Moscow – Sviyazhsk – Moscow on the ship Leo Tolstoy

For every Russian historical city, its ancient architecture is a matter of special pride. Everything in it is precious and unique - from modest houses to rich mansions and beautiful temples. Myshkin, which officially received the status of a city and a county center in 1777, has well preserved a significant part of the old buildings and the provincial merchant lifestyle.

The program includes:

• external inspection of the merchant estate of Timofey Chistov ser. XIX century (buildings have been preserved in the estate: a merchant's mansion, the house chapel of Saints Flora and Lavra, a servants' house, a guest house, a mechanical mill);
• visit to the mansion of the millionaire merchant T.V. Chistov (paintings, tiled stoves, parquet of the XIX century have been preserved in the mansion); exhibition "Eternal values of Russia. Myshkin in old photographs" (in the premises of the former merchant's carriage house);
• visit to an ancient merchant's mill (inspection of mill mechanisms - the way of turning grain into flour, visit to the exposition "Barn mice", the exhibition "Merchant shops");
• a visit to the Assumption Cathedral (among the iconic monuments of the classical period of the Upper Volga region and Yaroslavl region, the Myshkin Cathedral is one of the most striking and memorable. Even at the end of the XIX century, it amazed the guests of the city with its bold architecture, rich exterior and interior decoration. Its domed space (vault) was compared to the sky). The cathedral was built mainly at the expense of the Myshkin merchant class.

The house of merchant Timofey Chistov stands on the oldest Myshkin Street, not far from the embankment. The estate, built in the second quarter of the XIX century, occupies an entire city block bounded by modern streets - Nikolskaya (Pushkin), Nagornaya, Uglichskaya.

On the territory of the estate, the main building stands out - a two-storey mansion with a mezzanine. In this house in 1866, Chistov, being the mayor, received Tsarevich Alexander. In the 1870s, according to the will of Timofey Vasilyevich, the mansion was sold by the heirs to the city for a hospital for a small amount of money, which has been located in it for more than 100 years. Since 1991, the Opochininsky Library has been located in this house, founded at the end of the XIX century by the county leader of the nobility F.K. Opochinin. The house has preserved paintings of the ceiling ceiling and a wonderful collection of tiled stoves with sculptural inserts.

"In Myshkin, the platbands above the windows are like kokoshniks, elaborately carved, twisted with ornaments, the street looks at the street, the house admires the house." Myshkin has well preserved the wooden buildings of the 19th century. An undoubted monument of wooden architecture for industrial purposes is the mill building of the millionaire merchant Chistov, built of ship pine, which has preserved a significant part of the mill mechanisms inside. The exposition "Tree of Life" is open in the grain warehouse of the mill. This exhibition is dedicated to our ancestors who lived on this land and made absolutely everything out of wood that they needed in everyday life, an example of this are interesting exhibits: a winter fishing rod, household appliances of the 19th century: a vegetable grinder, a grater, a churn, a bread shovel, a prosak and much, much more.

In the ethnographic exhibition "Transformations of a flaxseed" with the exhibition "Doll- my friend", guests will learn how "a shirt grows in the field"-how flax is grown and processed, what dolls our great-great-grandmothers played with, how dolls were made and what they served for. Here in the museum workshop you will be offered to work – to participate in a master class and create a linen doll with your own hands. Everyone who visits the House of Crafts will see with their own eyes the real magic, the miracle of the birth of a man–made thing! The person who works these miracles carries a rare title today – a craftsman. Our craftsmen will be happy to talk about the secrets of the craft, show traditional techniques of working with a variety of materials (clay, iron)

The XIX century is a golden age for the city of Myshkin, 2 thousand inhabitants, 500 people selling various goods, 200 of them merchants, 5 merchants of the first guild, 5 operating temples for such a number of living people, each with its own parish school. Priests are engaged in historical (local history) work, keeping church records. XXI century-three temples have been preserved in Myshkin: the oldest St. Nicholas Cathedral, the summer Assumption Cathedral and the Church of All Sorrowful Joy. Walking through the streets of the city, you will visit two cathedrals and the photo exhibition "Eternal Values of Russia. The great is seen in the small", the chapel of Saints Flora and Lavra with a performance by the vocal ensemble "Transfiguration".

