Flooded Belfry

The Kalyazin Bell Tower (Russian: Калязинская колокольня, Kalyazinskaya kolokol'nya) is a Neoclassical campanile rising to a height of 74.5 metres (244 ft) over the waters of the Uglich Reservoir on the Volga River opposite the old town of Kalyazin, in Tver Oblast, central Russia.

The steepled belfry was built in 1796–1800 as part of the Monastery of St. Nicholas, with a pentacupolar katholikon dating from 1694.

[2] When Joseph Stalin ordered the construction of the Uglich Dam in 1939 to form the Uglich Reservoir, the old parts of Kalyazin, including several medieval structures, were submerged under the reservoir's waters.

[1] The campanile became the main destination of tourist interest in eastern Tver Oblast.

Orthodox Christians hold a Divine Service in the belfry several times a year.

Kalyazin Bell Tower, a symbol of the old Russia that has disappeared after the Revolution