Dmitrov

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.

Tourist office

• Dmitrov Tourist Information Centre

  phone: +7 964 646-93-82
  address: Professionalnaya St., 1 A / Torgovaya pl.

Dmitrov Central Station 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 SVO.

Dmitrov city center is rather small and walkable.

• The Sts. Boris and Gleb's Monastery

  phone: +7 916 356-03-81
  address: ul. Minina, 4
  An old male monastery with a beautiful church, dedicated to the first Russian saints Boris and Gleb.

• Dmitrov Frog Museum

  phone: +7 968 404-14-28
  address: ul. Kropotkinskaya, 67к1
  As the city is surrounded by wetlands this unusual museum celebrates Dmitrov by exhibiting all types of frog-related objects.

• The Dmitrov Kreml Museum/Dmitrov Regional Museum

  phone: +7 496 227-40-07
  address: ul. Zagorskaya, 17
  The city museum showcases the history of Dmitrov with exibitions regarding the great patriotic wars and the construction of the Moscow channel. Despite its name it is not located inside the Kremlin.

• The House Museum of P.A. Kropotkin

  address: ул. Кропоткинская, д. 95
  The house where the renowned Russian anarchist Peter Kropotkin lived between the Russian revolution in 1917 until his death in 1921 is now a personal museum dedicated to him. The upper floor exhibits a museum of biology and geology.

Kremlin

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

• The Assumption Cathedral

  address: Istoricheskaya pl., 11

• Elizabethan church

  address: Sovetskaya pl., 5

• Extreme Park

  phone: +7 496 224-35-25
  address: Professionalnaya ul., 25
  A 4000 square meter park with activities such as trampolines, roler skates and a stage for concerts

• MegaFon

  address: ul. Zagorskaya 30A-36A
  A long shopping mall in the city centre.

• Tsentr

  address: ul. Zagorskaya, 22
  Another centrally located shopping mall.

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

• Brodvey

  phone: +7 496 224-64-10
  address: Kropotkinskaya ul., 75а
  Nice restaurant with a view of the Kremlin.

• Pizzeria D'Miro

  phone: +7 496 225-47-07
  address: Sovetskaya ul., 1

• Pronto

  phone: +7 967 096-99-06
  address: Professionalnaya ul., 6, стр 1

• Four Crowns Hotel

  phone: +7 495 222-75-36
  address: Liry Nikolskoy ul., 7

• Gostinitsa Kristall

  phone: +7 495 286-49-11
  address: Professionalnaya ul., 28

• Hotel Princess Frog

  address: Professionalnaya st., 23

• 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.