During the sightseeing tour, tourists visit the city's embankment, Market Square, Zarechye, Cathedral Mountain, observation deck, Assumption Cathedral (1699), monument to Basil I, embankment of the XV century.

The exposition of the museum "Public places" tells about the early periods of the history of the Ivanovo region: from the moment of settlement of this territory by people to the beginning of the XVII century. Here you will find out when this section of the Volga was formed, and when people came here, what discoveries the Mesolithic, Neolithic and Bronze Age brought, what the inhabitants of our territory looked like at different times, how the types of dwellings changed. Archaeological collections will tell about fortified settlements of the Early Iron Age, about the Finno-Ugric settlement - the legendary "city of Chuvil", about the settlement of these places by Slavs and the creation of the first and then the second Pless fortress. Materials from archaeological collections complement anthropological reconstructions and large-scale models. At the end of the inspection of the exposition, you will be offered to "put on" an ancient Russian women's costume and jewelry using a "virtual fitting room".

A sightseeing walking tour of the city will take place along the city's embankment, the Market Square and the River District.

The Landscape Museum presents works by Russian artists from the collection of the Plessky Museum-Reserve. The permanent exhibition occupies the suite of the second floor and chronologically covers the Russian landscape of the second half of the XIX – early XX century. Russian Russian landscape art's main theme is the demonstration of various trends in Russian and Soviet landscape art, the formation of the Russian landscape school, the main features of which are most vividly reflected in the work of I.M. Levitan.

An interesting part of the collection is represented by works by artists of the turn of the XIX and XX centuries associated with one of the leading creative associations of this period – the Union of Russian Artists. These are the works of Aladzhanov, Zhukovsky, Perebelchikov, Klodt, Vinogradov and other masters, the so-called "Levitan circle". The multifaceted work of N. Dubovsky (1859-1918) is widely shown in the exhibition.

A sightseeing walking tour of the city will take place along the city's embankment, the Market Square and the River District.

The museum "Arts and Crafts of the Ivanovo region". The exhibition presents four directions in the development of the arts and crafts of the Ivanovo region: jewelry, linen jacquard weaving, lacquer miniature of two centers, Palekh and Kholui, as well as original Ivanovo embroidery.

The peculiarity of the exposition is that along with historical exhibits, samples of modern products are shown here. The museum is located opposite the cruise pier

"This city, royally placed over the entire East of Russia, completely turned our heads" - this is how Ilya Repin wrote about Nizhny Novgorod.

You will get acquainted with the history of the ancient Russian city on a sightseeing tour, during which you will walk around the Nizhny Novgorod Kremlin, see the oldest temple of the city - the Cathedral of Michael the Archangel, which houses the burial of Kozma Minin, admire the panorama of the city and beautiful views of Strelka – the place where the Oka meets the Volga…

You will walk along the main pedestrian street of the city - Bolshaya Pokrovskaya, where pompous apartment buildings of the XIX century and the "Stalin Empire" of the middle of the XX century harmoniously coexist; visit the territory of the former Nizhny Novgorod Fair, thanks to which the city received the nickname "pocket of Russia" in the XIX century; visit the Alexander Nevsky Cathedral, learn the features of its unique architecture, People's Unity Square will plunge into the events of 1612, when Minin's call for the liberation of Moscow sounded at the walls of the Nizhny Novgorod Kremlin…Get acquainted with the business center of Nizhny Novgorod of the XIX century – Rozhdestvenskaya Street, where the buildings of banks, stock exchanges, apartment buildings and the ornate white stone carvings of the Nativity Church have been preserved.

"Don't move! A bird is about to fly out!" Acquaintance with Nizhny Novgorod begins with a sightseeing tour. From visiting the most beautiful viewpoints of the historical center. Starting with a visit to the main cathedral of Nizhny Novgorod in honor of Alexander Nevsky. The cathedral, which is located on Strelka, the meeting place of two great Russian rivers – the Oka and the Volga. From a walk along merchant Rozhdestvenskaya Street.

