Totma
In the days before Peter the Great, it was part of the North Dvina Waterway. Almost all foreign trade was conducted through the Sukhon ports. During the year, up to 1,000 merchant ships passed through Totma. The city housed trading houses and missions of foreign merchants, inns for newcomers and shops where goods brought from different cities and towns were sold. That was until Peter the Great, who, by the way, visited Totma three times and personally carried buckets of saline solution on the jars as an interesting tourist experience, cut a window to Europe.
The city of Totma is located on the left bank of the Sukhona River. The ancient, native Russian city was first mentioned in the chronicles in 1137. Scientists believe that it was here for the first time in Russia that mine wells were dug, from which salt water was lifted and salt crystals evaporated. With the introduction of the oprichnina, Ivan the Terrible included Totma in the oprichnina lands and visited here several times. Peter the Great, on his way North, stopped in Totma three times, was interested in the salt industry, the construction of river vessels, and the harvesting of pine ship timber. Elder Theodosius Sumorin founded the monastery in 1554, which is a magnificent architectural complex and a place of pilgrimage.
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In the days before Peter the Great, it was part of the North Dvina Waterway. Almost all foreign trade was conducted through the Sukhon ports. During the year, up to 1,000 merchant ships passed through Totma. The city housed trading houses and missions of foreign merchants, inns for newcomers and shops where goods brought from different cities and towns were sold. That was until Peter the Great, who, by the way, visited Totma three times and personally carried buckets of saline solution on the jars as an interesting tourist experience, cut a window to Europe.
The city of Totma is located on the left bank of the Sukhona River.
The ancient, native Russian city was first mentioned in the chronicles in 1137. Scientists believe that it was here for the first time in Russia that mine wells were dug, from which salt water was lifted and salt crystals evaporated. With the introduction of the oprichnina, Ivan the Terrible included Totma in the oprichnina lands and visited here several times. Peter the Great, on his way North, stopped in Totma three times, was interested in the salt industry, the construction of river vessels, and the harvesting of pine ship timber. Elder Theodosius Sumorin founded the monastery in 1554, which is a magnificent architectural complex and a place of pilgrimage.
