Kalyazin bell tower
Only the Kalyazin Bell Tower remains peek above the Ulgich reservoir. This was a neoclassical campanile that was built in 1796-1800 as part of monastery of Nicholas II. It had 12 bells the largest weighting 1038 pounds. In 1939 Joseph Stalin ordered the construction of the Ulgich Dam to form part of the Ulgich Reservoir
flooding the main portion of the Monastery and only the bell tower can now be seen. On the Volga River. At least this is what I remember of it.
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