The legacy of the ancient city, founded in the XIII century. Traditions of the city of merchant, trade, "pocket of Russia", famous for its Nizhny Novgorod Fair. The strength of the city, whose factories - GAZ, Krasnoe Sormovo, Nizhny Novgorod plant of the 70th anniversary of Victory – still bring him glory and honor. The city, which for 58 years bore the pseudonym of its famous countryman Alexei Maximovich Peshkov – the writer Maxim Gorky.

The Russian Museum of Photography, created in the early 90s on the initiative of the public and which became a state museum in 2000, will help us recreate the historical portrait of old Nizhny Novgorod. The museum's funds exceed 212,000 items of storage – negatives, positives, postcards, letters, personal belongings of famous photographers.

The building itself is covered with the names and merits of famous Nizhny Novgorod photographers - Andrei Osipovich Karelin, a master of artistic photography and Maxim Petrovich Dmitriev, a genius of reportage photography. Both masters lived and worked in a mansion built in the 1830s, where the museum is now located.

The history and appearance of Nizhny Novgorod at the turn of the century, the history of photography from pinhole cameras to wooden cameras that were used to shoot on glass negatives. The atmosphere of the old photo studio, a trip to which was a real holiday and event for the citizens and guests of the city.

Themed halls, an interactive table for testing knowledge, and even a mirrored room with immersion in the world of photographic illusions.

A sightseeing tour of Nizhny Novgorod with a visit to the Russian Museum of Photography will give you a lot of impressions from exploring one of the most interesting and beautiful cities in Russia.

Characteristics: walking tour.

Duration: 2.5 – 3 hours

The objects of the visit:

• Assumption Monastery
• St. John the Baptist Monastery
• The Church of Saints Constantine and Helena Equal to the Apostles
• Rozhdestvenskaya Square
• The complex of historical buildings of the village of Sviyazhsk
• Horse yard
• Art Gallery

The main sights of the city

During a walking tour of the island, you will see all the most important sights of the city:

• Assumption of the Virgin Mary Monastery
• St. John the Baptist Convent with the majestic Cathedral of the Sorrows
• the Church of Constantine and Elena, which offers a wonderful view of the Volga distances
• residential buildings of the XIX century
• The main square of the island is Rozhdestvenskaya, which is decorated with a "tower" of the art gallery.

Art Gallery

In the art gallery you will get acquainted with ancient engravings, works of iconography and church monumental painting of Sviyazhsk, learn about the "Sviyazhsk art colony" of the late twentieth and early twenty–first centuries and its artists.

Souvenirs

• Crafts made of wood and clay: pots, birch bark figurines, painted plates
• Textiles embroidered with patterns
• Coins, medallions and horseshoes forged using ancient technology
• Honey and sbiten
• Traditional Tatar treats — smoked horse meat and chak-chak dessert

Important. It is recommended for excursions:

• Comfortable shoes
• Insect repellent
• Closed clothes
• Headdress (including a headscarf for women)
• Sunglasses
• Drinking water

Characteristics: walking tour.

Duration: 2.5 – 3 hours

The objects of the visit:

• Assumption Monastery
• St. John the Baptist Monastery
• The Church of Saints Constantine and Helena Equal to the Apostles
• Rozhdestvenskaya Square
• The complex of historical buildings of the village of Sviyazhsk
• Horse yard
• The Museum of the History of Sviyazhsk

The main sights of the city

During a walking tour of the island, you will see all the most important sights of the city:

• Assumption of the Virgin Mary Monastery
• St. John the Baptist Convent with the majestic Cathedral of the Sorrows
• the Church of Constantine and Elena, which offers a wonderful view of the Volga distances
• residential buildings of the XIX century
• The main square of the island is Rozhdestvenskaya, which is decorated with a "tower" of the art gallery.

The Museum of the History of Sviyazhsk

During the tour, you will also visit the permanent exhibition of the main building of the Museum of the History of Sviyazhsk, which is dedicated to the history of the island, from its foundation to the beginning of the XX century. You will be able to see:

• documentary and pictorial materials and objects discovered during archaeological excavations
• large-scale layout of Sviyazhsk in the middle of the XVI century with reconstruction of the layout and building of the fortress city

The museum will acquaint you with the history of the origin and development of the Sviyazhsk monasteries, because the island is a hotbed of spiritual asceticism.

