Nerekhta is located in the Kostroma region, 46 km from Kostroma. In 1362 St. Pachomius founded a monastery near Nerekhta. By the 15th century, salt production was developing, bringing good income. After the decline caused by a massive fire at the beginning of the 17th century, the city was gradually restored, with stone churches being built at the beginning of the 18th century. In 1778 Nerekhta became a district town. The buildings of the 18th-19th centuries have been well preserved to the present day, mainly in the area of \u200b\u200bSq. Svoboda, on Volodarsky and Krasnoarmeyskaya streets.
1 Vladimir Church Wikidata element, st. Lenina, 28B. The first
stone temple in Nerekhta.
2 Church of the Epiphany Wikidata
element, st. Volodarsky, 1. Now the temple houses a museum, you can
climb the bell tower.
3 Church of the Resurrection, st. Volodarsky,
34.
4 Cathedral of the Kazan Icon of the Mother of God, st. Lenina,
2. The building was rebuilt into a bakery, but the beautiful bell tower
has been preserved.
5 Gostinye Ryad, pl. Svobody, 2.
6 Kvass brewery building, st.
Bebelya, 11.
7 House of I.V. Knyazev-Buslaev, Krasnoarmeyskaya st.,
19.
8 Linen factory building, lane. Shagova, 21A.
1 Nerekhta Museum of Local Lore, st. Volodarsky, 9. ☎
(49-431)77-791. 10-17 except Monday. The museum is housed in a former
private pharmacy building, built in Art Nouveau style.
2 Bell tower
of the Kazan Cathedral. There are beautiful views of the city.
By plane
Through Sokerkino airport in Kostroma.
By train
Nerekhta is a railway junction connecting branches to Yaroslavl,
Kostroma and Ivanovo.
From Kostroma and from the east: two
electric trains and several trains a day.
From Moscow: trains going
to Kostroma stop in Nerekhta.
By train from Yaroslavl and Ivanovo.
By car
From Kostroma:
At the southern exit from the city, exit
the M8 highway onto the direct road to Nerekhta.
From Moscow:
Along the M8 until the turn to Ivanovo and Gavrilov-Yam, through
Gavrilov-Yam along the P79 highway to Pistsovo, turn left to Nerekhta.
From Ivanovo:
Along the P79 highway to Pistsovo, turn right.
By bus
From Kostroma - one and a half dozen buses a day.
1 “Coffee shop on Bazarnaya” , pl. Svobody, 6 / st. Bebel. ☎ +7
(960) 745-60-00. 10:00 – 22:00. Contrary to the name, the menu of the
establishment contains not only coffee and desserts, but also first
courses, second courses, salads, pizza, pasta and burgers. Located in
the very center. Good feedback.
2 Cafeteria in the Victoria shopping
center, st. Karl Liebknecht, 15.
3 Restaurant “Mirage”, st. Karl
Liebknecht, 22.
Hotel “Kladez” (“October”), st. Pobeda, 3. ☎ (49431)7-64-41.
Opinions have been expressed that, translated from the language of the ancient population of these places, the Meryans, Nerekhta means “river of a large lake” (*(i)ne-(j)er-exta). According to A.K. Matveev, in the basins of all rivers with this name there are not only large, but also small lakes, therefore such a reconstruction does not correspond to reality, and the most likely meaning of the original Meryan root is “cape” (cf. meadow mar. ner 'nose, hill, cape').
The Old Russian part of Nerekhta was originally located on the right
bank of the Nerekhta River (a tributary of the Solonitsa River). It is
believed that the development of the left bank began in the 16th
century, but the Kostroma archaeological expedition revealed the
presence of an Old Russian layer on the left bank. Utility pits with
things from the 12th to 14th centuries were recorded (including a
fragment of a glass bracelet, the bottom of a pottery vessel with a mark
in the form of a cross inscribed in a circle). The presence of a
cultural layer of a later date has been confirmed.
The first
mention of Nerekhta dates back to 1214, when the children of Prince
Vsevolod the Big Nest fought for it. Nerekhta was also mentioned in 1362
in the life of Pachomius of Nerekhta, who founded a monastery 3 versts
from the city (abolished in 1764 and converted into a parish church).
In 1406, Grand Duke Vasily I Dmitrievich gave the volost of Nerekhta
to his wife Sofya Vitovtovna. At this time, there were already salt pans
here.
In 1462, Grand Duke Vasily the Dark gave Nerekhta with the
varnitsa to his wife Maria Yaroslavna.
Around 1609 Nerekhta was
burned and devastated; According to the inventory of 1627, the dwellings
here were half empty, the brewhouses were abandoned.
Salt
production finally ceased in the 18th century. Until 1778, Nerekhta was
a suburb of the Kostroma district, and then became a district town.
According to the inventory in 1764, there were rich merchants and
wealthy artisans in Nerekhta; residents were successfully engaged in
gardening; There were three fairs and weekly markets.