Bike tour through the fields of the Oryol region. Glamping holidays

09:00 Breakfast at the cafe.

10:30 a.m. Before the start of the bike tour, the hike leader conducts a safety briefing.

We go to the bike route (30 km).

Excursion to the settlement of Novosil.

Before starting the bike ride, we will take a trip to the past, visiting the ancient settlement in Novosil.

There are traces of an earthen rampart on the high bank of the Zushi River. In the 12th century, this city was considered one of the largest and fortified points of Russia at that time. Local historians claim that Novosil was founded by nomadic Khazars in 874, and is one of the oldest cities in Russia.

And only in 1155, in a historically reliable source, the chronicle, we find the first mention of Novosil, associated with the stay of the wife of the Grand Duke of Kiev Yuri Dolgorukov, Olga Grechanka, who hid in it from the constant raids on Kiev by foreigners. The cultural layer in the settlement is up to 1.5 m, and contains deposits of the XII–XIII centuries.

14:00 Visit to the military memorial complex "Vyazhi".

Next, our bike tour will take place in the places where the Red Army's strategic offensive operation Kutuzov began in the summer of 1943, which became the first in a series of offensive operations by Soviet troops carried out in the central part and on the southern wing of the Soviet-German front, resulting in a radical turning point during the Great Patriotic War.

On July 11-12, 1943, after reconnaissance by combat, units of the 3rd army under the command of General A.V. Gorbatov and the 63rd army under the command of V.Ya. Kolpakchi broke through the enemy's defenses and liberated Vyazhi, creating a strategic bridgehead for the liberation of the Orel region.

A memorial was opened at the site of the bloody battles in the village of Vyazhi-Zaverkh.

Standing on the high bank of the Zusha River, we will be able to imagine the events that took place here eighty-two years ago.

15:00 Lunch in camping conditions.

16:00 Continuation of the bike route.

18:00 Return to the camp.

19:00 Dinner at a cafe.

21:00 Games and entertainment around the campfire.

09:00 Breakfast at the glamping cafe.

10:30 a.m. Transfer by car and visit the Shatilov estate in the village of Mokhovoe.

A visit to the breeding station and the museum, a story about the history of the station from pre-revolutionary Russia to the present day.

The Shatilov estate in the village of Mokhovoe. It is a monument of architecture, history and culture of local importance. In 1965, Lev Tolstoy became a guest of the progressive businessman Joseph Shatilov, who later wrote: "This is probably the most wonderful household in Russia, and he is one of the sweetest people in terms of simplicity, intelligence and knowledge."

A little later, Shatilov would become Minister of Agriculture of Imperial Russia, and at the estate he would lay the foundations for high-yielding wheat breeding and effective forest management. Now there is an experimental station in the estate, where useful plant species are cultivated, whose seeds are sold all over the world.

And from the roses that grow here in abundance, local craftsmen make incredible jam, in each jar of which the tenderness of the summer sun of Central Russia is preserved.

During our trip, we will pass through the ancient village of Golun, the family estate of the Golitsyns.

According to legend, the name comes from the word "gol" – a river in the valley, because it is here that the rivers Rakovka and Zusha merge. But originally this village was called Galun, and it meant an open treeless place. At the end of the 16th century, the village of Golun was bought by Prince M.M. Golitsyn.

Extensive work immediately began on the construction and improvement of the estate, which became one of the most remarkable estates of the province at that time. The project was commissioned by the famous architect A.N. Voronikhin.

12:30 p.m. Before the start of the bike tour, the hike leader conducts a safety briefing. We set off along the fields with wheat and buckwheat (30 km).

We will get on bicycles and ride with the breeze between the fields of the Oryol region, which are famous for their fertile chernozems.

Golden wheat and rich rye grow here, valuable oats and precious barley, sunflowers and rapeseed ripen here. And the scent of buckwheat fields attracts hardworking bees in summer.

We will see how beautifully fields and sky connect on the horizon, we will listen to the rustle of taut ears of corn in the wind and feel how the power of the earth fills the grain with strength.

16:00 Return to the camp. Lunch at glamping.

17:30 Departure from the camp to the railway station in Mtsensk.

19:09 Departure from Mtsensk by express electric train to Moscow (train No. 726SH "Swallow").

Tickets must be purchased independently in advance at the long-distance ticket offices or on the Russian Railways website.

22:48 Arrival in Moscow at Kursky railway station.