Kuzbass is a fire in the heart. National Route

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A rich and informative tour perfectly combines the history of metallurgy, culture and ethnicity of this rich region of Siberia.

You will get acquainted with interesting historical facts about Kuzbass, unique finds of dinosaur clusters and petroglyphs, as well as coal mining technology – you will go to the Kedrovsky coal mine.

Novokuznetsk will reveal to you the secrets of the mystical passage of the Kuznetsk Metallurgical Combine, tell you about the life of Dostoevsky and show you a powerful defensive fortress of the 17th century with real fortress cannons.

At the end, you will enjoy a magnificent panorama from Mount Karitshal and an ethnic program in Sheregesh.

Location

Kemerovo

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Tour highlights

The Land of Dinosaurs

We will see the skeleton of the Siberian psittacosaurus, a lizard that lived in Kuzbass more than 120 million years ago

Coal mine

Let's immerse ourselves in the coal mining process and have lunch in the canteen of the enterprise

Ethnic inclusion

There will be an opportunity to follow in the footsteps of the Cheley family and attend a master class on cooking Shor cuisine

Itinerary

Day 1 - Arrival in Kemerovo. Kemerovo: coal
Meeting at the airport, transfer to the hotel.
Accommodation at the Kuzbass 3* hotel.
Breakfast in the hotel restaurant.
12:00 Transfer to the coal mine.
Guided tour of the coal mine with lunch in the canteen of the enterprise.
You have a unique opportunity to see large-scale open-pit coal production.
You will visit the "coordination heart", a control room where you will get acquainted with the work of a mining dispatcher and see on the monitors the operation of mining equipment in real time; you will visit the observation deck, which offers a large—scale panorama of the section and its activities.
Transfer to the Krasnaya Gorka Museum-Reserve with a visit to the monument to E. Neizvestny.
Excursion to the Krasnaya Gorka Museum-Reserve. (expositions of 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 AIK Kuzbass, which gathered 700 foreign workers and specialists in Kuzbass in the 20s of the last century to build an ideal socialist state.
On 55 hectares of the museum's territory, in addition to historical ones, there are modern monuments, including the monument "In Memory of the Kuzbass Miners" by the famous sculptor Ernst Neizvestny.
For an additional fee:
Dinner at the Zaboy restaurant (extra charge) — the average check is 2500 rubles.
The Inimitable tour to the legendary Loge 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 1,500 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.
In the races 17.08-21.08 and 21.09-25.09, the program of the first and second days are reversed.

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Day 2 - Antiquities
09:30 Transfer to Written 55 km.
Guided tour of the Tomskaya Pisanitsa Museum-Reserve. (Shorsky ulus "Kezek", rock, a master class on making petroglyphs.)
Tomsk Pisanitsa is an ancient sanctuary with rock carvings from the late Neolithic to the Early 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, the interactive tour "Hunting tales" will introduce the history of the development of commercial hunting in Siberia in the XVII-XX centuries.
Hunter's lunch at the Yurt cafe.
Transfer to Kemerovo (55 km).
15:00 Bus and walking tour of the city center.
With a visit to the Regional Department of Nature The Museum of Local Lore.
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, why Lenin is wearing a "women's" coat, and show you the "St. Petersburg" arches.
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 the There are no such mass graves in Russia 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 place it among the most unique locations in the world.
In the races 17.08-21.08 and 21.09-25.09, the program of the first and second days are reversed.

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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.
19:00 Check-in at the Novokuznetsk 3* hotel.
Free time.
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).

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Day 4 - Nature and ethnicity
Breakfast in the hotel restaurant.
09:00 Transfer to Sheregesh (135 km).
11:00 Sightseeing tour "The Edge of the living Mountains".
The cable car ascent to Mount Karitshal (1270m) 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 Shoria (Tashtagol), one of the seven wonders of Kuzbass, is the sculpture Golden Shoria 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.
17:00 Transfer to Novokuznetsk.

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Day 5 - Departure
05:30-06:30 Transfer to Novokuznetsk airport (23 km) / railway station.

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 Teatralnaya Square and a 10-minute walk from the Tom River. It offers a restaurant, a 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.