Poshekhonye, Russia

Poshekhonye is located in the Yaroslavl region. The city is located on the eastern bank of the Rybinsk Reservoir, at the confluence of the Sogozha River. It received its name from the Shekhon River (the old name of Sheksna), the area around which was called Poshekhonye.

The city gave its name to a famous type of cheese (Poshekhonsky cheese).

 

Sights

Temples
Trinity Cathedral (1717)
Church of the Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary (1822)
Five kilometers from the city, in Adrianova Sloboda - Adrianov Assumption Monastery (Adrianova-Belskaya Hermitage)
Confluence of the Soga, Sogozha and Pertomka rivers

Civil development
Shopping arcades (1830s)
Fire station (XIX century)
Police department (early 19th century)
House of the Shalaev merchants (beginning of the 19th century)
Hotel of the Shalaev merchants (early 19th century)
Kuklichev House (beginning of the 19th century)
House of the First (early 19th century)
House of the Shchukalovs (beginning of the 19th century)
City government (early 19th century)
Zemstvo government (late 19th century)
House of the merchant Dubov (beginning of the 19th century)
Women's gymnasium (late 19th century)
Theological school (XVIII-XIX centuries)

Monuments
Monument to V.I. Lenin
Monument to the Korolev brothers
Cenotaph
Avenue of Heroes

Museums
Poshekhonsky Museum of History and Local Lore (Lyubimskaya St., 20)
Museum “Toptygin House” (Sovetskaya St., 4)
Museum "Soviet Rus'" (village Yasnaya Polyana)
Vodianoy Residence (Sovetskaya St., 2)

 

How to get there

By car
The roads connecting Rybinsk, Cherepovets, Danilov and Vologda converge in Poshekhonye. On the P104 highway from Rybinsk or Cherepovets.

 

By bus

Intercity routes:
505. Poshekhonye - Rybinsk
506. Poshekhonye - Yaroslavl (via Rybinsk)
520. Poshekhonye - Most Pure
530. Poshekhonye - Yaroslavl (via Danilov, YaOKB)
530k. Poshekhonye - Yaroslavl (via Danilov)
533 Danilov - Poshekhonye
537 Yaroslavl - Poshekhonye

 

Transit routes:
Rybinsk - Vologda / Vologda - Rybinsk (Wednesday, Friday, Sunday)
Cherepovets - Rybinsk / Rybinsk - Cherepovets (daily)
Cherepovets - Yaroslavl / Yaroslavl - Cherepovets (daily, Sunday)
Yaroslavl - St. Petersburg / St. Petersburg - Yaroslavl (Friday, Sunday)

 

Transport

Urban public transport is represented mainly by medium and large capacity buses (LiAZ-5256.36-01, PAZ-320412-05 “Vector”, PAZ-4234)

There is only one intra-city bus route No. 1 (Vysokovo - Yasnaya Polyana village), covering almost the entire territory of Poshekhonye.

Every day, five intra-regional and twelve suburban bus routes depart from the bus station, served by SE Yaroslavl ATP (until 2016 - SE YaO Poshekhonskoye ATP) and JSC ATP Avtomobilist. Eight transit routes also pass through the city.

Suburban routes:
102. Poshekhonye - Semenovskoe (except Tuesday and Thursday)
105. Poshekhonye - Andryushino (except Tuesday and Friday)
106. Poshekhonye - Kardinskoye
108. Poshekhonye - Guzhovo (via Kholm, Bolshie Nochevki) (daily)
110. Poshekhonye - Zubarevo (except Tuesday and Thursday)
112. Poshekhonye - Larionovo (daily)
114. Poshekhonye - Nikolskoye
119. Poshekhonye - Zinkino (via Ermakovo) (daily)
120. Poshekhonye - Spas (daily)
121. Poshekhonye - Taibuzino (via Grace, Timino) (Monday, Friday)
122. Poshekhonye - Grace (via Timino)
Poshekhonye - Milyushino (via Voshchikovo) (Monday, Friday)

 

Eat

Poshekhonsky cheese has long been absent from the city due to the collapse of the local dairy plant - now Poshekhonye is famous for dusheparka: a low-alcohol drink based on honey and cranberries.

Bar “Comfort”, st. Preobrazhensky, 2. 10–1. The reviews are very contradictory, so only one thing can be said with confidence: this bar is open even when other cafes, restaurants and canteens are closed for special services, and at such moments there is still no choice.
Cafe "Gourmand", st. Preobrazhenskogo, 30. 9–18. “The most acceptable place in terms of taste with tea, milkshakes and confectionery.”
Restaurant "Poshekhon-tour", st. Lyubimskaya, 18 (at the hotel of the same name). The restaurant is aimed at tourists, and in their absence is simply closed. According to reviews from the lucky ones who managed to get inside, the food is good and prepared exclusively from local ingredients.
Restaurant "Sogozha", st. Preobrazhenskogo, 24. 10–22. Until recently, it was the best public catering outlet, which, however, is more reminiscent of an ordinary cafe in a county town. Often closed for special services.
Dining room “Beryozka”, st. Danilovskaya, 4. 8–16. Nostalgic dining room.

