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What does the name of the city – Gavrilov-Yam mean? In ancient times, three birds raced along the roads of Russia, carts, rattled, carriages. From yam to yam, and, speaking in modern terms, from one post station to another, this transport was driven, the horses were driven by dashing coachmen. I remember the driver or the keeper of the pit Gavrila here. Therefore, they called the small village Gavrilov Yam. In 1872, the Lokalovs, peasants of the neighboring village of Veliky, built a huge and advanced textile enterprise here at that time, near it there was a factory village, which later grew to a city. In the 1960s, the Agat aircraft factory was built in the city. But Gavrila the driver did not forget. The country of the coachman is spread out on the banks of the Kotorosli River.
Until Russia was entangled in a network of railways, local residents were engaged in Yamsky business. Gavrilov Yam was also one of the Russian linen capitals at one time, because the world-famous linen manufactory of merchant Alexei Lokalov worked here. English specialists worked here, with whose light hand the stadium was built in the city – now the oldest in Russia.
In the "Land of the Coachman", Gavrilov Pit, it's great to ride with the breeze, sing in the coachman's karaoke, forge a horseshoe, try your hand at fluttering, carding, spinning flax, see with your own eyes a real cubicle. Take a horseshoe for luck or a linen tablecloth with you from here.
Being in these parts, take a look at the village of Velikoye, which lies nearby. It was once one of the hundred largest industrial centers in Russia. The village is famous for its Kremlin, the only rural kremlin in Russia.
What must be done in Gavrilov Pit?
- If you are driving from the Moscow highway, stop at the top of a hill 7 km from the city, admire the open space, breathe in the amazing air of the Country of the driver!
- Inspect the complex of buildings of the former Lokalov manufactory: workshops, administrative buildings, the dam of the factory pond.
- Take a walk in the textile factory park.
- Visit the road song festival "The Country of the driver" or the winter festival "Snowflake of Lahosti".
- Play football at the oldest stadium in Yaroslavl.
- Visit the existing pottery factory "Auriki Gardens" and try yourself as a potter there.
Gavrilov-Yama Museums:
- The Museum of the Coachman. For almost 15 years now, the museum has been preserving the memory of the daring coachmen, of whom we once had in abundance. The museum itself is located in an economic building of the XIX century. The coachman Gavrila and his wife Dunyasha live in the house to this day. He will cordially greet you on the threshold, take you to the hut, give you tea, treat you to pie tracks and tell you about how the coachmen lived in the old days.
- The Maryushka Museum, located in a real Russian hut, will tell you about the life and occupations of local peasants in the XIX century.
- The Gavrilov-Yamsky Museum of Local Lore lovingly conveys the atmosphere of a provincial town, tells about the nature of the region, the life and achievements of Gavrilov-Yamtsev.
Souvenirs from Gavrilov-Yama:
- Linen products from the Gavrilov-Yamsky Weaver factory.
- Ceramics of the "Aurica Gardens" and their famous Herb gardens.
- The famous coachman's cap.
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what other cities to visit?
«whatever a city, it's a city with a burrow». This proverb vividly reflects the authentic character of the «pearls» of Yaroslavia. And together they are like treasures in a box, which one wants to go through and admire endlessly. Nowhere in Russia is there such a constellation of closely juxtaposed protected and historical towns.
