Since 1939, a flooded bell tower near the small Russian town of Kalyazin has played the role of the nautical marker, an artificial island in an artificial lake, swim area, and tourist draw. While still, a solid structure visited by tourists and occasionally hosts Orthodox Christian ceremonies, the tower is the last remnant of a monastery hundreds of years old, abruptly erased by the rise of Josef Stalins USSR. Today we will discuss the Monasteries that existed before the bell tower, the tower itself, and what exists today.


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