Poet. Writer. The playwright. Bus tour from Moscow: Ryazan – Tula – Chekhov

Breakfast at the hotel, room release.

Transfer to Tula (185 km).

Tula was first mentioned in the Nikon chronicle of the XVI century under the year 1146. The cultural heritage sites located on the territory of the city are of great value and are an integral part of the world cultural heritage.

By the middle of the XVII century, when the fortified border of the Russian state moved south, Tula gradually turned from a fortress city into a commercial and industrial center. 

In October-December 1941, for 45 days, Tula was almost completely surrounded by siege, was subjected to artillery and mortar fire, and air raids by Nazi aircraft. Under the blows of the Red Army, the enemy retreated to the south, the siege of Tula was lifted.

The highest degree of distinction "Hero City" with the award of the Order of Lenin and the Gold Star medal was awarded to the city of Tula in 1976 for the mass heroism and courage of its defenders shown in the struggle for freedom and independence of the Motherland in the Great Patriotic War.

Excursions to Tula from Moscow.

We will be able to learn more about the history of the city of Tula and see the main sights on a sightseeing tour of the city.

Next, we will visit the House of the Nobility Assembly with you.

Literary and musical program "Unknown Tolstoy" – this is a meeting with the "revived" contemporaries of Leo Tolstoy, his characters and himself.

And it takes place in a unique building - an architectural monument of the XX century, the House of the Noble Assembly. Lev Nikolaevich has been here more than once, his play "Fruits of Enlightenment" was staged here.

Traveling through the museum halls of the Noble Assembly, the guests of the program will discover new facets of Tolstoy's creativity and personality, learn about his life in his family, relationships with relatives and friends-writers – and how personal experiences and impressions are melted into the artistic fabric of a literary work.

The program will feature music by Russian and foreign composers performed by artists of the Tula Philharmonic.

Lunch at a cafe in the city.

Transfer to the Kozlov Zaseka railway station (14 km).

A tour of the Kozlov Zaseka railway station. This station was the closest to the estate of L.N. Tolstoy "Yasnaya Polyana". The writer came to the station to make a phone call, all his mail came here, his guests came, and it was at this station that the funeral train with the writer's coffin arrived in 1910.

In the very center of central Russia with its discreet but surprisingly touching nature, the Yasnopolyanskaya manor is located – the same modest, but beautiful and majestic in its simplicity. Leo Nikolaevich Tolstoy was born in Yasnaya Polyana and lived most of his life. 

His own world began here, the world of his works and heroes was born here. It was here that his only beloved home was, the nest of his family and clan.

The Yasnaya Polyana Estate Museum is a memorial and nature reserve. Arriving here, we find ourselves in the very Tolstoy manor, which Lev Nikolaevich and his family wrote about in their diaries and letters and which the guests of Yasnaya Polyana admired so much. 

A walk through the estate to the grave of Leo Tolstoy.

Attention: Visits to memorial houses are not provided in this program.

Accommodation at the Bon Voyage 4* hotel in Tula.

Breakfast in the hotel restaurant, room release.

Transfer to Melikhovo. 

Chekhov's Melikhovo is one of the best pages in the history of Russian literature. 

Anton Pavlovich Chekhov lived here for seven years, from 1892 to 1899. The course of Melikhov's life is interesting because not only a writer lived here, but also a doctor who received a huge number of patients for free, fought cholera; a public figure, a school builder.

A large number of acquaintances, events in villages and the "county town of S." – all these are the plots of Chekhov's works of the Melikhov era. During this time, he created 42 masterpieces: the plays "Uncle Vanya" and "The Seagull", short stories and novellas "Ward No. 6", "Sakhalin Island", "House with a mezzanine", "My Life", "Man in a Case", "Gooseberry", "About Love", "Men" and others.

In 1899, for health reasons, Anton Pavlovich left for Yalta. Melikhovo was sold.

For a long time there was no museum here, but the Melikhovskaya estate has always attracted admirers of Chekhov's talent.

The museum in Melikhov began its life in 1940. 

By this time, one of the memorial buildings had been preserved, built by A.P. Chekhov in 1894, where he wrote the play "The Seagull". 

Currently, the Museum-Reserve includes: the main manor house, a memorial wing, a kitchen wing, a sauna, numerous outbuildings, a fire shed, an exposition of an ancient medical center "Outpatient Clinic", a large garden area. 

Two schools built by A.P. Chekhov have been preserved. In the 1970s, they were transferred to the museum. 

A detailed tour of the museum-reserve awaits us.

"My estate is small, but its surroundings are magnificent," wrote A.P. Chekhov. 

The acquaintance with the surroundings will continue with a sightseeing tour of Chekhov.

Historians believe that the city on the site of present-day Chekhov existed many centuries ago. 

The first mention of the city of Lopasne is found in a document from 1175. 

This city changed hands many times between the warring Russian princes, Ivan Kalita bequeathed it to his son Andrei, after whose death the Ryazan princes actively claimed ownership of the city. 

Lopasnya is also associated with the name of A.S. Pushkin. N. N. Pushkin often visited here with her children at the relatives of her second husband P. Lansky. Alexander Pushkin's son and daughter Maria Alexandrovna lived for a long time as adults.

In 1954, the village of Lopasnya was transformed into a city of regional subordination of the Czechs.

In 1987, the department of the museum in the city of Chekhov "The Museum of Letters of A.P. Chekhov" was opened.

Lunch at a cafe in the city.

Visit to the "Museum of Letters of A.P. Chekhov"

The end of the excursion service, return to Moscow (the time of return to Moscow depends on the traffic situation on the roads, approximately at 19.00-20:00) to the nearest convenient metro station.