A rainy day in Staritsa, Ivan the Terribles favorite place. From the gallery opening below you can see the courtyard of the monastery. In the courtyard of the church and the house. Their white walls are covered with a faint mist. Near the church there is a tall, branchy birch. And around the neat path wet from the rain. Under the arch in dark robes is a priest. The dark gray sky, covered with rain clouds, hung over the monastery courtyard.