Things to do in Ryazan Oblast

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Things to Do in Ryazan Oblast


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  • Lilly R
    Sofia, Bulgaria77 contributions
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    Very pleasant and creative museum! Definitely fell in love with the interactive telephone which recites poems and sings songs!
    Written November 30, 2021
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  • Takarasina
    2,101 contributions
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    Moreover, many churches including the famous Assumption cathedral were scaffolded when we visited the place in early May. Reconstruction is said to be accomplished by next December only.
    Actually, the complex is divided into several attractions here, so I think it's a little bit pointless to describe it as a whole except for in grandiloquent but hollow expressions.
    Thus, I'll do the job when reviewing its essential constituents.
    It doesn't mean, however, that the place is not worth exploring. Just the opposite: please, do!
    Written June 28, 2023
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  • TravelerZrenjanin
    Dorcol, Serbia275 contributions
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    RUSSIA (2)
    TRIP TO RYAZAN AND YESENIN MUSEUM
    BY ZORAN SLAVIĆ

    On the second day in the Russian city of Ryazan all morning we were at their Kremlin. Smaller than Moscow but still very impressive. The Church of the Dormition of the 17th century just was, Saturday, performed religious services that last several hours. Church Services held dozens of priests. The assembled crowd reaches nearly one hundred thou sand. I am, however, very surprised by an incredible number of beggars, crippled person, miserable people, who follow in the front of the liturgy expecting god health, from a weal their - charity. Everything happens within the walls of the Kremlin, next to which flows the river Oka. A couple of boats on the river like it are from Šolohova. All the time this religious spectacle, in which the masses believe incredible, I have the impression that life back in time of Russian peasant, Boyar and emperors. In addition, the golden towers of the temple as it actually exchange messages with the heavens.
    In the early afternoon, the road leads us to Konstantin, today called Esenin. That place, small town, simply arises middle of the steppe. At the confluence of the rivers. With the constant breeze and the endless Russian silence, which is not without its distinctive sound? Birthplace of poetry. Here Sergei Yesenin grew. In poverty and inspiration. From life, soul and relatives. His family home. Wooden.
    Clean, but endlessly simple. Only poverty and renunciation left in the scene of former Yesenin living space. Then we go over to Snjegina. Small country house. All around, endless sky, green steppes and rivers that are in the background, everything that surrounds us provides ease of metaphysics, which suggests the poet's majestic and tragic ascent. Difficult but not impossible to imagine how such an environment, Sergei walks landscape with Isidora Duncan. Famously woman he was much loved.
    In the same town there was one great man. We are in front of houses and cabinet Ivan Petrovich Pavlov. Those scientists who studied the conditioned reflex. On their dogs. There is neither poverty nor excessive simplicity. Curator at the museum, too lengthy and detailed. However, where does the curator, in the desert halfway between these two giants, my response is a conditioned reflex on the word poetry. Yesenin. Mother. Petrograd. Female Dog. Europe. '' Confessions of a teddy “ , but this is a result of staying in the big world. Everything was different when Esenin poetry was a conditioned reflex homeland.
    Moreover, coming 110 years since the birth of the poet. Village of Constantine. Back. Ryazan. Lunch as in Rabelais. Long, with a lot of vodka, fish, wine and venison. With exaggeration to toasts! Then feast of Russian music, drama, and dance. The highway again. Moscow. Russia. Back. Flight, senses, and mind full questionnaire. It was a trip to Russia!
    Written December 21, 2012
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  • Eva J
    Moscow, Russia2,698 contributions
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    We were a little confused by the tickets available for this museum/s. We didnt see a price list, but there seemed to be several options. We ended up seeing the house in which Pavlov grew up with his family. Ot is an upper middle class house, everyone had plenty of space.
    Written February 5, 2019
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  • Takarasina
    2,101 contributions
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    Not mashrooms but mushrooms, of all the nerve!
    I saw that droll bearded penny bun granddad in May. It nestles in a park pretty far from the city centre, behind the local philharmonic hall.
    Why the hallmark, then? Well, Ryazan' dwellers tend to boast that "their" mushrooms have eyes so that while one eats them, they stare at one. What the heck?! Frankly speaking, no-one knows the meaning for sure. Most scholars think it's just a figurative expression, analogous to telling stories. In Ryazan' they eat mushrooms with eyes, in Moscow they milk hens, in other parts of Russia cows lay eggs while the British say someone spins a yarn.
    Anyhow, that good-natured bronze dude with a polished nose looks really nice and is damn worth visiting.
    Written June 28, 2023
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  • Takarasina
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    I saw that marvellous example of Russian sacred architecture in May when I came to Ryazan' together with my friends for fun.
    Naturally, that Kremlin with its cathedral were one of the first things for us to explore. We were slightly disappointed, though. The advantage was that the place was open, the disadvantage was that it appeared to be rather hard to admire the exterior. Our guide told us that restoration works would be over by the end of next year.
