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      Yamskaya Sloboda: the Cossack Cathedral and churches by the Obvodny

      ⏱ 1 h 5 min🚶 2.1 km🍽 1📍 4 stops
      🐢 A little — under 3 km

      A short loop through the former coachmen's settlement: Ligovka's oldest parish, the metochion of the Tvorozhkovo Monastery and an Old Believer church right by the metro.

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        🏛 Cossack Cathedral of the Exaltation of the Cross
        Лиговский пр., 128
        The cathedral of the former Yamskaya Sloboda at the crossing of Ligovsky and the Obvodny Canal — one of the city's oldest parishes.
        From Obvodny Kanal along Ligovsky to the Obvodny — 5 minutes. Step into the churchyard: the cathedral's chapels stand beside it.
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        Cossack Cathedral of the Exaltation of the Cross
        © Александров · CC BY-SA 3.0
        Cossack Cathedral of the Exaltation of the Cross
        © Александров · CC BY-SA 3.0
        • Coachmen living along the Novgorod road — today's Ligovsky — put up a wooden chapel here in 1710–1712.
        • The stone church was built in 1748 in the Baroque style and rebuilt in the mid-19th century.
        • Until 1938 it was called the Exaltation of the Cross Yamskaya Church.
        • The main altar is consecrated in honour of the Exaltation of the Holy Cross.
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        🏛 Church of Metropolitan Peter
        Роменская ул., 12
        A small church of 1912 at the corner of Romenskaya and Dnepropetrovskaya — the former metochion of the Tvorozhkovo Convent.
        Along the Obvodny east and left on Romenskaya — 10 minutes. The church is on the corner of Dnepropetrovskaya Street.
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        Church of Metropolitan Peter
        © Екатерина Борисова · CC BY-SA 4.0
        • The church was built in 1911–1912 at the metochion of the Holy Trinity Tvorozhkovo Convent.
        • The convent arose in 1887 in the village of Tvorozhkovo in the Gdov district from the community of Alexandra von Rose.
        • The plot at the corner of Romenskaya and Yekaterinoslavskaya — now Dnepropetrovskaya — was bought in 1903 by the merchant Pyotr Semyonov and his wife.
        • The church stands in the former Moscow, or Yamskaya, Sloboda.
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        🏛 Old Believer Church of the Holy Trinity
        Транспортный пер., 5А
        The church of the Ligovka Old Believer community with recreated facades — two steps from Ligovsky Prospekt metro.
        Along Dnepropetrovskaya and Transportny Lane — No. 5A. Look at the recreated facade from the other side of the lane.
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        Old Believer Church of the Holy Trinity
        © Peterburg23 · CC BY 3.0
        • The church was built in 1917 to a design by P. P. Pavlov.
        • In 1922 it was closed, and the building's appearance was distorted.
        • In 2005 the building was returned to the community and the facades were recreated.
        • Until 1935 the lane was called Chubarov — after a property owner.
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        ☕️ Khlebnik on Ligovsky
        Лиговский пр., 74, 1 этаж
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        Coffee and buns at Ligovsky 74 — on the way; 3 minutes from here to Ligovsky Prospekt metro.
        🍴 A bakery-café of the Petersburg chain in the Etazhi building, right by Ligovsky Prospekt metro. What to order: a croissant or a rye roll, coffee, the soup of the day.
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        • Open every day from 8 in the morning.
        • From the entrance to Ligovsky Prospekt metro it is a couple of minutes.
        • The same building houses the Etazhi loft project.

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