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11:00 Walking tour program: Detinets – "stone chronicle of Novgorod". Sightseeing of the Kremlin territory: walls and 9 preserved towers, monument to the 1000th anniversary of Russia, Sofia Belfry, St. Sophia Cathedral (self-entry).
Crossing the pedestrian "humpback" bridge, a panorama of architectural monuments.
A visit to the territory of Yaroslav's courtyard and the auction: barns and shops were located here, trade was in full swing, and ships of overseas merchants approached the marinas.
The oldest building on the territory of Yaroslav's courtyard is St. Nicholas Cathedral (1113).
13:30 Departure by high-speed boat on Lake Ilmen to Vzvad, the place of princely hunting and fishing. This place was mentioned in the treaties of Novgorod with the princes of Vladimir, Tver, and Moscow.
Approaching Novgorod in 1477, Ivan III gave the order: to become "other voivodes at Lake Ilmen at the Siege and at Dinner."
14:30 Arrival in the village The waterfall.
15:00 Transfer to Staraya Russa.
15:30 Lunch at a cafe in the city.
Accommodation at the hotel.
17:00 Guided tour of the F. M. Dostoevsky House Museum, where the novel "The Brothers Karamazov" and other works were written. The interiors of several memorial rooms have been recreated here.
18:00 Free time.
19:00 Walking tour of places related to the life and work of Fyodor Mikhailovich Dostoevsky in Staraya Russa.
You will see the monument to F.M. Dostoevsky, the ancient Paraskeva Pyatnitsa Street, now Svaroga Street, where the Dostoevsky family first stayed at the Rumyantsev priest's house, where the chapters of the novel "Demons" were written.
The Church of St. George the Victorious (XV century) is the parish church of the Dostoevsky family, the place of baptism of the youngest son of the writer Alyosha, the miraculous icon of the Old Russian Mother of God – the main shrine of Staraya Russa with an amazing history.
Dostoevsky Embankment is a picturesque green embankment along the Pererytitsa River, an ideal place for leisurely walks.
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The immersive play-promenade "The Brothers Karamazov" – Dostoevsky's last novel, the pinnacle of his work, in a sense the main work of his whole life and one of the greatest works in the history of Russian and world literature – is forever associated with Staraya Russa.
Get ready to overcome time and space, lift the veil of mystery and find yourself in the fictional world of a genius!
Special 3D headphones will help you become a participant in the audio performance, and city streets with key sights will turn into live scenery, filling the space with images of Skotoprigonevsk and its inhabitants performed by honored Novgorod artists.
During the audio performance, you and your guide will walk through the literary city of Skotoprigonevsk, the prototype of which was the 19th-century Russian provincial town of Staraya Russa.
21:00 Free time in the city center.
