Shimsk

About the settlement. Shimsk District includes a distinctive natural site of the Novgorod Region: Lake Ilmen and the Ilmen Glint, declared a protected natural area. The exposed Devonian shield is more than 700 million years old. The district also has rivers and springs including the Shelon, Mshaga and Kiba rivers, springs in Korostyn, Shcheleno and Solonitsko, and the unusual energy-information site known as Holy Lake Kamennoye. In the village of Medved, an important historic landmark is the almost completely preserved Arakcheyev barracks, built in the early 19th century for military settlements. The complex resembles an abandoned town of substantial historic buildings. Federal and regional heritage sites include the Travel Palace of 1825–1826 by architect V. P. Stasov and the estate park in Korostyn; burials of the Vasilchikov princes in the village of Bor; the Church of the Holy Trinity in Podgoshchi; the Church of the Dormition of the Mother of God in Korostyn; and the Church of the Holy Youths John and James in Menyusha.