Tutayev (Russian: Тута́ев) is a town in Yaroslavl Oblast, Russia. It was established in 1822 as Romanov-Borisoglebsk from two much older towns on opposite sides of the Volga River: Romanov and Borisoglebsk.

Tutayev's population is 39,643 as of 2020. In comparison, population totals from past censuses were: 41,005 (2010 Russian census); 42,644 (2002 Census); 39,822 (1989 Soviet census).

History

Before 1918, the town was called Romanov-Borisoglebsk (Рома́нов-Борисогле́бск); the Bolshevik government of the USSR renamed it Tutayev, after a Red Army officer. Until 1822, when an order of the Tsar united them, there were two separate towns: Romanov, founded in the late-14th century, and Borisoglebsk, established in the 15th century. The right bank of the town is still referred to by locals as the "Borisoglebsk side", and the left as the "Romanov side".

Geography

The majority of the population lives on the Borisoglebsk side, on the right bank of the river. The areas of town nearest to the Volga's right bank have many old wooden houses and historical buildings —including the Cathedral of the Resurrection— but further away from the river, Soviet-era apartment buildings predominate. There is no bridge across the Volga in Tutayev, so people have to use a ferry or, alternatively, travel north to Rybinsk or south to Yaroslavl to cross.

Paleontology

Fossils of Early Triassic temnospondyls are known from Tutayev. Remains of Thoosuchus yakovlevi and Benthosuchus korobkovi were found in the Lower Olenekian deposits of this location.

Architecture and sights

Historic churches

• 
  Church of the Transfiguration
• 
  Church of the Ascension
• 
  Holy Cross Cathedral
• 
  The Resurrection Cathedral in Tutayev

On the right, Borisoglebsk, riverbank:

• Resurrection Cathedral [ru; fr] (1652–1678)

Churches located on the left, Romanov, bank of the river:

• Romanovsky Holy Cross Cathedral [ru] (1658)
• Church of the Annunciation of the Blessed Virgin Mary (Romanov-Borisoglebsk) (1660)
• Saviour-Archangel Church (Russian: Спасо-Архангельская церковь; 1746–1751)
• Church of the Kazan-Transfiguration [ru] (1758)
• Church of the Intercession (Покровская церковь; first mentioned in historical records, 1781)
• Church of the Life-Giving Trinity on Pogost (on the 'country church-grange', or simply "Trinity Church"; Russian: Церковь Живоначальной Троицы на погосте; 1783)
• Leontievskaya Church of the Ascension (Церковь Вознесения (Леонтьевская); 1795)
• Church of St. Tikhon (Церковь Святителя Тихона; 1911–1913)

• 
  Apocalypse fresco by Nikitin, Holy Cross Cathedral
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  Angel of the Lord fresco by Nikitin, Holy Cross Cathedral
• 
  Fresco by Gury Nikitin—Prophet Jeremiah, Holy Cross Cathedral, southern wall
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  Prophets Elijah and Enoch, Holy Cross Cathedral, western wall of the quadrangle, fresco by Nikitin

Administrative and municipal status

Within the framework of administrative divisions, Tutayev serves as the administrative center of Tutayevsky District, even though it is not a part of it. As an administrative division, it is incorporated separately as the town of oblast significance of Tutayev—an administrative unit with the status equal to that of the districts. As a municipal division, the town of oblast significance of Tutayev is incorporated within Tutayevsky Municipal District as Tutayev Urban Settlement.

Economy

Tutayev is home to the Tutayev Motor Plant, which is one of the largest producers of diesel engines for automobiles and tractors in the Commonwealth of Independent States.

See also

• Romanov (sheep), a breed of sheep that takes its name from the town of Romanov