Souvenirs

• Crafts made of wood and clay: pots, birch bark figurines, painted plates
• Textiles embroidered with patterns
• Coins, medallions and horseshoes forged using ancient technology
• Honey and sbiten
• Traditional Tatar treats — smoked horse meat and chak-chak dessert

Important. It is recommended for excursions:

• Comfortable shoes
• Insect repellent
• Closed clothes
• Headdress (including a headscarf for women)
• Sunglasses
• Drinking water

Cheboksary is the capital of Chuvashia, one of the largest industrial and cultural centers of the Volga region. Here, in the most incomprehensible way, the dynamics of a modern city, the magic of ancient culture and Orthodox Shrines coexist, successfully complementing each other.

Our journey will begin with an amazing corner — Vladimirskaya Gorka. It was here that the ancient settlement was located and it was here, even before the founding of the fortress city of Cheboksary, that "... there was already a military force" at this place, which met the first Archbishop of Kazan and Sviyazhsky Guriy in the summer of 1555, who was instructed by Ivan the Terrible to illuminate the site of the future urban settlement and the main temple. After getting acquainted with the historical events and traditions of this secluded monastery - the Transfiguration of the Savior Convent, we will continue our journey around the city and go to the western slope to the main Orthodox church of Chuvashia, a unique architectural monument of the XVII century, which has survived almost in its original form - the Vvedensky Cathedral.

Here, in the historical part of the city, we will see objects of cultural heritage that have survived to the present day: the oldest operating prison in Russia; the Church of Michael the Archangel, the Holy Trinity Monastery with the miraculous image of Nikola Mozhaisky of the XVI century and an Art Gallery located in an architectural monument in the Art Nouveau style of the early XX century.

Taking a car trip with us through the industrial past of the city, you will learn how Cheboksary became an all-Union construction site and what it cost to turn it into an industrial capital? How did Cheboksary goods conquer abroad and why was the golden age of our industry so short?

The era of the powerful economic and cultural flourishing of the city of Cheboksary occurred in the 60-80 years of the last century. It was a time of shock All-Union Komsomol construction and socialist competitions. It was in those years that such large enterprises as the ELLARA instrument-making plant, Cheboksary Industrial Tractor Plant, Cheboksary hydroelectric power plant, thread, weaving, sewing factories and many others appeared in Cheboksary. Over thirty years of rapid industrial development, the number of Cheboksary residents has more than quadrupled, reaching a figure of 420 thousand people.

Then we will visit the only Tractor History Museum in the country. In addition to rare items and collectible models, 50 real rare tractors are waiting for us parked in the hall, which can and should be touched with your hands.

Cheboksary-Shupashkar is the capital of ethnic Chuvashia, and is one of the oldest cities on the Volga. During this tour, you will learn about the history of the city, see what it is rightfully proud of: temples, museums, theaters, parks and monuments, get acquainted with the original culture of the Chuvash people through its history, myths and legends

We will take a walk along Konstantin Ivanov Square and the Moskovskaya Embankment, Red Square and Cheboksary Arbat. We will see an Art gallery located in one of the most beautiful Art Nouveau buildings in Cheboksary, the Monument to the Patron Mother and Cheboksary Bay.

We will get acquainted with Chuvash fine art and the work of artists by visiting the permanent exhibition of the Chuvash Art Museum, where we will learn about the historical stages of formation and change of stylistic trends, the search for national content and expressive art form.

You will go on a walking sightseeing tour of a small cozy provincial town located in a picturesque place on the high right bank of the Volga. The current Kozmodemyansk is divided into the "upper" new and "lower" historical parts – it is an ancient city with a rich past, with modern infrastructure and production.

You will walk along the ancient streets and squares, learn authentic facts and beautiful legends about the history of the city and its inhabitants, see the church of the Life-Giving Trinity of the XVIII century, intricate wooden and stone merchant mansions with magnificent openwork, overhead and sawn carvings, many of which have museum expositions.

You will also admire the monument of federal significance – the stone Streletskaya chapel built at the end of the XVII century and inspect the Cathedral of the Smolensk Icon of the Mother of God, built in the XIX century.

