The Epiphany Cathedral, churches with their own histories, preserved architectural monuments and several museums give Klintsy a varied cultural character. Their subjects range from religious architecture and the city’s development to nature, rural life and the economy. You can choose the focus of your stay according to your interests, rather than reducing Klintsy to a single theme.

Churches, the Cathedral and the Cityscape

The Epiphany Cathedral is 47 metres high and covers an area of about 2,000 square metres. The building houses a marble iconostasis made in Miass. The height, approximate area and origin of the iconostasis offer three distinct points of reference for viewing the building.

The Church of the Transfiguration offers a different way into the city’s history. In 1823, a prayer house was first established on what was then Pushkinskaya Street, now Pushkin Street. It was later converted into a fully fledged church dedicated to the Transfiguration of the Lord, and the church remains in operation. The sequence from prayer house to church makes the change in use easy to follow and links the building’s history with two names for the same street.

Oktyabrskaya Street is also part of the cityscape: it is one of Klintsy’s main streets and is home to a particularly large number of preserved architectural monuments. The surviving buildings along the street therefore complement the view of individual religious buildings with a broader perspective on the city’s architecture.

Museums: Nature, Everyday Life and City History

Among the most significant rarities at the M. M. Ovchinnikov Museum of Russian Culture and Old Belief is an Apostolos book embroidered with river pearls. Its special feature lies in the combination of the book format and river-pearl embroidery, bringing together a written artefact and textile design.

The Klintsy Museum of Local Lore explores other subjects. The “Nature” exhibition features birds and animals from the surrounding area. “Peasant Everyday Life in the Late 19th and Early 20th Centuries” shows the interior of a peasant house, household items and tools for processing flax, sowing and harvesting. The two exhibitions are clearly distinct: one focuses on local wildlife, while the other looks at living and working in a peasant house.

A separate hall covers the origins and development of the Sloboda and Posad of Klintsy. Collections of documents also shed light on the history of the textile industry and other sectors of the city’s economy. An archaeological exhibition offers insights, through artefacts, into the way of life and activities of people in the past, as well as the animals they hunted.

To choose a focus, it helps to distinguish between the subjects: nature and archaeology turn the attention to animals, while the peasant-life exhibition focuses on household and work; the hall and documents, by contrast, cover the development of the settlement and its economy.

Monuments with Different Points of Reference

A T-34 monument stands at the entrance to Klintsy, commemorating the liberation of the city by Soviet troops. It was erected for the 40th anniversary of victory over Nazi Germany; the design was created by N. F. Andryushin. Its construction was carried out by decision of the bureau of the city committee of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union and the executive committee.

Another monument refers to the city’s founding: in 2007, for the 300th anniversary, a bell-shaped monument depicting the founding family was erected at the presumed site of the Sloboda’s origins. The site is thus identified as the presumed origin of the Sloboda.

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