Estates and Destinies of Smolenskaya Land. Autumn-winter tour

Breakfast at the hotel.

07:45-08:05 Collection from hotels. Departure for excursions.

09:15 Visit to the museum-estate of A. T. Tvardovsky with an interactive program "Tea party with Vasily Terkin" (77 km from Smolensk).

Zagorye farm is the small homeland of A. T. Tvardovsky. The poet always spoke of his native lands with special warmth, because here he wrote his first poems, absorbed his love for this "sour, podzolic, stingy and unkind, but our land."

In 1988, on the eve of the poet's birthday, the A. Tvardovsky Memorial Museum was opened.

Vasily Terkin will greet the guests with his cheerful accordion, songs and poems, and a delicious addition will be fresh rustic bread and homemade jam with fragrant tea.

10:15-11:40 Transfer to Novospasskoe.

11:40 a.m. Visit to the estate of M. I. Glinka (82 km from Smolensk). Glinka spent his childhood here in Novospassky, where he received his first musical impressions, learned the beauty of Russian folk songs, and worked on his immortal works.

The Glinka Estate Museum in Novospassky is the only memorial museum of the composer in the world, opened in May 1982.

13:30 Lunch, and for dessert – Smolensk confections.

14:10 Transfer to the historical and architectural complex "Teremok", Flenovo farm (92 km)

15:40 Excursion to the historical and architectural complex "Teremok". Now all the guests of the princely estate can visit the "Teremok", built according to the design of S. V. Malyutin, which, with its fantastic paintings, resembles a house descended from the pages of good old fairy tales.

In the "Teremka" you can see the products of the Talashkin workshops, furniture made according to sketches by S. V. Malyutin, watercolors by M. A. Vrubel, ceramics by N. K. Roerich and painted balalaika, which made a splash at the 1907 World's Fair in Paris.

And the first matryoshka doll was painted here. Based on the sketches of Nicholas Roerich, a smalt mosaic "Savior Not Made with Hands" was created above the portal of the Church of the Holy Spirit.

The building of the former agricultural school, which is also visited by guests, has been preserved on the farm, a classroom where peasant children were taught has been restored, and objects of folk and applied art are presented.

17:30 The end of the guided tours. Transfer to the hotel.

08:45-09:00 Collection from hotels. Departure for excursions.

09:00 Sightseeing bus and walking tour of the city "Smolensk: a story in the destinies". You will learn about the history of the city from the time it was first mentioned in the chronicle to the present, about the fate of the people who created this story.

You will see the Smolensk Fortress, famous houses and streets, Victory Square and much more, walk along the "Alley of Outstanding Smolyans", visit the main shrine of the city – the Holy Dormition Cathedral, whose carved iconostasis is as high as a nine-story house.

During a walk through the city center, enjoy the immortal works of Mikhail Ivanovich Glinka in the Blonye garden, see the monument to Tvardovsky and Terkin, where memories of your time spent on the Zagorye farm, the birthplace of the poet, will come flooding back.

12:15 p.m. Visit to the Smolensk Art Gallery, located in a building that is an architectural monument of the 19th century, where the famous collection of ancient Russian art by M. K. Tenisheva is collected.

Here you can see the works of Tropinin, Aivazovsky, Kuindzhi, Serov, Repin, Korovin, Benoit. Many works of art used to decorate the noble estates of the Smolensk region.

13:45 Lunch (dishes of Smolensk cuisine).

14:45 Free time in the city center — you can visit museums, cafes, stroll through the central parks and streets of Smolensk.

You can also go to the shops and buy unusual branded souvenirs (shoppers with the image of the fabulous "Teremka", umbrellas with the image of Smolensk estates, sweets beloved by M. I. Glinka, etc.) and locally made products.

17:00 Transfer to the railway station.

17:40 Departure by train "Swallow" 088A to St. Petersburg.

18:21 Departure by Lastochka train 736M to Moscow.