Кremlin is situated in the center of the town, on a high rock called Troitsky Kamen, which is protected by water from three sides. From the west it is washed by the Tura river, from north and south it is washed by the Sviyaga and Derneyka rivers that flow into Tura.
As soon as the building of the Rabinovskaya road was finished, the construction of the Verkhoturve fortress started. In 1597, the Cherdyn pioneer Sarych Shestakov, who was entrusted to choose a suitable place for building a new fortress and draw up its plan, came to Verkhoturye. Taking into consideration the landscape features of the Troitsky cape (25m high steep rock on the river side), the pioneer offered to build the fortress walls from only three sides. From the fourth (western) side, houses built close to each other would defend the fortress. The plan was sent to Moscow where it was approved by the Tsar, Fedor Ioannovich. The construction of the fortress was headed by Vasily Golovin and Ivan Voeykov, who became the first governors ofVerkhoturye. The construction began in spring, 1598.
At first the kremlin walls were made of two rows of logs. Only in the 18th century they were replaced by stone. The Troitsky Cathedral was erected on the eastern side of the fortress. The wooden church in honor of the Saint Trinity was started at this place as early as 1599 when the building of the towri began. The church was burned down several times, but every time it was rebuilt. The stone cathedral was built in 1703 - 1709 by bricklayers from Solikamsk, according to the design made by T. Gusev in the style of Moscow Baroque. The Cathedral has 5 domes and 2-tiered hipped bell-tower. The front walls of the Cathedral are richly ornamented and decorated with glazed tiles. By the UNESCO decision, the Cathedral is included in the list of the most significant architectural monuments in the world.
Saint Nikolay Cathedral was the first church in the Monastery. It was started in 1604. After several fires, the stone cathedral was built in 1712-1718. Two additional side-chapels and a bell-tower were built in 1838. The Cathedral was unchanged for 100 years till 1938, when it was blown up. In 2000 the modem Chapel was built on the same place where the pre-revolutionary temple had stood. In 2004 the Cathedral was consecrated.
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