09:36 Arrival at the railway station in Vyazma of the Lastochka train from Moscow.
10:05 Arrival at the railway station of Vyazma of train No. 087A, following from St. Petersburg.
10:10 Group gathering at the railway station in Vyazma, near the main entrance to the railway station. A guide with a sign "A great journey through the Smolensk land".
Sightseeing tour of the city of Vyazma.
Vyazma is an ancient Russian city with preserved medieval architecture.
A city whose history dates back to 1239.
Numerous architectural monuments, the first stone building of Vyazma, the majestic Spasskaya Tower, memorials dedicated to the Great Patriotic War of 1941-1945, the monument to Anatoly Papanov.
You will see and visit St. John the Baptist Monastery with the unique three-domed church of the Icon of the Mother of God Odigitria.
Holy Trinity Cathedral with the greatest shrines: miraculous icons The Image of the Mother of God Hodegetria, a list from the 12th century, and the Image of the Mother of God Iverskaya, painted in 1756.
12:00 Lunch, and for dessert – a tasting of Vyazma gingerbread.
14:00 Visit to the Alexander Griboyedov House Museum.
The House Museum named after A. Griboyedov.
Khmelita has been the Griboyedov family estate since 1680.
The famous writer and diplomat A.S. Griboyedov often visited here.
His childhood and youth observations, "hop-loving" impressions of meetings with the metropolitan and manor nobility later became one of the sources for the creation of the comedy "Woe from Wit."
Today, the Griboyedov family estate is one of the largest cultural centers in Russia.
Transfer to Bogoroditskoe Pole Memorial complex.
In this place, near Vyazma during the Great Patriotic War, in 1941, bloody battles took place.
Soviet soldiers held off superior German forces rushing towards Moscow. It is here that the famous Vyazma cauldron is located, where more than half a million people died.
Visit to the Bogoroditskoe Pole Museum
In 2012, the Bogoroditskoye Field Military History Museum was opened in a renovated wing of the XVIII century. It witnessed the fierce battles of the Red Army soldiers with the Nazi invaders.
The museum's exposition consists of two sections: "In the forty-first near Vyazma" and "The forty-first year is holy only to them, without them the forty-fifth would not have come."
The exposition is based on Soviet and German documents, maps, photographs telling about the battles from October 2 to October 14, 1941, personal belongings of soldiers and commanders found at the battlefields, models of small arms of the opposing sides.
17:00 Departure to Smolensk (150 km)
19:00-19:30 Arrival in Smolensk.
Accommodation at the hotel.
Free time.