Our Chinese department:
07:45 Gathering of the group at the metro station Yugo-Zapadnaya (the guide meets with a sign with the name of the tour at the entrance to the restaurant "Tasty and dot" (two–storey building, Pokryshkina str., 2). In the subway: the last car from the center, after the glass exit doors - left and left (exit to Pokryshkina str.), the guide greets you with a sign with the name of the tour.
In the subway: exit No. 5, the guide greets you with a sign with the name of the tour.
8:00 Departure, travel tour.
The museum-diorama "The Great Stand on the Ugra River".
The first museum complex in Russia dedicated to the military company of 1480.
It was created on the initiative and works of the Kaluga Monastery of St. Tikhon's Deserts.
The diorama Museum is located on the territory that in 1480 was occupied by troops who participated in the Great Stand on the Ugra.
In addition to the diorama itself, the museum houses an exposition of other works dedicated to the theme of the liberation of Ancient Russia from the Mongol-Tatar yoke.
Transfer to Kaluga.
Lunch.
Sightseeing tour of one of the oldest cities in the Russian province, beautiful not only for its location, but also for its historical buildings, architectural monuments, operating temples associated with the stay of many great people of Russia.
You will take a fascinating journey through the historical part of the city and see:
- The living rooms are a symbol of merchant Kaluga;
- Korobov Chambers – the first stone building of the city;
- the place where Marina Mnishek and False Dmitry II lived during the time of troubles, who dreamed of making Kaluga the capital of Russia;
- The stone bridge, built during the reign of Catherine the Second;
- The Governor's House, where A.O. Smirnova lived, is a Rosset, admired by Russian writers Pushkin, Gogol, Odoevsky, Vyazemsky, Dal;
- the building of the Noble Assembly, where Shamil, the imam of Chechnya and Dagestan, who lived in exile in Kaluga, took the oath of allegiance to the Tsar;
- The Zolotarev Estate, where the august personages stayed, including Emperor Alexander I, Nicholas I, the Grand Duke, the future Emperor Alexander II.
Take a walk through the City Garden, where the last Russian Emperor Nicholas II and members of the royal family once walked.
Visit the Trinity Cathedral, where Saint John of Kronstadt celebrated the Liturgy 120 years ago.
Accommodation at the hotel.
Dinner on your own.
