Kuzbass is a fire in the heart. National New Year's Route

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Celebrate the New Year in the heart of Siberia, where ancient myths come to life! You will decipher the messages of your ancestors on the rocks of the Tomskaya Pisanitsa, become guests at the residence of the most severe Santa Claus and walk through 4.5 billion years, standing by the skeleton of a real psittacosaurus.

You will feel the power of Kuzbass — from the industrial legends of Krasnaya Gorka to the mystical peaks of Gornaya Shoria. You will climb the cable car to the place of power of the shamans, immerse yourself in the culture of the Shor people and see the masterpiece of Dasha Namdakov.

Location

Kemerovo

Sightseeing tours

Tour highlights

The Siberian Dinosaur

Get to know the skeleton of a psittacosaurus found in a unique "lizard cemetery"

A fun celebration

Visit the residence of the Kuzbass Santa Claus and take part in folk festivals, take a ride from the mountains and drink hot tea in the governor's tea room

Cable car to the shamans

Climb to the top of Mountain Shoria to experience the spirit of ancient legends and the power of nature

Itinerary

Day 1 - Guided tour of the Tomskaya Pisanitsa Museum-Reserve. Excursion to the Department of Nature of the Kemerovo Museum of Local Lore
Meeting at the airport, transfer to the hotel. Accommodation at the Kuzbass 3* hotel.
Breakfast at the hotel restaurant.
12:00 Transfer to Pisanaya (55 km).
Guided tour of the Tomskaya Pisanitsa Museum-Reserve. The residence of the Kuzbass Santa Claus. Folk festivals, skiing from the mountains, tea in the governor's tea room!
Hunter's lunch at the Yurt cafe.
Tomskaya Pisanitsa is an ancient sanctuary with rock carvings from the end of the Neolithic to the beginning of the Bronze Age (IV — III millennium BC), one of the largest petroglyph museums in Russia.
Many drawings are rightfully considered masterpieces of rock art. The museum introduces the main milestones of the territory development.
We will find out who the inhabitants of the Tom region were in the prehistoric period and in ancient times (exhibitions: Rock, a master class on copying petroglyphs. Shorsky ulus "Kezek").
Transfer to Kemerovo (55 km).
An excursion to the Department of Nature of the Kemerovo Museum of Local Lore allows you to go through time 4.5 billion years ago and see the territory of Kuzbass since its formation. The central exhibit is the skeleton of the Siberian psittacosaurus, a lizard that lived in Kuzbass more than 120 million years ago.
The skeleton was discovered by the museum's expedition team in 2014 during excavations at the Shestakov Archaeological Complex, the largest dinosaur site in Russia.
Nowhere in Russia are there such mass graves with perfectly preserved whole skeletons and the remains of entire dinosaur families. The finds of animals from the beginning of the Cretaceous period in Shestakovo are so significant that they put it among the most unique locations in the world.
For an additional fee: The Inimitable tour to the legendary Lozha Theater, created by Evgeny Grishkovets. The revolutionary creative style of the theater has earned the love of the audience and the attention of many theater awards and festivals, including the Golden Mask.
The tour program includes a performance and a creative meeting with the director of the theater. (from 2000 rubles per person when recruiting a group of 10 people or more) – to be booked at the time of booking the tour, to be paid on the spot.

