Poklonnyy Krest

Poklonnaya cross in place, where once stood a large beautiful city, the capital of the Ryazan principality, and now the field, ruins and a cemetery. The inhabitants were completely cut out by the Batu thugs, the city itself was burnt. So in the same place, he could not be reborn, although attempts for centuries have been. Now there is only a small village nearby, in place of the former Ryazan there is nothing, except for a few surviving fragments of churches and remains of ancient trees. People could not live here, it's not for nothing that the inhabitants of the surrounding villages built a cemetery right at the site of the town - a rare case when they are at home in the lowland and buried on the mountain. Unthinkable beautiful and sad place.