In 1692, a new disaster befell the city; In half of Olya, a pestilence opened there, which lasted a year and a half and stole more than 15 thousand victims. The situation of the townspeople at this time was terrible; Left to the mercy of fate, we hid outside the city by the governor Khovansky, whom all his subordinates followed, the Astrakhan residents had the only one who kept them cheerful, a man in the linden Metropolitan Savvalua; For the death of the priests who died from epidemics, Savval himself buried the dead, went around the infected houses, encouraged the residents, and generally did everything that was within his power. 85 years later, the pestilence again visited Astrakhan. In 1706, the indignation of the archers broke out in the city due to the active participation in this revolt of the Archimandrite of the Ascension Monastery Reuben, dissatisfied with the fact that the fishing grounds belonging to the monastery were taken into the treasury by royal decree. The pretext for the rebellion was a rumor skillfully spread among the people that the tsar ordered all Astrakhan girls to be forcibly married to N-Mets. Cossacks and all kinds of lyt, and with them, in general, lovers of other people's property have become involved in the rebellion
Assumption Cathedral.
kam, and the rebellion grew so quickly that soon not only the Kremlin was in the hands of the rebels, but the entire region was engulfed in rebellion. The authorities left the city and Metropolitan Samison was forced to go under the protection of the Kalmyk Khan from the machinations of Archimandrite Reuben and his followers. When, after the rebellion was pacified by troops under the command of Sheremetyev, it was discovered that not only Reuben, but also the entire brethren of the Ascension Monastery took an active part in the conspiracy, the monastery was closed, the monks were transferred to the Spassky monastery, and the Toannovsky monastery of maidens was established on the site of the Ascension Monastery.
In 1717, the Astrakhan province was formed, the current locality of which was until that time part of the Kazan region; The final boundaries of the province in the form it is now were determined in 1851, when Tsarevsky district also became part of the Astrakhan province.
In 1806, a plague broke out in Astrakhan, claiming many lives there, and in 1828, cholera visited the city, which resumed seven days later with even greater force.
But let's move on to present-day Astrakhan. The best feature of the city is the slender and majestic Assumption Cathedral, visible from afar. Heading towards Astrakhan, many miles before it, when the city itself seems still in the fog, the tourist will see from a distance the slender silhouette of the cathedral, clearly outlined on the horizon. The cathedral was built through the efforts of Astrakhan Metropolitan Sampson with the permission of Peter the Great on the spot where the dilapidated stone one-story cathedral previously stood. Construction began in 1699 and was completed in 1710. The temple is two-story, with the top floor in the name of the Dormition of the Mother of God, and the bottom floor in the name of the icon of the Vladimir Mother of God with two aisles. The height of the temple from the middle cross is 30 fathoms; its length is 17 fathoms. 1 arsh.,
Igirina 12 sazh. 2 ari. The interior of the temple is so original, majestic and
Armenian Church and German Church of Peter and Paul.
It is amazing that a tourist arriving in Astrakhan would make a mistake without visiting the cathedral and examining it in detail. The eight-tiered iconostasis contains many images of truly artistic work; the royal gates are made of pure silver, the throne is also shrouded in silver; 8 rich gospels of ancient writing are brought into the cathedral; On one of them there is an inscription written by Nikon’s hand. The cathedral preserves the icon of Metropolitan Tosif, in which he suffered martyrdom, and his two staves. The shroud in the cathedral, made in 1446, was taken from Marina Mniszech, and two rich shrouds were donated by Empress Catherine II and Emperor Alexander T.
The Holy Trinity Cathedral and the Church of the Nativity of the Virgin Mary are remarkable for their icons of ancient writing.
Armenian Church of Peter and