Gatherings in Smolensk. A weekend of gastronomic delights

Breakfast.

07:30 Departure for guided tours.

Excursion to the museum-estate of M.I. Glinka in Novospasskoe village (120 km from Smolensk).

09:30 Visit to the estate of M.I. Glinka.

In 1804, a boy was born in the village of Novospasskoye. The legend says: As soon as the boy was born, a nightingale began to sing outside the window.

Mikhail Ivanovich Glinka went down in history as the founder of Russian classical music.

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. Now it is one of the cultural and historical centers of the Smolensk region.

12:30 p.m. Visit to the museum-estate of A.T. Tvardovsky with an interactive program "Tea party with Vasily Terkin" (will take place with a group of 10 people or more).

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. From the opening day to the present day, the manor museum welcomes guests and admirers of the great poet's work.

15:00 Lunch, and for dessert – delicious Smolensk confections.

15:30 Visit to the historical and architectural complex "Teremok".

At the end of the 19th century, the estate of the famous philanthropist, collector and artist Maria Klavdieva Tenisheva became a cultural and artistic center where I. E. Repin, M. A. Vrubel, K. A. Korovin, S. Malyutin, A.N. Benois and others created their masterpieces.

Now all guests of the princely estate can visit the "Teremok", designed by S.V. Malyutin, which, with its fantastic paintings, resembles a house that 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 caused a sensation at the 1907 World's Fair in Paris. And the first matryoshka doll was painted here.

According to 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.

18:00 The end of the program at the railway station of Smolensk.