A trip to Ryazan. From the Faraway Kingdom to the Norwegian Village

Breakfast. 

Room release and meeting with the guide:

• 9:00 meeting with the guide at the Forum Hotel, 1st floor, lobby;
• 9:15 meeting with the guide at the Old Town Hotel, 1st floor, lobby;
• 9:30 meeting with the guide at the Priokskaya Hotel, 1st floor, lobby;
• 9:45 meeting with the guide at the Amaks Hotel, 1st floor, lobby;
• 10:00 meeting with the guide at the Lovech Hotel, 1st floor, lobby.

Departure to Konstantinovo — the homeland of the poet S.A. Yesenin, a travel excursion.

In the center of the village of Konstantinovo, opposite the church of the Kazan Icon of the Mother of God, there is the Yesenins' estate. Here, in 1871, the poet's grandfather Nikita Osipovich Yesenin built a house where Sergei Alexandrovich Yesenin was born on September 21 (October 3 – new style), 1895. 

Over time, the dilapidated grandfather's house was demolished, and a new, smaller one was built in its place in 1909. 

In 1965, the house-museum of the famous Russian poet was opened in this "golden log hut".

An excursion to the Literary Museum introduces visitors to the creative biography of Sergei Yesenin, gives them the opportunity to witness the events of the turning point during which the poet lived. 

The exhibition will feature photographs of S. A. Yesenin from different years, his lifetime and posthumous publications, and personal belongings of the poet.

Next to the church of the Kazan Icon of the Mother of God is the estate of the last Konstantinovskaya landowner Lidia Ivanovna Kashina. 

Sergei Yesenin met the owner of the estate in the summer of 1916. At that time, he was already the author of his first poetry collection, Radunitsa. 

Visiting L. Kashina S. Yesenin visited more than once and dedicated one of his poems to her — "Green Hairstyle". 

After the revolution, the landowner's country house was used for the needs of the village, and in October 1969 a literary exposition was opened in it. 

By the 100th anniversary of the poet's birth, in 1995, the building housed the museum of the poem "Anna Snegina", which embodied both the image of the "house with a mezzanine" and the image of its owner.

Walking tour of the territory of the museum-reserve accompanied by a guide.

The route includes the estate of S.A. Yesenin's parents, the Zemstvo School, the estate of L.I. Kashina (the Museum of the poem "Anna Snegina"), the priest's house of I.Ya Smirnov, the Literary Museum, the Carriage Yard (without the Spas-Klepikov Teacher's School and the School of Literacy).

Attention! In connection with the repair and restoration work at the S.A. Yesenin State Museum-Reserve, the following changes are planned in the tour program from April to August:

• from April to July, work will be carried out at the Zemsky School, the exposition of the educational institution will be located in the Carriage Yard;
• from April to August, work will be carried out in the house of S.A. Yesenin's parents, exhibits from the parental home will be presented in a temporary hut located on the Estate of Sergei Yesenin's parents, where you can also see Riga and the memorial barn;
• the works will affect the facade of the I.Y. Smirnov Priest's House, the exposition will be open, but the entrance to the building will be organized from the opposite side;
• Due to changes in the work of the museum-reserve, guests can take part in fragments of museum classes and creative master classes as part of excursions.

In your free time, you can visit the church of the Kazan Icon of the Mother of God on your own, where the poet's parents were married and little Seryozha Yesenin was baptized.

Lunch at the cafe.

Transfer to Poshupovo village.

One cannot leave these blessed places without visiting the St. John the Theologian Monastery in the village of Poshupovo. 

The monastery originated in the late XII or early XIII century and was founded by Greek missionary monks who brought with them the miraculous icon of the Apostle John, painted in the VI century in Byzantium by an orphan boy. 

This image became the main shrine of the Theological monastery. 

The village of Konstantinovo is a monastery compound and little Seryozha Yesenin was brought here by his grandmother to serve.

Departure to Ryazan.

Return to Ryazan approximately at 17:00. 

Transfer to the train stations.