The Museum of the North-Western Front

The Museum of the North-Western Front is a museum in Gorodskoy Okrug Staraya Russa, Novgorod Oblast which is located on Александровская улица. The Museum of the North-Western Front is situated nearby to the community center Центр культуры ‘Русич’, as well as near the church Transfiguration Monastery, Staraya Russa.

Photo: Дар Ветер, CC BY-SA 3.0.

Type: Museum
Address: Александровская улица 23
Wheelchair access: no

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Transfiguration Monastery, Staraya Russa and Holy Trinity Church (Staraja Russa).

Transfiguration Monastery, Staraya Russa

Church

Photo: A.Savin, FAL.

The Transfiguration Monastery is a former Russian Orthodox monastery founded in 1192. The monastery is located in the city of Staraya Russa, on the right bank of the Polist River. It is currently occupied by the Staraya Russa Town Museum. Transfiguration Monastery, Staraya Russa is situated 200 metres northwest of The Museum of the North-Western Front.

Holy Trinity Church (Staraja Russa)

Church

Photo: A.Savin, FAL.

Holy Trinity Church (Staraja Russa) is situated 360 metres southwest of The Museum of the North-Western Front.

Church of the Resurrection of Christ

Church

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Church of the Resurrection of Christ is situated 800 metres southwest of The Museum of the North-Western Front.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Staraya Russa and Анишино-1.

Staraya Russa

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Staraya Russa is a small, historic town in the center of Novgorod Oblast, long famous domestically for its balneologic mineral waters resort, but much more famous among international travellers as Dostoyevsky's summer retreat, and the basis for the fictional town of Skotoprigonievsk in The Brothers Karamazov.