Vishnevo pogost.
Once arriving in the town of Kimry, I decided to take a little walk to the abandoned graveyard called Vishnevo. It’s located in a forested area not far from the village of Ilyinskoe, which is fifteen kilometers from Kimry. The dirt road from Ilyinskoe to Vishnevo is in very bad shape. You can see that it hadn’t been maintained at all. In addition to large ruts and washed out sections, there were even some fallen trees across the road, so I had to leave my car and walk for a good length of the way. The scenery along the way was quite scenic and interesting, with forests and swamps. There were channels covered in water lilies throughout the area. You can see that some of the swampy areas had been drained to extract the peat. A lovely, peaceful scene. Finally I arrived at the destination of my long walk--the Church of the Nativity and churchyard of Vishnevo. It ...