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- Takarasina2,101 contributionsNot 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, 2023This review is the subjective opinion of a Tripadvisor member and not of Tripadvisor LLC. Tripadvisor performs checks on reviews. - Alexander_KudrinSamara, Russia9,233 contributionsOne 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, 2022This review is the subjective opinion of a Tripadvisor member and not of Tripadvisor LLC. Tripadvisor performs checks on reviews. - Vadim AWestern Sahara, Morocco33 contributionsClimb to the foundation and stay at either side. Great photo guaranteed, especially in early morning or in late afternoon.Written June 28, 2021This review is the subjective opinion of a Tripadvisor member and not of Tripadvisor LLC. Tripadvisor performs checks on reviews.
- Takarasina2,101 contributionsWe 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, 2023This review is the subjective opinion of a Tripadvisor member and not of Tripadvisor LLC. Tripadvisor performs checks on reviews. - Takarasina2,101 contributionsI saw that unusual, intricately openwork carved mansion in May while loitering around the nearby Nizhny (Lower) city garden, some twenty minutes' walk from the Ryazan' Kremlin.
Definitely the most beautiful wooden construction in the city! Strange as it may seem, commies didn't burn or plunder or ruin it but handed it over to their youth organization for children aged 9-14 called Young Pioneers instead. It turned it into a Children's Creative Arts Center.
I looked at that masterpiece (needed a facelift!) awestruck praying God it wouldn't catch fire: I bet no fire-resistance coating had ever been applied upon it...
Strongly recommended! It's still a creative arts centre today, albeit not only for kids but for grown-ups as well.Written June 29, 2023This review is the subjective opinion of a Tripadvisor member and not of Tripadvisor LLC. Tripadvisor performs checks on reviews. - Vadim AWestern Sahara, Morocco33 contributionsA view on history of Ryazan. You will be excited with the facts to come to your knowledge. And if you combine it with looking into a Singing Wing (another building nearby, also part of Museum) - it will add to a fullnesss of impression,Written June 28, 2021This review is the subjective opinion of a Tripadvisor member and not of Tripadvisor LLC. Tripadvisor performs checks on reviews.
- Takarasina2,101 contributionsMy friends and I took a drive there in May. We knew that Solotcha village, located just some thirty kilometres north of Ryazan', was one of the favourite places among locals to have fun, so decided to check.
We saw the circus the moment we parked our car by the nunnery. Hordes of people everywhere, bustling cafés, souvenir and food stalls selling whatever they could, a dime a dozen, pubs, rentals, small hotels and hostels. Any activity one can imagine! Except for remembering God.
The complex is beautiful and extremely well-maintained, but it looks more like some scenery for a film than a place of worship. Both inside and outside. Tourists loiter around, peep into churches and chapels, climb the walls, do selfies. Dubious impression!
We went through one of the gates facing a steep bank of tiny Solotcha river and the gorgeous Meshchera national park and entered a small viewing platform. That was hell of a panorama!
To make the long story short, a good place for foreigners to visit, but don't expect any piousness there.Written June 30, 2023This review is the subjective opinion of a Tripadvisor member and not of Tripadvisor LLC. Tripadvisor performs checks on reviews. - Takarasina2,101 contributionsI saw those fella and gal in May. Was just strolling nearby.
They're key characters in a Soviet sitcom movie still popular today. Nestling in a "patio" of a local university, the sculpture is problematic to approach. So, the maximum a traveller can do is to take some pictures through the black iron fence.
A dubious attraction.Written June 30, 2023This review is the subjective opinion of a Tripadvisor member and not of Tripadvisor LLC. Tripadvisor performs checks on reviews. - Takarasina2,101 contributionsIn reality, it's the oldest church on the territory of Ryazan' Kremlin. I explored it together with my friends in May. It started to rain, and we decided to step in.
Four Russian emperors visited it and prayed there. Majestic, pious, sacramental. Breathtaking icons, a marvellous iconostasis, a sarcophagus of St. Vasily, the first bishop of Ryazan', the most revered local saint (communists coved his grave with dung in 1929).
Not a trace of commies' atrocities...
Recommended!Written June 29, 2023This review is the subjective opinion of a Tripadvisor member and not of Tripadvisor LLC. Tripadvisor performs checks on reviews. - Takarasina2,101 contributionsMy friends and I drove to Gus'-Zhelezny (it means an "Iron Goose" in Russian - a zany name!) in May specifically to see that architectural wonder. I mean, it might seem quite average to someone coming from the West, but such Gothic and simultaneously Christian Orthodox a cathedral is really sort of rara avis in this country.
It looks much better at a distance since once we approached that jumbo, we understood that communists inflicted such hellish damage to it, it'd take normal people years to heal it.
Its interior was rather primitive. Some icons, some candles burning, a shaky wooden floor painted brown with cheap paint. A priest or two in the vicinity, some old people praying. And quite cold and humid. If not for the public, one might think he/she was in some odd penitentiary.
A mixed feeling...
(Commies had opened a shop selling kerosene there.)Written June 30, 2023This review is the subjective opinion of a Tripadvisor member and not of Tripadvisor LLC. Tripadvisor performs checks on reviews. - Vadim AWestern Sahara, Morocco33 contributionsYes, he's a founder of commando paratrooper corps - and full respect to him (the monument is in front of the regiment location, so everything is obvious0. But, at a same square/garden there is a monument to Polish People Army (named after Kostushko), formed in 1943 in Ryazan - at the same location. So, don't forget the Poles.Written June 28, 2021This review is the subjective opinion of a Tripadvisor member and not of Tripadvisor LLC. Tripadvisor performs checks on reviews.
- Takarasina2,101 contributionsNot many foreigners know that Russian town Kasimov was ruled by pro-Moscow Tatar khans for centuriesI saw that curious mosque in June while exploring the central part of that town. I was alone.
It looked really old, somewhat deserted, very different from Islamic places of worship I knew, and even enigmatic.
Kasimov had become sort of domain of a pro-Russian son of the ruler of the Khanate of Kazan' in 1445. Thus, construction of a mosque was inevitable. That one was erected sometime in 1600, on the place where an older masjid used to stay.
I approached the fence only to discover a padlock locking the gates. I knew that a visit thereto was in principle possible, moreover, one might even climb its single minaret, but there was no-one around to enquire how to do it and when.
Subsequently, I had to content myself with taking pictures and walking around the building.
Still, recommended.
(There are not so many Tatars left in Kasimov today, by the way. They represent only 4 per cent of its population.)Written July 9, 2023This review is the subjective opinion of a Tripadvisor member and not of Tripadvisor LLC. Tripadvisor performs checks on reviews.
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