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Church in Krovotin Village Tverskaya Oblast: Photos
Evdokim Petrov
In Russian Krovotin is current name of the village, however in the past it was also known as Kravotin, where Russian word blood (krov) was localized to local dialect or probably Novgorod version of the ancient word, as in medieval time Russia existed in the form of several kingdoms and republics: Moscow, Ryazan, Tver, Novgorod Republic, Pskov Republic, Kashin, Kiev, Lvov and others
We already placed the article on Pegas Planet regarding Krovotin history or rather legend of the name - when Tatars and Mongols warlords were pursuing Russians and they reached them in the place of where the village is and beheaded, placing their heads on the sticks or wooden rods, this is where you see Russian word Tin (wooden stick), so Krovo (blood) + tin (stick)
The church in Kravotin is built in the time of emperor Paul I or Pavel Perviy. It is very picturesque place on the lake of Seliger. Kravotin is located on the shore of very shallow place of Kravotin Ples - you can virtually walk hundreds meters toward the middle of the ples
Evdokim Petrov is the author in Pegas Planet: http://www.pegasplanet.com, who specializes in Russian history, architecture, religion, plus he is administrator of Pegas Planet website.
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2/13/2008
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