Nizhny Novgorod – Kazan (2 days) – Moscow on the Mstislav Rostropovich motor ship

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 the Saints Constantine and Elena 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

During the tour you will see 2 embankments of the city, the historical center and modern areas. Drive over the Millennium Bridge, see the National Library of the Republic of Tatarstan, Government buildings, the Village of Oil Workers, get acquainted with the legacy of the Universiade 2013 and the symbols of the city. Visit the Bashir Rameev IT Park.

Features: car-walking tour

Duration: 4.5 hours

Features: the tour is more suitable for those who have already got acquainted with the main sights of Kazan. The tour will also be interesting for fans of modern architecture and urban planning

Objects of inspection:

• Kaban Lake Embankment
• Rowing Sports Center
• The complex of monuments to tram technology
• Kazan Wedding Palace
• Ak Bars Arena Football Stadium
• Kazanka River embankment (section of the Kremlin embankment)
• National Library of the Republic of Tatarstan
• Residential complex Dvortsovaya Embankment and the Palace of farmers
• B. Rameev IT Park
• Pedestrian Bauman Street (free time)

Kaban Lake Embankment

During the tour, you will go for a walk along the cascade of lakes under the general name "Kaban" and see one of the most modern and beautiful pedestrian embankments in Russia.

The legacy of the Universiade 2013 and the history of electric transport

You will be able to see the Rowing Sports Center, which was opened for the Universiade in 2013.

On the Universiade Avenue you will be able to touch another milestone in the modern history of Kazan. The monuments of tram technology in Sukonnaya Sloboda will introduce you to the history of electric transport in the city. The composition includes 3 tram cars, which were installed in 2010 to mark the anniversary of victory in the Great Patriotic War. You will be able to feel like a passenger of a horse-drawn tram, because among the exhibits of the museum there is a two-storey carriage of a horse-drawn tram that worked in Kazan during the late 19th century.

Winged Zilants and Ak Bars Arena

Winged Zealants guard one of the symbols of the city - a huge Cauldron or wedding palace. During the tour, you will learn why the cauldron turned out to be the symbol of the city. After that, you will go to the largest sports facility in Tatarstan – the Ak Bars Arena football stadium. Nearby is the Palace of Water Sports, which contains unique technologies that allow turning a small pool into a deep-water one and holding diving competitions in it.

Historical center

After passing over the Millennium Bridge, you will see the historical center of Kazan, headed by the Kremlin, and modern neighborhoods on the site of former marshes along the Kazanka River. The largest extreme park in Russia, Uram Park, with an area of 20,000 m2, is located under the bridge. The park was among the winners of international competitions for organizing space for outdoor sports.

Modern areas

Another embankment of the Kazanka River offers panoramic views of modern areas. The National Library of the Republic of Tatarstan is located a little further away. During the tour, you will also be able to see the buildings of the Government of the Republic, the Villages of Oil Workers and the multi-storey buildings of the residential complex "Dvortsovaya Embankment".

B. Rameev IT Park

Free time

And after all you have seen and heard, you will plunge into the bustle of the pedestrian Bauman street, where you will have free time for a short walk.

Souvenirs

In Tatarstan, they remember, cherish and honor the national culture and traditions of their ancestors, so first of all it would be quite logical to bring traditional Tatar treats from Kazan:

• Meat delicacies - sausage from horse meat kyzylyk and tutyrma, smoked horse meat argamak, smoked horse meat on natural sawdust on the edge of oigoz. You can also buy smoked or dried duck.
• Desserts chak-chak, kosh-tele and talkysh kaleve - honey sweet "cotton wool" in the shape of pyramids
• Tatar pastries - triangular echpochmaks with minced meat, cottage cheese gubadias, eleshes and other types of pies
• Strong balms "Tatarstan", "Chistai" and "Bugulma", which include dozens of herbs, fruits and roots

Also, in memory of visiting the capital of Tatarstan, you can bring souvenirs such as:

