Dmitrov

Dmitrov is a small millennial city in Russia, located some north of the capital Moscow. It has some 60,000 inhabitants and is renowned for its old and beautiful kremlin.

Understand
Dmitrov was founded in 1154 by Yury Dolgoruky (Yury Long-hand) at the site where his son Vsevolod the Big Nest was born. Its name is derived from Vsevolod's patron saint St. Demetrius. It was given town rights in 1374. During the early 16th century Dmitrov flourished and the Assumption Cathedral in the kremlin and the monastery cathedral of Sts. Boris and Gleb were constructed. However, in 1569 the city was seized by the secret police "Oprichnina" and went into a decline, which was further accelerated during the "Time of Troubles", when the city was sacked by Polish troops. The city was on the frontier during both the Napoleonic wars and World War II (known as the first and second great patriotic wars in Russia). The renowned Russian anarchist Piotr Kropotkin resided in the city between the Russian revolution in 1917 and his death in 1921. During the 1930s the Moscow channel was constructed, passing through the western part of Dmitrov.

Get in
is a railway junction of the Moscow (Savyolovsky terminal)–Savyolovo branch and the Dmitrov–Alexandrov branch.

Bus routes connect Dmitrov with Moscow (Altufyevo), Sergiev Posad, Dubna, Taldom, Lobnya and Laryovo.

It is located some 40 km north of Sheremetyevo International Airport.

Get around
Dmitrov city center is rather small and walkable.

Kremlin
The kremlin itself consist of a several meters high earth rampart with the wooden "Nikolskiye" gate facing the north west.

Eat
The "Tsentr" shopping mall contains several fast food restaurant chains, such as McDonalds, KFC and Kroshka Kartoshka.

Go next

 * Moscow - The capital of Russia and one of the greatest metropolises in the world awaits only an hour and a half away by train.
 * Sergiev Posad - A large monastery and one of the most sacred places in Russian orthodoxy is about an hours drive to the east.
 * Dubna - At the shores of the river Volga this center of Soviet nuclear physics is about an hour away by train or car.
 * Klin - A small city best known as the former residence of Pyotr Ilich Tchaikovsky. An hour away by car.