Crossroads st. B. Oktyabrskaya - Victory. Webcams Yaroslavl

The webcam of Yaroslavl in real time shows a view of the intersection of st. B. Oktyabrskaya - Victory.

Bolshaya Oktyabrskaya lies in the central part of the city. It runs from Bogoyavlenskaya Square to Gorodskoy Val Street. Previously, this street was called Bolshaya Rozhdestvenskaya after the name of the Church of the Nativity of the Virgin, which was located nearby.

Yaroslavl, whose webcams are available on the site, is included in the famous Golden Ring of Russia route.

It is considered one of the ancient Russian cities in which various cultural and historical monuments have been preserved.
The history of the city has more than one millennium, which made it possible to create and subsequently preserve more than 780 historical and cultural monuments. It is difficult to see them in one trip, so you will have to come back here more than once. Although it's worth it.

Every time a tourist arrives in Yaroslavl, a tourist will discover it from a new perspective, real-time webcams allow you to walk along the streets of the ancient city.

First of all, it is worth looking at the churches located on the right bank of the river. Kotorosli. Of course, the main one is the ensemble of the Spaso-Preobrazhensky Monastery. This religious building was a participant in important historical events taking place in the city. It was erected in the XII century. as a defense against attack from the western side. The monastery itself appeared in the 1100s. It was first mentioned in the annals of 1186. Thirty years later, in the documents you can see information about the construction of the stone building of the cathedral.
Over time, a religious school and a library with a collection of handwritten books appear here. This allowed the monastery to become the religious and cultural center of Yaroslavl. Live webcams broadcast urban landscapes. Princes began to be buried on the territory of the religious building.
At the beginning of the XVI century. there was a devastating fire that destroyed most of the buildings. At the same time, it was decided not to dismantle the foundation, but to use it as a basis for the construction of already stone structures. Almost 15 years later, a cathedral was built in the likeness of Moscow churches. By the middle of the century, stone walls appeared here, which made it possible to survive the events of the Time of Troubles. An interesting fact is that Tsar Ivan the Terrible liked to visit here. In addition, Minin and Pozharsky received a blessing within the walls of the cathedral when they set off on a liberation campaign against Moscow.
In the XVIII century. a theological seminary was opened in the complex, a new church and a chapel were built. Gradually, the religious building turned into a full-fledged Museum-Reserve. It was officially created in January 1865. Today, its collections include more than 300 thousand exhibits of history, culture and art. The structure of the institution included churches, a cathedral, architectural monuments, masterpieces of painting and icon painting.