• Felt products - felt boots, slippers, mittens, mats, hats, etc.
• The symbols of Kazan are Kazan cats, winged diamonds and glass balls with a Kul Sharif
• Dolls in national costumes for children
• Elements of the national costume, traditional clothes and accessories - for example, national skullcaps and ichigi leather boots
• Painted wooden tableware and porcelain bowls

Important. It is recommended for excursions:

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

The tour is suitable for exploring the main sights of Kazan. The route will pass through the Old Tatar Settlement, Kaban Lake, Marjani Mosque, Kamala Theater, University, Opera and Ballet Theater, Kazan City Hall. You will walk along the pedestrian Bauman Street, enter the Bogoroditsky Monastery, where the newly found icon of the Kazan Mother of God is kept. Visit the territory of the Kremlin, which is a UNESCO World Heritage Site. You will see the Spasskaya Tower, the Annunciation Cathedral, the Syuyumbike Tower, the Junker School, the Cannon Yard, the Mausoleum of the Kazan Khans, get acquainted with the structure and interiors of the Kul Sharif mosque. You will also get acquainted with the City Panorama, where the history and modernity of Kazan are presented in a multimedia format.

Features: auto-pedestrian

Duration: 4.5 hours

Features: circular sightseeing tour

Objects of inspection:

• Starotatarskaya Sloboda: Kaban Lake embankment and Al-Marjani Mosque
• Kamala Theatre
• Tukaya Square
• Opera and Ballet Theatre
• Architectural development of Pushkin and Karl Marx streets
• Kazan Bogoroditsky Monastery
• Square of the First of May
• Kremlin: Spasskaya Tower, Annunciation Cathedral (external inspection), Syuyumbike Tower, Governor's Palace, Kul Sharif Mosque (with entrance inside), Junker College, Cannon Yard, Mausoleum of Kazan Khans
• Bauman Pedestrian Street
• The City Panorama Museum

The Kamala Theater and the architectural development of Pushkin and Karl Marx streets

You will pass by the drama theater named after the classic of Tatar literature Galiasgar Kamal along the central streets of Kazan — Pushkin and Karl Marx, learn about the great names associated with Kazan University, see the ensemble of Freedom Square with the Opera and Ballet Theater and the Tatar Town Hall.

Kazan Bogoroditsky Monastery and the Square of the First of May

On the next street, Bolshaya Krasnaya, there is the Kazan Bogoroditsky Monastery, in the Holy Cross Church of which you will see the icon of the Kazan Mother of God, returned to her homeland from the Vatican, and learn about where and how she appeared. Then the bus will proceed to the square of the First of May, on one side of which the Kremlin is located — on the other, the architecturally remarkable building of the National Museum of Tatarstan.

Kremlin

On a guided tour of the Kremlin, you will go through the gates of the Spasskaya Tower, explore the outside of the Annunciation Cathedral and the legendary leaning tower named after the last Tatar queen Syuyumbike, the governor's palace, the cannon yard and the mausoleum of the Kazan Khans. Then you can visit one of the largest mosques in Europe – Kul Sharif. The tour also includes an introduction to the main pedestrian street of Kazan — Bauman Street.

Important! The sequence of visits to the sites is determined by the guide.

Souvenirs

In Tatarstan, they remember, cherish and honor the national culture and traditions of their ancestors, so first of all it would be quite logical to bring traditional Tatar treats from Kazan:

• Meat delicacies — sausage from horse meat kyzylyk and tutyrma, smoked horse meat argamak, smoked horse meat on natural sawdust on the edge of oigoz. You can also buy smoked or dried duck.
• Desserts chak-chak, kosh-tele and talkysh kaleve — honey sweet "cotton wool" in the shape of pyramids
• Tatar pastries — triangular echpochmaks with minced meat, cottage cheese gubadias, eleshes and other types of pies
• Strong balms "Tatarstan", "Chistai" and "Bugulma", which include dozens of herbs, fruits and roots

Also, in memory of visiting the capital of Tatarstan, you can bring souvenirs such as:

• Felt products — felt boots, slippers, mittens, mats, hats, etc.
• Elements of the national costume, traditional clothing and accessories - for example, national skullcaps and ichigi leather boots
• Painted wooden tableware and porcelain bowls
• The symbols of Kazan are Kazan cats, winged diamonds and glass balls with a Kul Sharif
• Dolls in national costumes for children

Rules of conduct in temples. To visit Orthodox churches, the following recommendations should be followed: women should have their heads covered (headdress or headscarf), men, on the contrary, should be uncovered. People in short skirts or shorts will not be allowed into the temple. Pay attention to the rules of behavior in the mosque, which the guide will tell you about before visiting Kul Sharif.

