Pereslavl-Zalessky

Yaroslavl Oblast · Russia

Pereslavl-Zalessky, Russia
Photo: PereslavlFoto, CC BY-SA 3.0 via Wikimedia Commons

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Best time to go
May to September
Budget
$
Coordinates
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A quiet Golden Ring town on the shore of Lake Pleshcheyevo, birthplace of Alexander Nevsky. Its earthen ramparts and cluster of monasteries sit beside the lake where Peter the Great tested his first boats.

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