Lyskovsky District is located in the central part of Nizhny Novgorod Region, bordering Knyagininsky District, Vorotynsky District, Kstovsky District, Voskresensky District, Borsky District, and Spassky District Districts of Nizhny Novgorod Region.
The administrative center of the district is the town of Lyskovo.
History
The first recorded mentions of Lyskovo date to 1410.
The history of Lyskovsky District stretches back to distant antiquity. Our ancestors repeatedly defended their land against the Muslim khanates of the Volga Region. The famous Makaryev Fair served as a link between Europe and the Eastern lands.
Many great and notable figures of Russia were born in Lyskovsky District: Simon Ushakov, Keeper of the Armory of the Moscow Kremlin; the celebrated poets Glazkov and Sukhov; the prominent church figure Illarion of Suzdal; and from the Makaryev monastery came Patriarch Nikon, the reformer of the Russian Orthodox Church.
In 1926, Lyskovo became a town.
Points of Interest
Lyskovo attracts many tourists and excursionists. Its history, architectural monuments of the 18th and early 19th centuries, and notable landmarks are of great interest.
On the highest hill stands the Cathedral of the Transfiguration of the Savior, built in 1711. It is clearly visible from the Volga. In the central part of the town rises the dome of the Voznesensky Cathedral (1814–1838). Nearby stands the Georgievskaya Church (1810) — a former ecclesiastical school — along with a bell tower, a trading arcade, and other buildings (part of the former estate of Prince G. A. Gruzinsky). Together they form an ensemble that shaped the town's center.
One of the notable landmarks is Olenya Gora (Deer Hill), associated with the founding of the town. For centuries Olenya Gora was a place of popular festivities for the people of Lyskovo. From its summit one can see far along the Volga, its beautiful right bank, broad meadows, and lakes. From the hill, the settlement of Makarevo is clearly visible on the left bank at the mouth of the Kerzhenets River, which flows into the Volga River. The famous Makaryev Monastery is also visible from there. In the past it was a large feudal estate with more than 3,000 serf souls and extensive tracts of land, river, forest, and meadow holdings along the Volga River and the Kerzhenets River. A constant struggle went on between the monastery and the inhabitants of Lyskovo over rights to forest and meadow lands, the river crossing over the Volga, and there were many clashes, sometimes bloody ones. In October 1670, during the Razin uprising, the monastery was stormed by rebelling peasants from Lyskovo and Murashkino, and after a time was captured and plundered.
Makaryev Monastery was founded in 1435, but four years later it was seized and destroyed by the Tatar khan Ulu-Muhammad. Only in 1620 was it restored. Today it is an active convent. The majestic monastery ensemble — its tall white-stone walls, pointed tent-roofed towers, the Trinity Cathedral, the graceful five-domed crown of the gate church, and the Uspensky Church — is what Makaryev Monastery represents today.
Industry
Today Lyskovo is an inter-district industrial center.
The town's industry comprises an electrical engineering plant producing automotive equipment, horns, soldering irons, and irons; a metal hardware plant manufacturing fittings for the light industry as well as fireproof cabinets and safes; a building materials combine; a chemical combine; canning and brewing plants; a furniture factory; and other enterprises in the construction and food industries.