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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 cafe "Tasty and dot" (two-storey building).
In the subway: the last car from the center, after the glass exit doors — to the left, and to the left (exit to Pokryshkina Street).
8:00 Departure, travel information.
The Great Stand on the Ugra River Diorama Museum is the first museum complex in Russia dedicated to the military campaign 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.The diorama accurately conveys the picture of those historical days when the Russian army under the command of Grand Duke John III defeated the troops of the Horde Khan Akhmat, about the end of the Tatar-Mongol yoke that weighed on Russia for 243 years, about the birth of Moscow Rus in the XV century.
The author of the painting "Standing on the Ugra River" is Pavel Ryzhenko, for whom this work was the last in his life. Archaeological evidence of those events and samples of military weapons and armor are presented in a separate room.
Transfer to Kaluga.
Lunch.
Kaluga. Sightseeing tour of one of the oldest cities in the Russian province.
They are beautiful not only for their location, but also for their historical buildings, architectural monuments, operating temples associated with the stay of many great people of Russia.
Today, the city center is a famous monument of urban planning, because it managed to partially preserve the buildings of the 18th century (charming streets with merchant houses and noble mansions).
You will take a fascinating journey through the historical part of the city, see the Living Rooms — the symbol of merchant Kaluga; the 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.
You will also see the Stone Bridge, built during the reign of Catherine the Second, the official places where Governor-General Krechetnikov decided the fate of the province.
The Governor's House, where A.O.Smirnova-Rosset lived, admired by Russian writers Pushkin, Gogol, Odoevsky, Vyazemsky, Dahl, the building of the Noble Assembly, where the imam of Chechnya and Dagestan Shamil, who lived in exile in Kaluga, took the oath of allegiance to the Tsar.
You will see 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 august royal family once walked.
Visit the Trinity Cathedral, where Saint John of Kronstadt celebrated the Liturgy 120 years ago.
Accommodation in the Kaluga hotel.
Dinner on your own.
