* The tour is dedicated to the unique historical and archaeological monument of the Vologda region - the Vologda Fortress, founded by Ivan the Terrible. The fortress has long been lost, but based on the materials of chronicles, archival documents, old plans and remnants of fortifications preserved in the cultural layer of Vologda, the author introduces you to this little-known monument and offers its graphic reconstruction. During the tour, you will learn why Ivan the Terrible chose Vologda to build a kremlin twice the size of Moscow, how Vologda became a "window" to Europe and did the tsar really want to move the capital here? Vologda fortress of the second half of the XVI–XVII century is one of the most mysterious and little–known historical and archaeological monuments of Vologda region...