    Good time to see it in a year and a half?
    Written June 28, 2023
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  • MuscoviteVT
    Moscow, Russia13,761 contributions
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    Do you know that this is actually a seminary? No, not in the sense of the subjects taught. Although who knows...
    I mean in fact the building, it was indeed the Ryazan seminary, built in 1816. Quite a few buildings were burnt and ruined by Napoleon’s army; in need to put something into their place the first wave of ‘mass construction’ emerged in Russia. Most of those mansions are yellow and white, in the same ‘empire’ style. I think I’ll write another entry about the seminary, it’s worth it.
    On the way there from the railway station I met cadets, they were planting flowers - or trees, or a shrub of some kind, in general, engaged in landscaping of the city. The place is called Friendship Square. Guess with whom? The Polish's army, Wojsko Polskie - during the WWII the Tadeusz Kościuszko Infantry Division was formed here. I read about it on the memorial plaque.
    Well, if you are going to the museum - for boys can be quite interesting, there are guns, which you can operate. Or machine guns, I don't know much about them, can’t tell the difference.
    Note the memorial room of ‘the father’ of the Soviet Airborne Troops Vasily Margelov. They told me all exhibits are original, donated by the family.
    The entrance is nearly free, about 200 Rub, that’s $3 with the current rate.
    There are souvenirs to buy, not a wide choice. But they are very, very inexpensive.
    Last but not least, a very decent toilet, clean, not crowded, well-functioning, there is even a specialized cabin for wheel-chairs. And it’s free. Indeed, an important fixture for a tourist! - Just to compare, the one in the Ryazan Kremlin is downright dreadful ((((
    Written August 17, 2021
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  • Takarasina
    2,101 contributions
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    Russians call it the Tretyakov Gallery Junior - for a good reason!
    I went there together with my friends in May, and it was a pre-planned visit.
    That museum is located in the central part of the city, but one still has to take a twenty minutes' walk from the Kremlin to reach it. A small mansion, an entrance door which saw better times, a spacious unpaved parking on the other side of the street.
    Their collection is really impressive. Buffs of Russian fine arts would be surprised to discover that the museum boasts works of Ivan Aivazovsky, Vasily Tropinin, Ivan Shishkin, Vasily Surikov, Isaak Levitan, etc., etc., etc. One of the greatest gems is the amazing portrait of Baroness Gabriele von Diergardt (1899) by Philip de László. Enchanting!
    Recommended! At least a two hours' visit.
    Written June 29, 2023
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  • Alexander_Kudrin
    Samara, Russia9,233 contributions
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    One of the most famous monuments of Ryazan is located next to the Kremlin. The sculpture was opened on the day of the 80th anniversary of the birth of the great Russian poet - October 2, 1975.
    The monument is unusual in that it is horizontal.
    The poet is depicted reciting poetry, his arms outstretched, his shirt collar unbuttoned.
    Definitely worth a visit!
    Written March 14, 2022
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  • Takarasina
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    We were there in May.
    It's really a challenge to get there: the place is so tremendously popular, that booking - and paying! - far in advance is an absolute must. We, for example, did it two weeks in advance.
    Not many foreigners, even Americans, know that Max Factor's real name was Maksymillian Faktorowicz, that he was, in fact, a Jew from Poland (when it was part of the Russian Empire), worked in Moscow, had his business in Ryazan' and it was only in 1904 that he immigrated to US and then founded his now world-famous corporation.
    The girls who opened that interactive museum in Ryazan' - a stone's throw from the house where Factor's shop had been situated - are real geniuses! We felt it the moment we stepped over their threshold. Great ambience of the early XXth century, vintage powder boxes, lip liners, eyelash brushes, perfume bottles and whatever one may imagine. Moreover, visitors may invent their own fragrances and take them home! Brilliant master-classes!
    Do go there, it's damn worth it!
    Aromat Vremeni means Aroma of Time in Russian, by the way.
    Written June 28, 2023
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  • Vadim A
    Western Sahara, Morocco33 contributions
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    Climb to the foundation and stay at either side. Great photo guaranteed, especially in early morning or in late afternoon.
    Written June 28, 2021
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  • Takarasina
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    We saw that nice elegant church in May. It's situated on the hill facing the Trubezh river, to the right of the monument to Russian/Soviet poet Sergey Yesenin.
    It looks much better from the outside. When we stepped in, we immediately noticed intensive restoration works bustling inside. Notwithstanding the fact that the building had been returned to the Russian Orthodox Church twenty-nine years ago, there's still a lot to be done.
    Communists desecrated it, totally ruined all frescoes, burnt and destructed icons and opened a barn inside. Then chickens were ousted and people moved in. Students of a naval school. Who soon built a concrete toilet cabin right in front of the altar.
    Now normal people try to heal the wounds inflicted by barbarians.
    Still, a good photo op.
    Recommended.
    Written June 29, 2023
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