
On December 1, 1941, north and south of Naro-Fominsk, German troops broke through the defenses of Soviet troops on the Nara River, and by the end of the next day, when the Germans managed to reach Yushkovo, Alabino and Mogutovo, the threat of encirclement loomed over the city. However, with the help of reserve units of the 5th and 33rd armies, the German offensive was stopped and by December 6, the German units were thrown back to their starting line across the Nara River.
On December 26, 1941, troops of the 33rd Army of General M. G. Efremov completely liberated Naro-Fominsk. As a result of fierce two-month fighting in the city, 687 residential buildings were destroyed, and the buildings of a weaving factory were turned into ruins.
Second half of the 20th century
In the summer of 1959, the Naro-Fominsk district was enlarged at the expense of parts of the abolished Vereisky and Kalininsky districts of the Moscow region.
In 1976, all dilapidated buildings in the historically established part of the city were demolished. In the 1980s, the Malkovo microdistrict, the current city center, grew on the vacated area. The name of the new microdistrict was inherited by him - a century earlier, here, on the Borovsky tract, the village of Malkovo was located - with a church, a three-class parochial school, residential buildings, shops, warehouses of local merchants who traded in the factory village.
Modern history
In 2004, the village of Ogorodnaya was included in the city.
Power and politics
City districts
Microdistricts of the city of Naro-Fominsk: Krasnaya Presnya, Malkovo, Central, Privokzalny, Yuzhny, Berezovka, Moskovsky, Parkovy, Kantemirovsky, Vostochny, Shibankova.
Naro-Fominsk is a city located in the southwestern part of the Moscow region. It is the administrative center of the Naro-Fominsk district, which includes 9 municipalities, including the Naro-Fominsk urban settlement. The area of this city is 22 sq. km, and the population is 62,971 people. Naro-Fominsk is located on the banks of the Nara River, at the 70th kilometer of the Kyiv Highway.
The village of Fominskoye on the site of the city of Naro-Fominsk has existed since 1339. Then it was the center of the Fominsk principality. Starting from the 19th century, this village began to actively develop, and then a factory settlement was formed in its place. During the USSR, in 1918, it became the center of Naro-Fominsk district. In 1926, Naro-Fominsk finally became a city, and only in 1929 it became part of the Moscow region.
The ecological state of the Naro-Fominsk region is very favorable. Of course, there are several large factories that pollute the air, but they do not cause significant harm. According to studies, this area has fairly low levels of harmful substances. The Nara River, on the contrary, is quite polluted: this is due to the fact that insufficiently treated wastewater from wastewater treatment plants is discharged into the river.
Industry in Naro-Fominsk is not very developed. Notable is "NFMZ" (Naro-Fominsk Machine-Building Plant), as well as "NFZMP" (Naro-Fominsk Plastics Plant). In addition, the Naro-Fominsk Meat Processing Plant is located here.
The Kiev Highway passes near Naro-Fominsk, connecting it with Moscow, Vnukovo airport, Kaluga, Obninsk and Bryansk. From the capital to this city you can take bus number 309. There are quite a large number of bus routes within the city. There are also minibus taxis.
The Kyiv direction railway line runs through Naro-Fominsk. Nara Station is located in the city center. Most commuter trains stop here. There is also an express train from Moscow to Naro-Fominsk. There are 9 secondary schools in this city, and there are also branches of such large universities as MFLA, RGSU, MGIU. In addition, there are 3 vocational schools in Naro-Fominsk. This city has all the necessary medical institutions, such as Naro-Fominsk District Hospital No. 1, adult and children's clinics, a military hospital and some others.
One of the first places worth visiting is the Naro-Fominsk Museum of Local Lore. It is thanks to him that you can learn a lot of new and interesting things about the city and its history. For shopping lovers, several large shopping centers are open in Naro-Fominsk. One of them is “Zarechye”. It has existed for 10 years and has an area of 3 hectares. This shopping center has everything from clothes and shoes to home goods. No less famous is Serpentine, which, among other things, also houses the Salyut cinema. There are also several cafe restaurants in Naro-Fominsk, for example, “Alexander”, “Eastern Paradise” and “Melnitsa”.
Those who come to another city for a few days always face the question: “Where to stay?” There will never be any problems with accommodation in Naro-Fominsk. There are several good hotels in this city, for example, “Lira”, located in the Malkovo microdistrict. It is also worth paying attention to such hotels as Alliance Service, Cascade Hotel and Sportivnaya Hotel.
Naro-Fominsk is a city that has everything you need to spend a few days pleasantly. Hotels in Naro-Fominsk will provide comfortable accommodation, and cafes, shops and attractions will not let you get bored.