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 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 stores 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 dined 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), 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.

"Rozhdestvenskaya Street is the best of all Nizhny Novgorod streets in terms of the beauty of buildings and crowds; the main commercial and industrial activity of the city is concentrated on it and near it" - N.I. Khramtsovsky, Nizhny Novgorod local historian of the XIX century.

Rozhdestvenskaya Street, it is also Cooperative, it is also Mayakovsky and again Rozhdestvenskaya. The name of the street changed, years passed, but the spirit of this street remained - the spirit of a merchant, a merchant, a commercial. Rozhdestvenskaya Street was the main shopping street of Nizhny Novgorod in the 19th century - Gostiny Dvor, banks, shops, firms, hotels, restaurants... Walking along Rozhdestvenskaya Street, at some point it may seem that you are in a historical setting. But these are not decorations - this is a real street with noble and merchant mansions and numerous apartment buildings. Only about 40 officially registered architectural monuments have been preserved here.

During the tour along Rozhdestvenskaya Street, you will get acquainted with the commercial life of Nizhny Novgorod in the XIX century - the "golden age" of Nizhny Novgorod merchants, admire the preserved architectural monuments that still adorn Rozhdestvenskaya Street, hear about various events from the lives of the richest Nizhny Novgorod merchant families - the Bugrovs, Blinovs, Stroganovs and others, learn about the history of construction temples located on Rozhdestvenskaya Street, visit the most beautiful church of the Cathedral of the Most Holy Theotokos in Nizhny Novgorod (Rozhdestvenskaya Church).

An excursion with a walk through the museum quarter (a visit to the Fedorovsky monastery, acquaintance with the buildings of the 19th century, houses with "deaf" and "slit" carvings, religious buildings), a visit to the exhibition "Storeroom of the Sun" in the estate of A.Lapshina. The "City of Masters" is a complex of wooden structures dedicated to the history of wooden architecture of the Nizhny Novgorod region during the XVI-XIX centuries. This complex presents at once a luxurious princely terem, wooden houses of wealthy merchants, and modest peasant huts. These buildings are connected by passages. The City of Masters is a new model, built several years ago for the arrival of Patriarch Kirill in the Nizhny Novgorod region.

Sightseeing bus tour of the city. Gorodets on the Volga Museum.

Tourists will see the Kostroma shopping malls complex, which is one of the largest preserved shopping centers in Russia at the end of the XVIII - beginning of the XIX century.

In the center of the city there is a guardhouse, a Fire tower (which is a kind of business card of the city), the House of General Borshchov (a participant in the Patriotic War of 1812), the Building of the Kostroma Historical, Architectural and Art Museum, the House of I.P.Tretyakov, monuments to Ivan Susanin, Yu.Dolgoruky.

One of the most interesting objects of Kostroma is the Kostroma women's active Epiphany-Anastasian Monastery, founded in 1426 by the Venerable Elder Nikita, a disciple of St. Sergius of Radonzhesky. The main shrine of the monastery and Kostroma is the miraculous icon of the Mother of God "Fedorovskaya" (The Miraculous Feodorovskaya Icon, according to legend, was painted by the Holy Apostle and Evangelist Luke. It was found in 1264 by the pious Kostroma Prince Vasily Yaroslavovich, the younger brother of the Holy Blessed Grand Duke Alexander Nevsky).