 

Hotels

Hotel "Poshekhon-tour", Lyubimskaya st., 18. ☎ +7 (48546) 2-52-70, 2-31-62. A modern (as far as possible) hotel in an old mansion, where the Poshekhon zemstvo was located before the revolution. Huge rooms with amenities for a reasonable price. Good feedback.
Hotel "Soga", embankment of the Pertomki River, 12. ☎ +7 (48546) 2-12-02. Double room: 850 rubles (2010). Rooms for 3–5 people with shared facilities. Modest, but quite decent conditions.
Guest house, village Muzhikovo (2 km north of Poshekhonye). ☎ +7 (921) 602-79-07. 1000 rubles/day or 350 rubles/person. A village house with a bathhouse and outdoor amenities.
House of fisherman and hunter “Kedr”, village. Muzhikovo (2 km north of Poshekhonye). ☎ +7 (915) 970-75-80, (911) 505-09-17. Double room: 2000 rubles (2011). Rooms with amenities, cafe.
Fisherman's House "Gayutino", village. Gayutino, st. Central, 26 (60 km towards Cherepovets). ☎ +7 (48546) 3-21-53, (906) 638-99-39. Double room: 1000 rubles (2011). Rooms for 1–4 people with toilet and washbasin. Nice cafe.
Fishing base "Ukhra", highway Rybinsk-Cherepovets, bridge over the Ukhra river (20 km south of Poshekhonye). ☎ +7 (910) 816-54-20, 977-39-80. Double room: from 2000 rubles (2011). Houses for four people and private rooms with private facilities. Sauna, bar.

 

Connection

Internet access is announced at the telegraph office (Proletarskaya St., 13)

 

Geography

The city is located on the Mologo-Sheksninskaya lowland on the left bank of the Sogozha River, at its confluence with the Rybinsk Reservoir, 65 km north of Rybinsk, 151 km northwest of Yaroslavl. The total area of Poshekhonye is 7.84 km2, of which 2.41 km2 is under water bodies.

Five rivers flow into Poshekhonye: Sogozha, Soga, Shelsha, Pertomka and Trinity Stream. They connect in the city center, flowing into Sogozha. The channels of these rivers were greatly expanded by the Rybinsk Reservoir, which necessitated the construction of many bridges in addition to the existing ones.

The main highway Rybinsk-Cherepovets, as well as inter-district roads Poshekhonye-Danilov and Poshekhonye-Prechistoye pass through Poshekhonye.

 

History

The area along the Sheksna River has long been called Poshekhonye, after the old name of the river - Shekhon, and until 1341 it was part of the Yaroslavl Principality.

In 1565, when Tsar Ivan the Terrible divided the Russian state into oprichnina and zemshchina, the city became part of the latter and remained there until 1569.

In the 17th century, on the site of the modern city of Poshekhonye, there was the village of Pertoma[3] (Finno-Ugric name, based on its location on the Pertomka River, which flows into the Sogozha River, a tributary of the Sheksna). Since 1680, it housed the voivode's office. This time is characterized by the following entry: “Poshekhonsky is only a district, but there is no city.”

In 1777, by decree of Catherine II, the village was renamed the city of Poshekhonye and included in the Yaroslavl governorship. To strengthen the administrative role of the city, government offices, a city magistrate, a town hall and other institutions were opened here: zemstvo, district, orphan and verbal courts, police and a prison prison. The city’s coat of arms was approved: “In a golden field, crosswise, two green jagged stripes: in the middle, in a silver shield, is the coat of arms of the Yaroslavl governorship.” The two jagged stripes are also a jagged St. Andrew's cross.

Since the 18th century, gold mining has developed in Poshekhonye - the production of the thinnest sheets of gold and silver leaf. Crafts were developing: by 1862 there were 30 establishments: 6 bakeries, 3 tailors, 5 shoemakers, 4 carpenters, 2 goldsmiths, 10 forges. By the end of the 19th century, the city had a candle and wax factory, five tanneries, a grain mill and three gold and silver leaf factories.

Before the October Revolution, tanneries with steam engines of the merchants Shalaev and Dubov were developing in the city, Kopotikhov's shipbuilding workshops were growing, two distilleries, a sawmill, and mills were operating.

In 1918, the city of Poshekhonye was renamed Poshekhonye-Volodarsk in memory of the revolutionary figure V. Volodarsky. During the years of Soviet power, Poshekhonye-Volodarsk became the center of a large agricultural region. New local and cooperative industry enterprises for processing raw materials and agricultural products, a creamery, a flax plant, and a fish factory, appeared. The city trains specialists for agriculture at the technical school and collective farm school, where children of collective farmers from the entire northwestern region study.

In the spring of 1941, after the creation of the Rybinsk Reservoir, the landscape of the city changed. Large expanses of water appeared, approaching close to the city center, and part of the territory was under water. The city has new opportunities for communication by water not only with regional cities, but also with Moscow and Leningrad, which increased passenger flows and cargo transportation, fishing opportunities increased, and the power system capacity increased.

In 1992, the name Poshekhonye was returned to the city.