Vyatskoye, Yaroslavl Oblast

Vyatskoye (Russian: Вя́тское) is a village (selo) in the Yaroslavl Oblast of Russia. The village, first mentioned in official record in 1502, was renovated in the early 2000s by businessman Oleg Zharov.^[1] The village now hosts 10 museums, and has drawn over 80,000 tourists in 2014.^[2]

In 2015, Vyatskoye won the first nationwide competition held by The Most Beautiful Villages in Russia, the Russian equivalent of the Les Plus Beaux Villages de France association.^[3]

References

^ "Vyatskoye: Telling the story of Russian village life". Russia Beyond the Headlines. Retrieved 1 February 2016.
^ "With Ruble's Decline, Russian Tourists Gain Appreciation for the Motherland". The New York Times. Retrieved 1 February 2016.
^ "В России выбрали самую красивую деревню". НТВ.Ru. Retrieved 1 February 2016.

External links

Official website
Media related to Vyatskoe (Nekrasovsky District of Yaroslavl Oblast) at Wikimedia Commons

57°51′56″N 40°15′50″E / 57.86556°N 40.26389°E / 57.86556; 40.26389

[rbth1-1] "Vyatskoye: Telling the story of Russian village life". Russia Beyond the Headlines. Retrieved 1 February 2016.

[nyt-2] "With Ruble's Decline, Russian Tourists Gain Appreciation for the Motherland". The New York Times. Retrieved 1 February 2016.

[3] "В России выбрали самую красивую деревню". НТВ.Ru. Retrieved 1 February 2016.

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