The exhibition "Milestones of Art" presents more than 100 works of art from the collection of the Kostroma Museum-Reserve: paintings by I.I. Shishkin, N.A.Klodt, I. K. Aivazovsky, A. Ya. Golovin, I.E.Repin, K.A.Korovin, I.I.Levitan, L. V. Turzhansky, K.Ya. Kryzhitsky, Grigory Ostrovsky, B.M.Kustodieva, the imperial hall of the Arkhangelsk Estate Museum, where paintings and sculptures from the collection of Princes Yusupov are presented;

The tour is held at the leading, most famous and oldest enterprise in the jewelry industry - Kostroma Jewelry Factory, which has been operating on the jewelry market since 1939. The plant produces products made of 950 platinum, 585 gold and 750 silver. In addition, the plant is the only enterprise in Russia where the cutting production of stones operates. Every year, the range is updated with 300 products corresponding to global fashion trends.

During the tour, tourists will visit the Showroom of the Kostroma Jewelry Factory, where they will have a unique opportunity to see with their own eyes the entire process of making a jewelry masterpiece from an artist's sketch to a store counter, communicate with the best professionals at the sites: waxing, mounting, polishing, fixing, understand casting and stamping technologies, hear professional advice on how to avoid fakes when buying jewelry.

At the request of the guests, the craftsmen will give the tourists' jewelry shine and attractiveness. Guests have the opportunity to purchase jewelry at the manufacturer's price in the company's branded stores.

During a car-walking tour of the city, tourists will see the Kostroma shopping malls complex, which is one of the largest preserved shopping centers in Russia at the end of the XVIII - beginning of the XIX century. It took shape over several decades, from the end of the XVIII century to the 1830s, and consists of more than a dozen buildings of various sizes located on the main square and on the descent from the square to the Volga. These are the Red and Large Flour rows, Gingerbread, Tobacco, Oil trading rows, the Church of the Savior in the Red Rows, the Moscow Outpost, the Office Building. In the center of the city there is a guardhouse, a Fire tower (which is a kind of business card of the city), the House of General Borshchov (a participant in the Patriotic War of 1812), the Building of the Kostroma Historical, Architectural and Art Museum, the Tretyakov House, monuments to Ivan Susanin, V.I. Lenin, Yu.Dolgoruky.

Ipatievsky Monastery is located in one of the most picturesque corners of Kostroma. The place where the Kostroma River flows into the Volga was called "strelka" by the Kostroma people from ancient times, and with the appearance of the monastery here it was named "Ipatievsky (Ipatsky) Cape".

The purpose of this tour is to acquaint tourists with the thousand-year history of the city, to show not only the historical part of Yaroslavl, which was included in the UNESCO World Heritage List in 2005, but also new objects that have recently appeared and transformed Yaroslavl. 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 in 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.

The purpose of this tour is to acquaint tourists with the thousand-year history of the city, to show not only the historical part of Yaroslavl, which in 2005 was included in the UNESCO World Heritage List, but also new objects that have recently appeared and transformed Yaroslavl.

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.

Continuing the sightseeing tour, tourists will see the new bridge over the Kotorosl River, the renovated Yubileynaya Hotel, the Yaroslavl 1000th Anniversary Park, the concert and entertainment center (a gift from the President of the Russian Federation), the 4-star SK Royal Hotel, the cultural and educational center named after Tereshkova (planetarium), the restored circus building, the south stand of the Shinnik stadium.

The museum "Music and Time" presents a collection of ancient musical instruments and mechanisms (gramophones, gramophones, harmoniums, music boxes, hurdy-gurdy), clocks (wall, table, floor, fireplace, carriage), bells (podduzhnye, botala, ryndy, bells, church bells of the Olovyanishnikov factory), irons, golden icons. A special feature of the museum is that all the exhibits are in working condition: you can hear the striking of ancient clocks and the sounds of musical instruments. Visitors are given the opportunity to touch the exhibits, take free photos and videos.

Enamel is an alloy of glass and oxides of various metals. Powdered enamel is applied to a pre-treated copper sheet, then placed in a muffle furnace heated to a temperature of 750-900 degrees. Over the years, the enamel does not darken, does not change color, is not afraid of atmospheric changes.

The International Creative Center "Emalis" in Yaroslavl was created and headed in 1992 by the People's Artist of Russia, President of the Russian branch of the International Association of Enamel Artists "Creativ-Kreis International" Alexander Andreevich Karikh.

