Mologa
58°11.98′N 38°26.47′E / 58.19967°N 38.44117°E
Mologa (Russian: Моло́га) was a town in Yaroslavl Oblast, Russia, formerly situated at the confluence of the rivers Mologa and Volga, but now submerged under the waters of the Rybinsk Reservoir.
Mologa existed at least since the 12th century.
In the late 15th century, they relocated a
Following the
The flooding of Mologa was ordered in 1935
In 1992-1993 the level of the Rybinsk Reservoir decreased at 1.5m which permitted historians to organize the first expedition to a visible part of the former city. This resulted in collecting information for the future Mologa Museum and making a film.
April 14 is remembered in Yaroslavl Oblast as the Day of Mologa. On this day, the boats with monks and priests sail to the spot where Mologa used to stand, and hold divine service in front of the upper parts of cross-crowned belfries which are still visible above the water of the artificial lake.
Every second Saturday of August ordinary people visit Mologa's site on board of a ship.
In August, 2014 the water-level became extremely low, which let the former inhabitants of Mologa see their previous homes and wish to visit them on board of a ship.
See also
References
- ^ a b "Drowned city emerges from Russian reservoir". BBC News. 14 August 2014. Retrieved 28 September 2014.
- ^ Potashev, I. Ярославские зодчие. Андрей Михайлович Достоевский [Yaroslavl architects. Andrei Dostoyevsky] (in Russian). Retrieved 20 September 2010.
- ^ Death of Mologa Archived 2007-09-28 at the Wayback Machine Argumenty Nedeli №19(19) 14 September 2006 (in Russian)
- ^ 12 August 2014, Russian 'Atlantis' Reemerges After Being Flooded for Decades, The Moscow Times
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External links
- Statistics and history of Mologa (in Russian)
- Photos of a dead city by Dmitri Krasavin (in Russian)[1]
- Mologa - The Memory and Pain by Dmitri Krasavin (in Russian)
- History of Flooding of Mologa Archived 1 November 2005 at the Wayback Machine (in Russian)