Nizhny Novgorod – Yaroslavl – Nizhny Novgorod on the Mstislav Rostropovich motor ship

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 list of UNESCO World Heritage Sites, 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 millennial history of the city, to show not only the historical part of Yaroslavl, which in 2005 was included in the list of UNESCO World Heritage Sites, 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).

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".