08:00-09:00 Breakfast at the hotel.
Cathedral Square sightseeing tour.
The guide will tell you about the filming of movies on Cathedral Square. Participants will find out which famous films were shot here, which places became the scenery for famous scenes, and get acquainted with the stories of the actors and film crews.
You will be able to compare the real appearance of the city with its on-screen image and find out how Kasimov transformed himself for different films.
In addition to the filming locations, this tour provides an opportunity to get to know the main sights of the city, which allows you to combine business with pleasure and learn more about the history and culture of the ancient city.
A visit to one of the most modern Tourist Information Centers in the country, the winner of the Grand Prix of the Russian Business Travel & MICE Award.
Getting to know the exhibition spaces. Showing a video clip about films shot in Kasimov and its surroundings. You will see fragments of films shot in the city and its surroundings, special attention will be paid to the iconic scenes that have become the hallmark of the city.
Interactive museum spaces "Kasimovskaya bride"/"Apartment from the past".
Sergey Vasilyevich Malov, the owner of the museum spaces, has repeatedly participated in the filming of films, and also provided props and venues for his museums, which have become not just repositories of the past, but also living decorations for recreating various historical scenes in the frame.
Thanks to the films shot in the museum spaces, the audience was able to see authentic artifacts and immerse themselves in the atmosphere of the past years.
Free time to buy souvenirs: locally produced chocolate from Fidelity to Quality and Confesta, farm products, Kasimov gingerbread made locally by Yashin-Khleb LLC, Meshcheryannik gingerbread and Meshchersk spruce biscuits from the Soul Bread bakery, products by local craftsmen.
"Lunch from the Mayor" in the family cafe "Kasimovsky courtyard".
A delicious themed menu awaits you, which will immerse you in the atmosphere of the movie "Incognito from St. Petersburg" ("Soup, direct from Paris" – cheese soup in a bread pan, "Oh, what a passage!" – a duet of pike perch and pike with garlic sauce and baked potatoes, "Dessert for the inspector" – cheesecake with cottage cheese, bread, "Lightness of mind is extraordinary" – compote of wild berries).
Transfer to Tatarskaya Sloboda.
Sightseeing tour of Tatarskaya Sloboda, ascent to the 15th century minaret, which offers a magnificent bird's-eye view of the city.
In the old days, Tatarskaya Sloboda was rightfully the administrative center of the Kasimov kingdom. The Khan's Palace was located here on Khan's Square, and on the streets adjacent to it were the mansions of kings and queens, the houses of their courtiers, seites, murzas, servants and workers.
Moving to the full-scale site of Kasimovfilm LLC.
Visit to one of Kasimov's oldest enterprises, the sheepskin and fur factory. She traces her ancestry back to 1791 from small workshops. In 1863, after the unification, the Baranaev tannery was established here, which brought large profits to its owners. An area of five hectares will open up before you.
An old merchant's mansion has been preserved here. You will have a unique opportunity to get acquainted with the monument of civil architecture – the one-pillar chamber.
Being on the territory, you will see pre-revolutionary factory premises and workshops built in the middle of the 20th century. You will take away a piece of history from the sewing workshop.
And most importantly, you will find yourself on a real film set, where the TV series "Penal Colony", "Barents Sea", "Operation Carpathians" were filmed.
Here you will be met by a professional tour guide who has experience working at the Russia exhibition and forum and is the guardian of this place. Since 1995, his fate has been inextricably linked with the factory: starting with a summer internship, he continued to work until its closure in 2014.
After the production closed, Vyacheslav was one of the few employees who remained on staff and worked with the film crews. He knows a lot of reliable stories about the working days of the factory and about the people who created the glory of the company.
His stories are a portrait of the era, captured in the walls of the old workshop. Vyacheslav remembers how the sewing machines hummed, how the paint smelled, and how famous the Kasimov sheepskin coats were.
He knows every corner, every crack in the walls, he is a living chronicle of the factory, a witness to its glory, decline and rebirth in the new role of this space.
Vyacheslav will share with you the most interesting and funny stories from the set. You will have unique and atmospheric photos to remember you by.
Free time in Kasimov.
Dinner at the hotel restaurant for an additional fee.
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