During the tour, an interactive program on enamel painting is held (painting one die for the whole group, for an additional fee.a separate die for painting is provided for a fee).

The group is formed on the Volga River embankment near the ship. Guests will find out why this embankment used to be called Pushkin Boulevard, and the church standing on the shore was named the Holy Martyrs Flora and Lavra.

The path continues past the Azimut Hotel, the House of Artists, where guests will hear a story about Uglich artists, their skills, and friendship with the German twin city of Idstein. We cross the Selivanovsky creek, which divides the embankment into two parts and get to the Rybakov embankment, which is now called Krasnoarmeysky Boulevard. The building of the military enlistment office previously housed a linen factory – one of the largest industrial enterprises in Uglich. Tourists will hear a story about the owners of the factory and their occupation. Moving along the embankment, we talk about modern production in Uglich – cheese and watch factories. Here, on the embankment, a beautiful view of the Volga opens up. Guests will learn about the Suponevsky Palace and its secret, and what a trace the construction of the hydroelectric power station on the Volga left.

On the way back, we inspect (if possible, visit, the temple may be closed) the temple of the Korsun Icon of the Mother of God, operating since 1994, where the rector of the temple meets, who will tell about the miraculous icons and the relics of Vanechka Chepolosov, who died in Uglich in the XVIII century under mysterious circumstances. The walk will continue along the central street of the city of Yaroslavskaya with a story about interesting facts from the life of merchants who lived on it. The guests will hear the statements of famous people in Russia – artists, architects, writers, their opinions about the city; they will see Uglich through the eyes of artists of that time. The tour ends at the Assumption Square (city center).

It includes a visit to the historical and art museum located on the territory of the Uglich Kremlin, in the unique monuments of the 15th-19th centuries, which houses exhibits related to the history of the city and Russia as a whole. Guests will visit one of the main objects of the museum - Tsarevich Dmitry-on-blood, erected in 1692 on the site of the tragic death of Ivan the Terrible's infant son, as well as the Transfiguration Cathedral of the 18th century - the main cathedral of Uglich. During the tour, tourists will visit the Epiphany Monastery, founded at the end of the 14th century by Dmitry Donskoy's wife, Grand Duchess Evdokia.

The tour includes a visit to the monument of the XV century, the Chamber of Appanage Princes – part of the Kremlin Palace, built under Prince Andrei the Great of Uglich.

Chambers of the Uglich appanage princes 2nd floor. The Great Hall is the former Throne Room, where paintings and exhibits from the 19th century have been preserved. On the second floor of the Chambers there is an exposition "Uglich in the history of the Russian state 17 - beginning. 20th century.": the first Romanovs, Peter the Great transformations, the Era of Catherine, the Reforms of Alexander II, Uglich in the late XIX - early XX century. The exhibition presents chromolithographs from the series "Portraits of the House of Romanov", royal contributions, portraits and objects from the collection of the Uglich Museum, characterizing their era.

Walking tour to the Museum of Hydropower - the museum's exposition tells about the stages of development of hydropower in the USSR and Russia, about outstanding people of the profession, as well as directly about Russian hydroelectric power plants. There are also expositions dedicated to water and promising plans for the development of hydropower in Russia. The museum is a tribute to those who stood at the origins of the domestic hydropower industry, an industry that played a key role in the formation of our country's economy. In total, the museum has 11 exhibition halls located on 3 floors. There is a stereo room where you can take a virtual trip around the territory of the hydroelectric power plant, find out how it works and even visit the inside of the hydroelectric unit.

The museum is interactive, visitors can build a hydroelectric power station themselves using a special layout, independently generate an electric current, and study the "revived" GOELRO Plan. The Hall of Memory tells about the construction of hydraulic engineering facilities by GULAG prisoners. In other halls, you can learn about the unique hydroelectric power plants located in Russia and abroad. The museum building itself is a historical monument, it housed the Management of Volgolag. And it is no coincidence that a cozy cafe is located on the territory of the museum, because you can walk around the museum for hours - according to calculations, it is possible to conduct various excursions with a total duration of 60 hours!