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Day 2 - Bus and walking tour of Kemerovo. Krasnaya Gorka Museum-Reserve tour
Breakfast at the hotel restaurant, free time.
12:00 Bus and walking tour of Kemerovo. On our tour, we will walk along the embankment, visit the cozy courtyard of the zhilkombinat. We will tell you what unites Kemerovo with the Moscow Art Theater, show you the "St. Petersburg" arches.
We will visit the monument "Memory of the Kuzbass Miners", donated to the city by E. Neizvestny, and we will see one of the widest bridges beyond the Urals.
You will learn why Americans and Dutch came to Kemerovo and what "sausage houses" are. We will show you how dynamically the city is changing today: new facilities are appearing, new approaches to space organization are being implemented.
You will see that Kemerovo is a city of optimists. This epithet, given to the city by a Moscow journalist back in 1929, remains relevant today.
14:00 Lunch at the atmospheric Zaboy restaurant.
15:00 Transfer to the Krasnaya Gorka Museum-Reserve.
Excursion to the Krasnaya Gorka Museum-Reserve (exhibitions Rutgers House, Mine). Krasnaya Gorka is a museum of industrial history, created at the site of the opening of the Kuznetsk coal basin. The Mine exposition presents the history of coal mining from the first tunnels to the sections.
The museum introduces the history of the unique organization AIC Kuzbass, which gathered 700 foreign workers and specialists in Kuzbass in the 20s of the last century to build an ideal socialist state.
Day 3 - Novokuznetsk: metallurgy, history, culture
Breakfast at the hotel.
08:30 Transfer to Novokuznetsk (225 km).
11:30 Visit to the museum-reserve "Kuznetsk Fortress". The history of the city begins with the construction of the Kuznetsk prison in 1618. Later, in 1800, the construction of the Kuznetsk Fortress was started to protect Southern Siberia from the Chinese threat.
Kuznetsk Fortress is the only bastion—type museum in the Urals. A powerful defensive structure, real fortress cannons are a great place for a photo shoot.
Excursion to the literary Memorial Museum of F.M. Dostoevsky. In 1857 Fyodor Mikhailovich Dostoevsky was married in Kuznetsk.
A literary and art museum has been created in the house where Dostoevsky lived, which shows how the writer's stay in the city and the events that took place here influenced his work.
14:00 Lunch at a cafe in the city.
Bus and walking tour "From the factory to the garden city".
"I know — the city will be, I know, the garden will blossom..." — Vladimir Mayakovsky dedicated these famous lines to the builders of Kuznetsk.
The tour introduces the story that inspired the poet — the stories of the construction of one of the world's largest metallurgical plants, the Kuznetsk Metallurgical.
A reflection of the factory character in the appearance and culture of the city, a trip through the mystical tunnel of the KMK, acquaintance with the main architectural symbols of the city.
17:00 Check-in at the Novokuznetsk 3* hotel.
For an additional fee:
excursion to the largest museum of automotive technology in Siberia "Retropark" (700 rubles);
excursion to the Scientific and Technical Museum named after Academician Ivan Pavlovich Bardin— Chief engineer of Kuznetsk Construction and one of the construction managers of KMK. Or the Novokuznetsk Museum of Local Lore Tour "industrial development of the city" (from 250 rubles).
Day 4 - Nature and ethnicity
Breakfast at the hotel restaurant.
08:30 Transfer to Sheregesh (135 km).
Sightseeing tour "The edge of the living Mountains". The cable car ascent to Mount Karitshal (1270 m) is a place of worship for Shorsk shamans, residents of Gornaya Shoria. The black taiga, alpine meadows, and mountain tundra are all in one shot.
The history of the development of the region from the Great Silk Road to the Siberian metallurgical giants of the industrial (Soviet) era, a return to the roots. An observation deck, legends and photosets at the top.
Lunch with elements of local cuisine.
Stone in the Palm of your Hand tour: the Museum of Ethnography and Nature of Gornaya Shoriya (Tashtagol), one of the seven wonders of Kuzbass – the sculpture Golden Shoriya by the world-famous artist Dasha Namdakov.
The museum introduces the way of life and culture, tells about archaic beliefs, totemism and shamanic cults of the indigenous peoples of Gornaya Shoria.
A real shamanic tambourine, archaeological finds of 5-6 centuries BC, a collection of old Believers Lykov and traditional shorts costumes.
For an additional fee: Ethnographic program "In the footsteps of the Cheley family" with a master class on cooking Shor cuisine (from 2000 rubles per person). when recruiting a group of 10 people or more) – to be booked at the time of booking the tour, to be paid on the spot.
16:30 Transfer to Novokuznetsk.
19:00/19:30 The end of the program at Novokuznetsk railway station / Novokuznetsk hotel.
For an additional fee: Extension of stay at the Novokuznetsk hotel (from 2,100 rubles).

Difficulty

Suitable for everyone

Accommodation

Hotel

4 nights

Comfort

Upscale

The tour includes hotel accommodation.

The cost of the tour for 1 person, depending on the accommodation, RUB.:

2-local	1-local
37 900	42 600

Kuzbass Hotel is located in the center of Kemerovo, just 300 meters from Theater Square and a 10-minute walk from the Tom River. It offers a restaurant, bar and free Wi-Fi. The classic-style rooms are equipped with a refrigerator, a desk and a TV with cable channels. There is also a private bathroom with a hairdryer and free toiletries.