The city is located on the banks of the Nara River, 70 km southwest of Moscow. Within the boundaries of the district there are two cities - Aprelevka and Vereya. Leo Tolstoy and Sergei Yesenin, the Merzlyakovs and Musin-Pushkin, Stanislavsky and Chekhov, Grabar and Vereshchagin, Chertkov and Kruglikov visited the villages of the region over the years. The exhibitions of the Naro-Fominsk and Vereisky local history museums reflect with great completeness the cultural cross-section of the historical heritage. The first mention of the village of Fominskoye on the river. Nara dates back to 1339 - the village is indicated in the spiritual will of Ivan Kalita.
The Naro-Fominsk region is a veritable storehouse of Russian cultural objects that have not yet been discovered or are not used for widespread tourism and excursion business. Many Narofominsk residents simply do not realize how many historical treasures are located very close to them. Naro-Fominsk settlement, Ryzhkovskoe settlement, Petrovskoe settlement and many other archaeological sites. Near the village of Kamenskoye there is St. Nicholas Church - a unique architectural monument of the turn of the 14th–15th centuries; In the village of Petrovskoye, a manor architectural complex has been preserved, including the current church of St. Peter the Metropolitan, the manor palace (in ruins), many other buildings erected by the great Russian architect M. F. Kazakov; Tikhvin Church in Burtsevo, erected in 1708 in imitation of the cathedral of the Donskoy Monastery; the remains of the Berg estate in Pervomaisky; the church on Posad in Vyshgorod and the church in the village of Spas-Kositsy. In Vereya, for example, it is impossible to immediately count how many temples there are.
In the 1830s, landowner Dmitry Petrovich Skuratov acquired the village of Malaya Nara. And in 1840, he and Nikolai Dmitrievich Lukin organized a paper spinning factory. This factory became a city-creating enterprise. In 1845, the owners of a paper spinning mill received permission to build a new church in the village of Fominskoye. The former wooden church of St. Nicholas burned down in 1812, along with the entire village, during the retreat of French troops. By 1852, the stone Church of St. Nicholas was built on the left bank of the Nara River. At the end of the 19th century. The artist V.V. Vereshchagin often came to Naro-Fominsk. Here he wrote sketches for paintings dedicated to the Patriotic War of 1812.
In April 2009, Naro-Fominsk was awarded the title of City of Military Glory.
Naro-Fominsk is located in the southwest of the Moscow region. A settlement on this site arose in the 12th century. Initially there were two villages - Fominskoye and Nara. The village of Fominskoye occupied an important strategic position; in the 12th century there was a fortress here. In the 19th century, the villages united, and in 1926 Naro-Fominsk became a city. Now more than 70 thousand people live in it.
Consider the city's coat of arms. The two rings in the upper part are weaving shuttles; they remind us of the ruins of the once city-forming enterprise - the silk factory. The golden shield in the lower part speaks of the military merits of Naro-Fominsk - it was here that in the winter of 1942 the Nazi divisions rushing to Moscow were stopped.
Zosimova hermitage and circles
So, let’s imagine that we are passing through Naro-Fominsk. In this case, we are unlikely to end up in the Zosimova Hermitage, because for this we need to make a rather large detour. Zosima Pustyn is a convent founded in 1826 by Elder Zosima. In 1908, there were 30 nuns and almost 250 novices living in the monastery. 
Although Elder Zosima was from an ancient Smolensk noble family, he spent many years of his monasticism in Siberia, where he fell in love with arctic foxes. There was an arctic fox factory at the monastery, which annually brought in more than 600 rubles of income (approximately 500 thousand modern rubles). 
During Soviet times, the monastery continued to operate under the guise of an artel for a short time. But it was difficult to deceive the Soviet authorities for a long time. The abbess of the monastery was arrested, the monastery turned into the Smychka club, and after the war into a pioneer camp for the children of metro workers. 
In 2000, the monastery was transferred to the Russian Orthodox Church, and now restoration work is underway there. In 2013, the territory of the monastery did not look fully equipped. Let's hope that in a few years the nuns will put everything in order. 
Circles
Not far from the Zosima Hermitage there is one place. In the center there is a clearing from which clearing rays emerge. In the clearing stands the small village of Krugi. We don’t know who needed to cut through these rays. It is only known that they were indicated on the map of 1860.
In person the place looks completely normal. 
If you got so lost and lost your route that you stopped at Zosimova Pustyn and successfully passed through Krugi, then you can take a break in the village of Yakovlevskoye. There is an excellent children's playground for the village, there is a large store and a pharmacy. While our mother was buying sunscreen (on May 11, 2013, it was thirty degrees Celsius in the Moscow region), my child and I hung out on the playground. 
Park named after Vorovsky
And finally, you pass the sign “Naro-Fominsk”. You can stretch your legs in the Vorovsky Park. Right next to the park there is a small shop where you can buy ice cream. An advertising poster calling for investment in the Moscow region (for example, in our cool website) successfully plays up the gnawing of a large chunk from the region in favor of Moscow. 
When walking through the park, the main thing is not to go too deep. 
Admire the flowers and crumbling animal sculptures, but don't go too far. When we walked through the park, our report did not yet exist, and we went in - the crunch of syringes under our feet did not inspire optimism. 