The museum in honor of the famous adventurer was founded in 1996 on the wave of popularity of the Interregional Benderiada Festival, held annually in Kozmodemyansk. In the Museum you will plunge into the atmosphere of satire, humor and modern art, you will be able to try on the images of the Great Combinator, Kisa Vorobyaninov, the incomparable Ellochka Shchukina and become the muse of Ostap – Madame Gritsatsueva.

The Museum's exhibitions are unusual and original. It houses the products of local artists and craftsmen, fans of the work of I. Ilf and E. Petrov, both from our country and from abroad. Some of the exhibits came here directly from the festival. In the Museum, you will see where Ostap and Kisa visited in the city, how they were cut in a barbershop called "Cutting and shaving goats" and who they came out of there, what they had dinner at the Vasyukinsky Narpit, how Ostap's lecture and a simultaneous chess session took place. In addition, you will be able to take pictures against the background of the memorial exhibition "Ostap in the premises of the mining section of the city of Vasyuki".

One of the halls of the Museum is dedicated to the work of the master sculptor N.B. Ledeneikin, an Honored worker of Culture of the Republic of Mari El, who brilliantly uses the clay reserves of the mining region in his work.

DURATION: 2 hours

OBJECTS OF INSPECTION:

• Volga Embankment
• Historical development of the "lower" part of the city (Likhachev, Lenin, Sovetskaya, Chkalov streets, Karl Marx Square)
• Streletskaya Chapel
• Smolensk Cathedral

OBJECT OF VISIT: Museum of merchant life

You will walk along the ancient streets and squares of the "lower" — the historical part of the city, learn authentic facts and beautiful legends about the history of the city and its inhabitants, admire the oldest temple of the city — the Church of the Life—Giving Trinity of the XVIII century and the largest - Smolensk Cathedral, erected during the lifetime of Alexander II to commemorate the miraculous salvation after an unsuccessful assassination attempt You will learn the history of the Streltsy chapel of the XVII century, associated with Peter's Azov campaigns, you will see rich merchant mansions, including wooden ones, with magnificent openwork, overhead and sawn carvings (there is even a special term — "Kozmodemyanskaya carving"), many of which have museum expositions.

The Museum of Merchant Life is a monument to the merchant class, which in the XIX century played an important role in the development of Kozmodemyansk and its transformation into one of the largest centers of forest trade in Russia. The museum is located in an old merchant's mansion with a ground floor, mezzanines and a mezzanine, built in 1897 and owned by the timber merchant Shishokin. Inside the mansion, Dutch tiled stoves, original tricolor oak parquet with unique patterns, stucco ceilings have been preserved. The museum's collection was mainly formed from authentic items. The interiors of the rooms of the merchant's house were recreated from household items of the late XIX – early XX centuries. You will see antique furniture, dishes, musical instruments, household utensils, clothes and shoes, documents, books and money. The exhibits will tell you about the life and lifestyle of the Kozmodemyansk merchants, their charity and morals, and the atmosphere of the premises will help you feel the flavor of the everyday life of that period.

souvenirs

Kozmodemyansk is the capital of the mountainous Mari people, one of the cities of the Republic of Mari El. Souvenirs of national (Mari) themes are most associated with the city. Therefore, in memory of visiting the republic, you can bring souvenirs such as: handicrafts made of wood, clay, ceramics, plastics, leather, woven materials, birch bark, bast, juniper, printed products, amulets and much more.

To visit Orthodox churches, the following recommendations should be followed: women should have their heads covered (headdress or headscarf), while men, on the contrary, should be uncovered. People in short skirts or shorts will not be allowed into the temple.

You will go on a walking sightseeing tour of a small cozy provincial town located in a picturesque place on the high right bank of the Volga. The current Kozmodemyansk is divided into the "upper" new and "lower" historical parts – it is an ancient city with a rich past, with modern infrastructure and production.

You will walk along the ancient streets and squares, learn authentic facts and beautiful legends about the history of the city and its inhabitants, see the church of the Life-Giving Trinity of the XVIII century, intricate wooden and stone merchant mansions with magnificent openwork, overhead and sawn carvings, many of which have museum expositions.

You will also admire the monument of federal significance – the stone Streletskaya chapel built at the end of the XVII century and inspect the Cathedral of the Smolensk Icon of the Mother of God, built in the XIX century.

