Borovsk

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Эта страница на русском: Боровск


Object location55° 12′ 27.19″ N, 36° 29′ 05.05″ E Kartographer map based on OpenStreetMap.View all coordinates using: OpenStreetMapinfo

Borovsk, a town established in 1358, stands between Moscow and Kaluga. Current population is estimated at around 12 thousand.

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Geography

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Borovsk was founded on the steep right bank of the Protva River. The town developed primarily to the south of the old citadel. Isolated suburbs (slobodas) developed to the west (across the Tekizha Creek Ravine) and to the north and east, across the Protva.

The small Tekizhe Creek flows into the Protva east of the old town, in a grand natural ravine. It forms the natural border of the city core, separating it from the eastern suburb.

No traces of ancient fortresses survived to date. The old Kremlin Hill is scarcely built out, and most of these small buildings are occupied by the town hall and district court.

Lenin Square, the former Market Square, stands immediately south-west of Kremlin Hill. To date, the square remains the shopping center of the town - there are no modern "shopping plazas" or big label supermarkets. The Square is also home to local museum and library. There are monuments to Lenin, philosopher Nikolay Fyodorov and a small World War Two memorial cemetery.

Streets of the core town (west to east)

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Western suburb

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Southern suburb

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Eastern suburb

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Northern suburb

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Architecture

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Historically, Borovsk was a town of die-hard Old Believers.

Museums

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Typical small single-family homes

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Larger wooden houses on brick basements

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Murals

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Borovsk has more murals than Belfast. Almost all of these murals were created in the 2000s by local artist Vladimir Ovchinnikov (http://vladiov.narod.ru/), mostly in grisaille. Freedom of panorama prohibits hosting of his artwork per se, but hopefully these examples pass de minimis exemption:

Nearby villages

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