Description Pereslavl-Zaleski, Russia

Pereslavl Zaleski was founded in 1152 by Prince Yuri Dolgoruky and was first called Pereslavl-new. Because of its location in the area of forests and fields called "Zalessky. City decorated Plescheevo Lake - one of the most beautiful and clean waters of Central Russia. The lake is famous for its fish, whitefish, dishes of which were an inherent part of the royal meal. Now the famous "royal herring" is the ornament of the city emblem.

The town is situated 140 kilometers from Moscow to Yaroslavl highway, on the shore of Lake Pleshcheeva, at the confluence with the river Trubezh. Center for National Park Plescheevo Lake.

The city is named in honor Yuzhnorussky Pereyaslavl (originally also called Pereslavl, later established itself a form of Pereslavl). In 1220 in Pereslavl born Prince Alexander Nevsky. In 1276-1294 (intermittently) the son of Alexander Nevsky, Dmitry Perei, reigned in this city, was the Grand Duke of Vladimir, but his residence is still located in Pereslavl (thus, at this time Pereslavl-Zaleski was the actual capital of the Russian principalities ). In 1302, after the death of Prince Ivan Dmitrievich, the city of his bequest went to the Moscow principality.