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Dormition
Cathedral
and
Monastery,
added
to
UNESCO’s
World
Heritage
List
on
July
9,
2017,
were
used
as
prisons
during
Soviet
times.
Today,
the
magnificent
architectural
ensemble
attracts
tourists
from
all
over
the
world.
Below
are
five
reasons
to
visit.
Tourists
from
all
over
the
world
come
here
to
enjoy
Russia’s
unique
history
-
the
place
has
hardly
changed
over
the
last
century.
With
no
fewer
than
37
cultural
monuments
on
the
island,
including
two
monasteries
and
seven
churches,
you’ll
be
pushed
to
visit
each
and
every
one.
Among
them
is
Trinity
Church
–
the
only
preserved
wooden
church
in
Sviyazhsk
from
the
times
of
Ivan
the
Terrible.
It
was
built
without
a
single
nail,
and
the
axe
marks
made
by
the
Yaroslavl
carpenters
can
still
be
seen
-
just
don’t
smoke
inside!
Until
1957,
Sviyazhsk
only
became
an
island
when
the
water
rose
to
a
certain
level.
However,
the
authorities
decided
to
build
the
Togliatti
Hydroelectric
Power
Station,
flooding
the
surrounding
villages
in
the
process
-
only
then
was
Sviyazhsk
transformed
into
a
permanent
island
For
a
long
time,
it
was
only
possible
to
reach
the
island
by
boat.
Land
access
wasn’t
restored
until
a
dam
and
roadway
were
built
connecting
Sviyazhsk
to
the
left
bank
of
the
Sviyaga
River
via
Tatarskaya
Griva
Island.
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