Center
The development of the central part of Naro-Fominsk is unremarkable. 
The only thing that strikes is the huge size of the heart near the registry office. But real newlyweds are not so romantic and leave a lot of garbage around them after a wedding photo shoot with champagne and confetti. 
In the center you can also look at the monument to Emela on the stove. The monument was created in the now fashionable style “from sticks and... whatever was at hand.” I wonder how Greenpeace feels about transporting pikes in suitcases? 
Of course, a children's playground. It is made in the form of a castle. Girls can play as princesses, and boys as knights. 
The poster seems to warn us... But we are brave travelers and have turned the corner. Nothing happened. The museum is closed on Sundays! Thanks to the museum for saving time and money. 
New building
Of course, if you are passing through Naro-Fominsk, you are unlikely to want to wander around the city in search of new buildings. However, it is possible that you will like the city so much that you decide to live there. In this case, we recommend that you cool down a little. If the desire has not passed, then you can look at the new building.
As we understand, the city practices infill development. An example is the Grand Cascade residential complex. 
If you love the steady sound and whistles of trains, then settle here. The editors of “Moscow Weekend Weekend” are wondering if the residents of these houses really go to work in Moscow every day? 
Dam and weaving factory building
If you decide not to walk through the park, you can drive over the Nara bridge and park near McDonald's. Here you have two options - either eat a hamburger and turn into a fattrest, or go look at the dam. Once upon a time it was a bridge along which townspeople went for walks in the park. 
Today, the dam functions as a trap for trees and other debris. However, the smell from the water here is the same as at a wastewater treatment plant. 
The dam was probably built for the needs of the factory. A paper spinning mill was opened here in 1840. In 1864, famous Moscow entrepreneurs the Yakunchikkovs bought the factory. Thanks to the factory, the village turns into a city. 
After the revolution, the factory was nationalized. In Soviet times, a wonderful panel was laid out on its facade and synthetic fabrics from lavsan and viscose began to be produced. In 2005, the factory's electricity was turned off due to debts. Now there is a cafe “Shokoladnitsa” and a parking lot. Hello new world! 
Around the church
If you were passing through Naro-Fominsk and were not too lazy to look at the dam, then we advise you to go to the other side of the street, to the church.
We were in the city after Victory Day, and my three-year-old daughter was impressed by the holiday. It turned out that Naro-Fominsk is very suitable for patriotic education of children. In 1941, the Nara River became a natural border blocking the Nazis’ path to Moscow. The city itself changed hands twice.
On October 28, 1941, the crew of the KV tank accomplished a feat. Under the command of Lieutenant Khetagurov, the heroes twice crossed the territory of the city occupied by the enemy. Having called upon themselves enemy fire, the tankers were able to detect firing points. During the battle, the tank crew destroyed several guns, 6 machine gun nests, and up to 200 soldiers and officers.
Naturally, the city has an Eternal Flame at the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier. Unusually, it burns inside the chapel. The fact is that when St. Nicholas Church was handed over to the church, the believers decided that the Eternal Flame contradicted Christian values and wanted to remove it. As a result of the disputes, a compromise was found: a chapel was erected above it in honor of the icon of the Mother of God “The Unquenchable Lamp” 
Let's look at the St. Nicholas Church. It was built in the mid-19th century and is somewhat unusual in architecture. In it we see a mixture of classicism and pseudo-Russian style (neo-historicism). During Soviet times, there was a museum in the church building. 
Until 1812, a wooden one stood on the site of this stone church. During the retreat from Moscow, the French Emperor Napoleon Bonaparte spent the night in it. Napoleon was in a lousy mood at the time, and it was here that he received a letter from France that a conspiracy was being prepared against him in Paris. During the retreat, he ordered the church to be burned. And Vereshchagin painted the painting “At the stage - bad news from France” 
Traditionally, there is a children's playground in the church yard. As usual, we hung on it for about 10 minutes. 
The cherry blossomed. 
The iron tree bore fruit abundantly. 
Let's return to the car via another bridge over the Nara. The Nara is the left tributary of the Oka. Hydronym is of Baltic origin. In Lithuanian the language ‘nara’ means ‘stream’. The length of the river is 158 km. 
This bridge is glamorous. 
Recreation area "Peshekhonova"
It is also possible that you went to a barbecue along the Kyiv highway and got into a terrible traffic jam. Is the picnic in jeopardy? Shouldn't we arrange it on the side of the road? Especially for this occasion, a recreation area “Peshekhonova” has been organized in Naro-Fominsk!
However, you can come here just like that. The place has been improved. There are barbecues and gazebos, a boat station and a beach. 
The recreation area is located on the Nara River. 
There's a lot of space. There is also garbage. We advise you to take an extra garbage bag with you on every barbecue trip, and leave the world a little cleaner behind you. 
This is how we saw Naro-Fominsk. The city does not have flashy attractions, but it has a rich history and there is a lot to see. If you drive by, stop and take a closer look. There are no boring places in the world.