During the tour, you will visit the A.V. Grigoriev Art and Historical Museum, created in 1919, which is located in a former 19th century merchant's mansion.

Russian Russian artists Aivazovsky, K. Makovsky, I. Tvorozhnikov, A. Korzukhin, V. Polenov, T. Neff, Y. Klever, K. Korovin, A. Arkhipov, N. Feshin, etc., as well as collections of antique porcelain, bone, glass and metal products of Russian, Western European and Oriental masters of the 18th-20th centuries. The museum's expositions are interesting, telling about nature, the history of the city and the region.

You will get acquainted with the historical part of Gorodets, Gorodetsky val of the XI-XII centuries, monuments of wooden architecture with examples of "deaf" and "openwork through" carving. You will also visit the Gorodets on the Volga Museum, which occupies an outbuilding of the estate of I.P.Oblaev Jr. The museum's expositions tell about the life of Gorodets at the turn of the XIX-XX centuries, about the entrepreneurial activities of merchants and industrialists, about crafts related to the Volga, about shipbuilding, about the lost Gorodets temples. In the museum you can also visit the Soldiers of Heaven memorial complex, dedicated to the military period in the history of Gorodets.

Not far from Nizhny Novgorod there is a small town of Semenov, which is famous for its unique wooden products with patterns of extraordinary beauty. The characteristic numerous nesting dolls with bright colors and unique red and gold tableware have become recognizable in every corner of Russia and beyond.

During the tour, you will hear the legend of Semyon Lozhkar and how the wooden craft was born. Get acquainted with the amazing history of the city, located in the remote forests of the Volga region. Visit the Khokhloma Painting factory, where you can learn the specifics of the technological process of making wooden products, see the work of turners, artists, designers, and a master class on painting Semenovskaya matryoshka is waiting for you.

The tour includes a visit to a Unique Assortment Cabinet, which contains a collection of factory products from the moment of its opening to the present day. The products of craftsmen who perfectly know all the secrets of Khokhloma art are presented here.

At the end, you will have the opportunity to visit the company store, where, if desired, you can purchase the factory's products.

During the tour, you will get acquainted with the thousand-year history of the city: not only with the historical part of Yaroslavl, which in 2005 was included in the UNESCO World Heritage List, but also with new objects that have recently appeared and transformed Yaroslavl.

Sightseeing car-walking tour with a visit to the Spaso-Preobrazhensky Monastery

Tourists will see Strelka, the confluence of two rivers, as well as one of the oldest Volga embankments with color and musical fountains, and at the water's edge, on the cape, a monument to the 1000th anniversary of Yaroslavl, walk along the main square, which was built according to the best examples of urban art of the late 18th century. In the center of it stands the church of Elijah the Prophet in the middle of the 17th century. The Art Museum offers a visit to the department of "Russian Art", located in the Governor's House, built by decree of Alexander I in the 1820s and served as the residence of the Yaroslavl governors, as well as the traveling palace of the imperial personages. More than three hundred works by outstanding classics of Russian painting and outstanding masters of the Russian avant-garde. In the magnificent state hall there are paintings by Ivan Aivazovsky, Karl Bryullov, Pyotr Shamshin, Pavel Pleshanov – graduates and teachers of the Imperial Academy of Arts.

Krasny Perekop Factory

You will visit one of the former settlements, where one of the first manufactories of Russia was founded at the beginning of the XVIII century, a mock-up workshop is now organized in one of the former production buildings, the history of which guests will get acquainted with. This is an impressive industrial architecture of the XIX century and a museum located in one of the workshops of the enterprise, where you can vividly imagine how not only production was organized, but also the way of life and cultural leisure of workers about how during the 300-year history the factory produced fabrics, the city, the factory man and his way of life. Let's try the history of the factory on our personal history, share stories about time, our own destiny, professional dynasties, family history and participation in the life of the city.

During the tour you will learn:

– how the steam engine room became a dining room, and the dining room became a museum;

– what stages of production do a bale of cotton need to go through to become a roll of fabric;

– what events have become significant for the factory history and why the factory district of Krasny Perekop is a special area on the city map.