Dmitrov is one of the several cities founded by Prince Yury Dolgoruky in the mid-12th century.

Dmitrov is one of the oldest cities in the Moscow region, having lived for eight and a half centuries. Everyone who had views on Moscow, from the Mongols to the fascists, visited here. Here they traded and made gingerbread, famous not less than Tula. In the 20th century, the Moscow Sea, dug by the forces of GULAG prisoners, spread out near the city, and Dmitrov became a cargo port. And recently, the Dmitrov district has been steadfastly associated with winter holidays. More precisely, with skiing. The most advanced ski resorts in the Moscow region - “Sorochany”, “Volen”, “Yakhroma” and “Stepanovo” - are located within a radius of 10 km from the city.

The elevation difference and the length of the local routes are small (100 and 600 meters respectively), but this is offset by their equipment and brand new European lifts. The infrastructure is well developed, the tourists - most often residents of the capital, who decide to go on a weekend ride. From such a number of guests and Dmitrov falls a lot.

One of the most famous inhabitants of Dmitrov is Peter Kropotkin, prince-anarchist, who ended his earthly way here (and quite peacefully). Finding traces of anarchy in modern Dmitrov is difficult. The central pedestrian street, named after Kropotkin, is well maintained and refined. Dmitrov was transformed after large-scale landscaping campaigns, the main of which was undertaken in 2004 for the 850th anniversary. The city literally bloomed - flowerbeds were planted at every step. In the ancient Kremlin and beyond it, many monuments have appeared: Cyril and Methodius, Kropotkin already mentioned, nobles, merchants, a teacher of a city gymnasium, a petty bourgeoisie, a peasant who came from the village to worship the Dmitrov shrines, as well as a peacock, frog and a horseshoe. New residential complexes were built, where Muscovites slowly began to move.

The historic center of Dmitrov is a Kremlin with the ancient Assumption Cathedral (16th century), an earthen rampart of the 12th century, and old wooden houses. Tourists are not allowed into these houses, but unexpected details of the Dmitrov history are revealed there. In one of these huts lived the national hero of Cuba, Enrique Vilar - one of the few Cuban participants of the Great Patriotic War, who died in 1945 in Germany.

In Dmitrov, you can see what a small city with a large cultural background can be if it is invested in it. The result is the official title of the most comfortable city in Russia with a population of up to 100 thousand people, received in 2005. It is logical that there is an amazing monument "Horn of Plenty" here. Want the same prosperity - take a picture on its background, this is a sign.

HISTORY
Dmitrov founded in 1154 Yuri Dolgoruky, calling the settlement the name of his son Dmitry, who is better known as Vsevolod the Big Nest (Vsevolod is his middle name). The city was annexed to the Moscow principality in 1364. The heyday of the city came in the XV-XVI centuries. The status of the county town Dmitrov received in 1781.

Legends
In the city near the bridge of happiness is a large memorial stone. According to the legend, Yuri Dolgoruky's horse stumbled on this stone, and the horse needed a new horseshoe. Horseshoes as tall as a man, standing at the entrance and exit from the bridge, are also associated with this legend. It is believed that if you go through each of them, then luck will be in everything.

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