The town of Kolomna near Moscow is located south of the capital, and its name was first noticed in the manuscripts of 1177. The name Kolomna came from the place on the river bank where the bazaar was located, or in the old way - menok, i.e. "Near me" or Kolomna.
History of Kolomna
Due to its excellent geographical position - at the crossroads of land and river trade routes, in the central part of the middle Russian lands, Kolomna for a long time acquired an important military and commercial importance for Russia. After Moscow became the capital of the Russian state, the city of Kolomna in 1301 was the first to enter the Moscow principality and actively contributed to its formation. Almost two centuries later, in 1525, the construction of a powerful stone Kremlin began there, which turned Kolomna into an impregnable outpost. The stone walls served as strong protection for the inhabitants of the city from external enemies, and the Kolomna Kremlin was never taken by storm.
Kolomna is a place at the intersection of three rivers - Kolomenka, Oka and Moskva rivers. Three principalities fought for the possession of Kolomna, it was occupied by the Poles, ruined by the Tatars, and tried to take Ivan Bolotnikov. The city was ablaze with fires, plague, and defended during the war years. For many centuries of its turbulent life, little Kolomna was able to preserve and restore many architectural objects that are open to tourists today.
Kolomna landmarks
The same Kolomna Kremlin is still open to visitors. According to legend, it is here that the treasures of the odious Marina Mnishek, the recalcitrant prisoner of one of the Kremlin towers, are safely hidden. They say that she, having turned into a magpie, still flew free.
Immediately behind the stone walls of the Kremlin, the merchant part begins - Posad, with buildings of the 17-18 centuries. Here you can visit the house where Ivan Lazhechnikov was born, a writer-historian whose novels describe the customs and life of old Kolomna.
The apple not only helped Newton to come up with the law of universal gravitation, but also taught the inhabitants of Kolomna to make marshmallows. There were so many poured apples in the local gardens that people simply did not know what to do with them. And in the 15th century, by chance, while cooking apple jam, they got a very tasty dessert - marshmallow, which later conquered all of Europe. The fame of this gastronomic brand is captured in the local museum.
An excellent place to get acquainted with the history of Kolomna is the complex of the Staro-Golutvin monastery, built by the glorious Sergius of Radonezh in 1374. Among the religious buildings of the city on the Revolution Square is the Church of St. John the Theologian with the highest belfry in the city, the Assumption Cathedral, founded by Dmitry Donskoy, the Tikhvin Cathedral.
