Zvoz

Zvoz is a locality in Vologda Oblast, Northwestern Russia. Zvoz is situated nearby to the locality Gorka, as well as near Rodino.

Places of Interest

Highlights include Voskresenskiy Goritskiy Convent and Svitochnaya Tower.

Voskresenskiy Goritskiy Convent

Monastery

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The Goritsy Monastery of Resurrection is a Russian Orthodox convent in the village of Goritsy, Kirillovsky District, Vologda oblast, Russia. The convent is 15 kilometres north of the town of Kirillov, Kirillovsky District, which was the site of one of the historically most important male monasteries in Russia, and to which Tsar Ivan the Terrible, discussed below, had planned to retire. Voskresenskiy Goritskiy Convent is situated 3½ km northwest of Zvoz.

Svitochnaya Tower

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Svitochnaya Tower is situated 4 km northeast of Zvoz.

Preobrazheniya Church

Church

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Preobrazheniya Church is situated 4 km northeast of Zvoz.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Tikhonovo and Goritsy.

Tikhonovo

Hamlet

Tikhonovo is a rural locality in Goritskoye Rural Settlement, Kirillovsky District, Vologda Oblast, Russia. The population was 7, as of 2002. Tikhonovo is situated 2½ km east of Zvoz.