Krasny Kholm
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Krasny Kholm (Russian: Кра́сный Холм, meaning Red Hill) is a town in the north-east of Tver Oblast, Russia. Population: 6,200 (2005 est.); 6,396 (2002 Census).
Krasny Kholm was attested as the village of Spas-na-Kholmu as early as 1518. The village belonged to the Antoniev Monastery of St. Nicholas until its lands were secularised in 1764. In 1776 the town was chartered and received its present name. The railroad between Rybinsk and St. Petersburg reached the town in 1899, boosting its development.
On the bank of the Mologa River, within two miles from the town, lie the ruins of the Antoniev Monastery which gave birth to the town. The monastery cathedral was commissioned by Andrey Bolshoy in 1481; it was consecrated in 1493 and was rebuilt in limestone half a century later. This building—the oldest in the oblast—was reduced by the Bolsheviks to rubble; it still stands roofless and continues to decay. The Intercession Church (1596), as well as 17th-century walls and cells, were either demolished or mutilated beyond repair.
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