Kostroma

The Hotel Volga, in Kostroma, is another Soviet-style cement behemoth — but it occupies the finest real estate in the city, and has splendid views of the river.

The Travel Advisory 2006

The Hotel Volga, in Kostroma, is another Soviet-style cement behemoth — but it occupies the finest real estate in the city, and has splendid views of the river.

The Travel Advisory 2006

It was from the Monastery of St. Ipaty in Kostroma, forty miles east of Yaroslavl, that the first Romanov czar emerged from hiding, in 1613, to end the Time of Troubles — a fifteen-year interregnum of civil war, invasion, and famine following a disputed succession to the throne — and inaugurate the dynasty that would rule until the Bolshevik Revolution.

Escape to Old Russia 2006

Thieves who broke into a decommisioned missile silo in Kostroma, Russia discovered that the silo was full of expired Soviet Rubles, according to the Regnum news agency.

Boing Boing: April 16, 2006 - April 22, 2006 Archives 2006

It was from the Monastery of St. Ipaty in Kostroma, forty miles east of Yaroslavl, that the first Romanov czar emerged from hiding, in 1613, to end the Time of Troubles — a fifteen-year interregnum of civil war, invasion, and famine following a disputed succession to the throne — and inaugurate the dynasty that would rule until the Bolshevik Revolution.

Escape to Old Russia 2006

AMA Waterways sails along the Volga-Baltic from Moscow to St. Petersburg, with stops in the golden ring cities of Uglich, Kostroma and Yaroslavl.

Rolling on the River 2009

The Saint Springs water company was born two years ago when American entrepreneur John King by chance met Russian Orthodox Bishop Aleksandr of central Russia's Kostroma region.

That's The Spirits 2008

The towns of Rostov, Yaroslavl, Kostroma, and Bogolyubovo, more than 150 miles northeast of Moscow (at the time a remote provincial village), were pillaged by the invaders but spared the occupation.

Escape to Old Russia 2006

The towns of Rostov, Yaroslavl, Kostroma, and Bogolyubovo, more than 150 miles northeast of Moscow (at the time a remote provincial village), were pillaged by the invaders but spared the occupation.

Escape to Old Russia 2006

In recent broadcasts we were introduced to Monika, an operatic donkey from the Mariinsky Theater who is retiring at nineteen years; a Siberian tiger, who had his cavities filled by a team of dentists; now a moose farm in Kostroma where moose (not meese?) are being raised for their milk, which is rich in fat and mineral.

Russia Today 2 2008