SoCultures Magazine 2018 SoCultures Magazine November 2018 | Page 67

SoCultures November 2018
India & Russia
Golden Ring of Russia has so much to offer to its visitors and remains most
favorite travel route for the domestic as well as foreign tourists… A circular route
created during Soviet era which takes you on a tour of picturesque history,
heritage, ancient onion-domed churches, gingerbread cottages and picturesque
churches, gold domes and untouched green, nature-rich countryside, come and
explore the most loved tourist route not far from Moscow…called GOLDEN
RING.
Why the name Golden Ring?
It’s easy to understand when you take a brief look at the map of this famous tourist
itinerary that encompasses the oldest, historic and cultural heritage sites from
central part of European Russia that looks like a breathtakingly beautiful large
golden circle. The Golden Ring, connecting all the cities in a big large circle, holds
a distinct place because it takes you through the hearts of present city life and
Russian history, its people and it’s so enchanting and absorbing.
As though there are no fixed names of cities that come under the Golden Ring, still
traditionally eight names are definitely associated with this famous route- Sergiyev
Posad, Pereslavl-Zalessky, Rostov Veliky, Yaroslavl, Kostroma, Ivanovo, and
Vladimir.
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