Forgot to note last time that the pictures were taken from kotelnich.info.

Today I post my own photos.

 This is a monument, which is placed at Kotelnich's railway station so that it's seen to all the passing-by trains. This monument is devoted to the people who died during their emergency evacuation in the period of 1941-1944. These people were rescued from different cities and towns to Urals, but many of them died on the way. About 3,000 of those people are buried in Kotelnich. The lines in bold (on the right side of the monument) say: "They were not soldiers but their lives were taken by the war".
*(For those who maybe still don't know, the period of the World War II from 1941 to 1945 in Russia and other states, which used to be parts of the Soviet Union, is known as Great Patriotic War. So I hope now everybody understands what the Victory means to all the Russian people, especially those who faught, stayed alive and still live.)
Lines on the left side is a long list of 2,768 names of those who were buried in Kotelnich and places of their origin.

That was a short history. But there's a couple curious things about the monument. At first, this is the first monument in Russia devoted to the evacuated people. Secondly, it's a new monument, opened on July 17, 2010. The date wasn't chosen occasionally: on July 17, 1941, the bodies of the dead were taken from the first train with evacuated citizents and buried in Kotelnich. And thirdly, the monument was built with people's donations.

Alekseyevskaya fair

Kotelnich's authorities has decided when the ennual Alekseyevskaya fair will take place, it'll happen on March 16-17, 2013.
Alekseyevskaya fair is a very old tradition, it started 366 years ago. The fair used to be a big event not only for the town and it's surroundings but for the whole Vyatka province. During the times of Russian Empire the Alekseyevskaya fair was somewhat a "schtick" of Kotelnich.
The name of the fair comes from the name of Alexius of Rome, a Man of God, who was said to be the patron/angel of the town. As the fair took place during Lent it wasn't distinguished by colourfulness nor joy. But the time had passed and the situation changed, people could hear music and find some other entertainments. The turnover was quite big. But in the beginnig of 20th century the fair ceased to be and was restarted only recently.
At the fair one can find different types of goods.

Here are couple photos from Alekseyevskaya fair 2007.

Dino-park in Kotelnich

I'm quite late with posting news, but better late than never :)

So, on November 17, 2012 the Dino-park was opened in Kotelnich - a great event for the town.
A "gala" opening did not take place due to the fire in the neighboring house, which took place on the eve.

Among the invited guests one could see N. Belykh, the governor of Kirovskaya province, and L. Danilovich, the governor of the town.

For more information, please, follow the links (all in Russian):

http://kotelnich.my1.ru/news/otkrytie_dinoparka_v_kotelniche/2012-11-17-1120 - an article and photos about the opening
http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=Xoi_4om61eE - video about the opening
http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=Y4kmTg-SlRg - video about the first week after the opening

Unfortunately, not everything goes smoothly in the park, here is the review of one of the visitors - http://kotelnich.my1.ru/news/dinopark_pervye_otkliki_posetitelej/2012-11-19-1123

But as the news is not "hot", by the folloving links you can see what the Dino-park is today:
http://kotelnich.my1.ru/news/dinozavram_ne_kholodno/2012-12-16-1182 - the park in winter
http://kotelnich.my1.ru/news/novogodnij_dinopark/2012-12-23-1205 - preparation for the New Year celebration
http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=T94GAbygeAw - excursion for children

All the materials taken from http://kotelnich.my1.ru/