Culture of Belgorod. Places to visit - old town, temples, theaters, museums and palaces

Belgorod is incredibly interesting and original; here there are interesting monuments of architecture, ancient temples and museums. Pleasant clean streets, bronze sculptures, original monuments, students with abstracts, cats, janitors, grandmothers with knitting - all this is Belgorod; dynamic and at the same time appeasing. The city can surprise not only with traditional, but also unusual sights.

A stone's throw from the Central Market is a monument to the "shuttles" - the first traders of the post-Soviet period, the main attribute of which were and still are huge cloth bags. There is also a monument to an honest traffic cop, next to who like to be photographed not only by motorists. If you believe the words of locals, the monument is dedicated to a very specific person.

One of the most significant city attractions is dedicated to the Great Patriotic War. Belgorod was part of the line of defense on the Kursk Bulge. It is about the Eternal Flame, which is located on the Revolution Square; it is complemented by a very spectacular sculptural composition. Those who are interested in history will be interested in the diorama of the Battle of Kursk, or rather, the Belgorod direction of the battle. The diorama also has an external museum part where military equipment from the times of the Patriotic War is represented. In the city there are a lot of monuments to the heroes of the war, which can be seen in the most diverse areas of Belgorod. Copyright www.orangesmile.com

Also one should not forget that Belgorod is a native Russian Orthodox city, and there have never been other religions represented here. City temples, churches and cathedrals here are simply beautiful. The main pride of the city is the 22-meter monument to Prince Vladimir the Great on the Kharkov Mountain. The largest temples of the city are Smolensky, Preobrazhensky and Uspensko-Nikolayevsky, and the oldest is the Smolensk Cathedral, which was founded in 1705. At the site of its construction, the Mother of God was once shown to the citizens of Smolenskaya. Four years later the Uspensko-Nicholas Cathedral was built, which is still considered one of the most beautiful and rich churches in Russia. The main temple of the city was the Transfiguration Cathedral, built in honor of the victory over Napoleon. Here the relics of Saint Joasaph and the icon of St. Nicholas Ratny are kept.