Russian "Atlantis" more often became settlements that mysteriously disappeared from the face of the earth, and completely deliberately destroyed cities that fell victim to technological progress.
Kitezh
This city was built by Prince Yuri Vsevolodovich himself, when he was fascinated by the beauty of the local nature. But without knowing it, he deliberately chose a sacred place for construction, which later saved the city from inevitable destruction.
Thus, Khan Batu, who wanted to seize the lands of the glorious city, was forced to leave with nothing: right in front of the Mongols, Kitezh went under the waters of Lake Svetloyar. But the interpretation of the legend is still different. There is a version that Kitezh did not go under water at all, but sank into the ground. There is an assumption that the mountains defended the city from the invaders, protecting it with their mighty rocks. Other people say that the settlement ascended into the sky. And according to the most curious theory, Kitezh simply became invisible.
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The oldest part of this city, which is of considerable historical value, was forever submerged under the influence of a thoughtlessly acting human hand: during the construction of the Uglich Hydroelectric Power Station. So, the waters flooded the pearl of the city - the Trinity Monastery, the Church of the Nativity of Christ, the entire trans-river part of the settlement, the Central Square together with the shopping malls, the Church of St. John the Baptist, St. before modern).
Korcheva
If the two cities described above did not cease to exist due to their flooding, then a completely different fate befell the city of Korcheva. So, regardless of the fact that, during the construction of the Ivankovskoye reservoir dam, almost a third of the territory remained on land, the city was still dismantled to the last brick and log, its temples were blown up, and the inhabitants were permanently resettled.
It was believed that in this way revenge was inflicted on the local people, since the settlement was once the center of an anti-Soviet uprising. But it turned out that there was a mistake by the designers, who decided that the area would be completely flooded. Today, on the territory of the former city, a cemetery with the ruins of the Kazan Church has survived, as well as the estate of the Christmas merchants.
Mologa
Mologa was wiped off the face of the earth due to the creation of the Rybinsk reservoir. About 700 villages and villages, 3 monasteries, 140 churches, as well as 294 local residents, who refused to relocate, went under the water. Today Mologa is the personification of tragedy, a ghost town that either disappears or appears in crumbling waters, impressing and terrifying with landscapes of destruction. Remnants of brickwork, where buildings and temples once stood, rusty iron, cobblestones washed out by the waters, as well as almost imperceptible traces of foundations, along which the directions of the once existing streets are barely guessed. As eyewitnesses say, in the autumn, especially after a dry summer, the city rises from under the waters, reminding of what happened.
Vesyegonsk
Vesyegonsk was only partially flooded, and most of the houses that lay in the path of water movement were moved to new places far from the coast. As a result, not a trace remained of the old city: it had to be rebuilt. Under the waters of the overflowing river, the former buildings are forever buried together with a railway line, the construction of which was never completed. Among such buildings were churches and temples that were not moved to a high place. Modern Vesyegonsk is a completely small, provincial town, consisting mainly of two-story houses built of wood. Only on the main street can you find stone buildings on three floors. Not a single architectural monument remained in the city - they all ended up at the bottom of the reservoir.
Uglich
The most ancient city of Uglich, rich in its historical heritage, also suffered during the construction of the Uglitsky hydroelectric complex. Under the displaced land masses and waters, city streets, houses, and ancient temples disappeared. The entire left-bank part of Uglich was demolished with further movement closer to the bank of Korozhechna. In the course of this, the All Saints, Vvedensky and Leontievsky churches, the Suponevsky palace, Tsarskoe Selo with a park were destroyed. On the right bank, the city blocks disappeared, the Nikolo-Pesotskaya church, the Epiphany mountain was flooded together with a pine forest. Buried under water was the Entry of Jerusalem, together with the temple. The Pokrovsky Monastery is considered the biggest loss of Uglich. There is evidence that at the end of winter, hills of ice grow up from the bottom, under which the ruins of monastery buildings and temples are hidden.
Myshkin
Tiny Myshkin, who seemed to be at a sufficient distance from Rybinsk, also did not escape a sad fate. The Volga River, which rose a certain number of meters, washed away a significant part of buildings and houses in the riverine area. On the right bank, the water reached the Kassiano-Uchemky monastery. And the Forerunner and Assumption temples, which ended up on the low peninsula, were destroyed. Today there are only two hills left, overgrown with bushes and birches.
