The Ryazan region is an amazingly beautiful area located in the center of Russia. The region is full of natural picturesque monuments, a variety of natural bewitching landscapes and has favorable climatic conditions and ecological environment.
The Ryazan region is also home to beautiful artificial ponds, healing mud and pure mineral springs. Here in the south there are long-lasting feather grass steppes and dazzling green broad-leaved forests, and in the north in the Meshchersky National Park there is European taiga.
It is impossible to imagine the Ryazan region without the Oka, one of the most exciting and largest European rivers, crossing the region. Oka is rich in incredible landscapes, which is why it is attractive for tourists and lovers of all kinds of river cruises.
Meshchersky National Park
The Meshchersky region in the Ryazan region is an island of unique Russian untouched nature. Since ancient times, this beautiful forest region has attracted writers and artists, numerous lovers of quiet relaxation and nature with its small churches, rivers and lakes.
In 1992, it was here that the Meshchersky National Park was created, with a total area of 103 thousand hectares. The park covers the territory of the Klepikovsky lakes, the adjacent lowland swamps, a tributary of the Oka - the valley of the Pra River, as well as many raised swamps and a system of shallow lakes.
St. John the Theologian Monastery
The ancient St. John the Theologian Monastery is located in the village of Poshupovo on the banks of the picturesque Oka, among the beautiful nature of the Ryazan region. The monastery was repeatedly devastated by the Crimean Tatars, but after each raid it was rebuilt.
At the beginning of the 17th century, an attempt was made to move the monastery to the village of Vysokoye, under the protection and protection of border guards. But due to the fact that the icon of John the Theologian disappeared from the church in Vysokoye every time and reappeared in its old place, they decided to leave the location of the monastery unchanged. Today it is a functioning monastery with daily services.
Websites selling tickets before the May holidays collapsed from people wanting to go on vacation. “Somewhere, just to change the situation,” say the Ryazan residents. RZN correspondent. info approached the issue thoughtfully and selected cities worth visiting.
A long weekend is enough to see many famous Russian cities. And there are many of them, in addition to Moscow, Sergiev Posad or St. Petersburg.
Suzdal (240 km from Ryazan)
One of the oldest cities in Rus'. It was specially preserved as part of the “Golden Ring of Russia”: they did not build houses higher than 3 floors, did not lay highways or pipelines, and did not open factories. Two monasteries are open to tourists: Spaso-Evfimievsky with the grave of Prince Pozharsky and Pokrovsky, where the daughter of Boris Godunov and the first wife of Peter I lived as nuns. There is a Kremlin and a museum of wooden architecture. In the summer, Suzdal hosts festivals of cucumber, Russian bathhouse, hot air balloons, animation, and bikers.
The road from Ryazan to Suzdal passes through Vladimir, the center of the region, also an ancient and beautiful city. In Vladimir you can visit the Assumption Cathedral with frescoes by Andrei Rublev and the Golden Gate with the museum of the city’s defense against Batu.
In the village of Bogolyubovo, near Vladimir, there is the palace of Andrei Bogolyubsky and the Church of the Intercession on the Nerl - the most famous Russian temple among foreigners.
How to get there: along the Ryazan-Vladimir highway 200 km, and then to Suzdal another 35 km. Buses to Vladimir - 8:10, 15:00 from the Central bus station.
Cost of living in Suzdal: hostels from 1500 rubles. per night, hotels from 2500 rub. per day.
Souvenirs: Suzdal mead, birch bark barrels.
Murom (260 km from Ryazan)
The city was first mentioned in The Tale of Bygone Years. Today Murom is located in the Vladimir region, on the road from Ryazan to Nizhny Novgorod.
In Murom, tourists are shown the old part of the city, a monument to Ilya Muromets and his home street in Karacharovo, the tomb of Saints Peter and Fevronia, an armored train from the Second World War.
How to get there: along the highway 170 km to Kasimov, then turn to Murom and another 90 km to Murom. There are buses Ryazan - Nizhny Novgorod via Murom, daily at 8:20 from the Central bus station.
Cost of living in Murom: hostels from 900 rubles. per night, hotels from 1600 rub. per day, rented apartments from 1,700 rubles. per day
Souvenirs: wooden products with a “heroic” theme, plates with images of Peter and Fevronia.
Nizhny Novgorod (440 km from Ryazan)
Nizhny Novgorod is a metropolis home to 1.3 million people, and at the same time a city with an 800-year history. There you can see the Nizhny Novgorod Kremlin, where Kuzma Minin gathered the militia against the interventionists, Bolshaya Pokrovskaya Street with historical buildings, the Chkalov Stairs, the place where the Oka flows into the Volga, museums of Maxim Gorky, Academician Sakharov, and Russian photography.
How to get there: along the Ryazan - Nizhny Novgorod highway through Kasimov and Murom. Bus to Nizhny Novgorod daily at 8:20 from the Central bus station. The Kislovodsk-Nizhny Novgorod train passes through Ryazan.
Cost of living in Nizhny Novgorod: hostels from 860 rubles. per night, hotels from 1100 rub. per day.
Souvenirs: things with Khokhloma and Gorodets painting, openwork metal products.
Tula (190 km from Ryazan)
From Ryazan it is easy to get to the “city of gunsmiths”. In Tula there is a large Kremlin with fortress walls and towers; in one of the towers an ancient prison has been reconstructed. The Tula Weapons Museum is considered one of the 100 best museums in the world. There are also museums of Tula samovars and gingerbread, chromatic harmonica, and processing machines. In the center of Tula there is a park named after Belousov with an area of 143 hectares with rare plant species and entertainment attractions.
From Tula they usually go to Yasnaya Polyana, where the estate of the writer Leo Tolstoy is located.
How to get there: along the highway through Mikhailov and Novomoskovsk. There are Ryazan-Tula buses daily at 7:00, 13:35 and 17:35, on Fridays at 15:00 from the Central bus station.
Accommodation in Tula: hostels from 1000 rubles. per night, hotels from 2000 rub. per day, it is convenient to rent an apartment from 1500 rubles. per day
Souvenirs: Tula gingerbread cookies, mini samovars, non-functional models of weapons.
Smolensk (620 km from Ryazan)
Smolensk was considered a “shield city” on the way to Moscow from invaders: Sigismund III, Napoleon I. Tourists go to the Kremlin, the Peter and Paul Church of the 12th century, the Assumption Cathedral of the 17th century with an ancient clock.
Fourteen kilometers from Smolensk there is the Gnezdovo archaeological museum: a settlement where Vikings lived in the Middle Ages has been excavated there.
How to get there: along the highway to the Moscow Ring Road, then bypass Moscow from the south and turn onto the Minsk-Brest-Warsaw highway. Lastochka trains from Moscow at 6:20, 7:15, 11:57, 16:00, 19:17.
Accommodation in Smolensk: hostels from 800 rubles. per night, hotels from 2000 rub. per day, it is convenient to rent an apartment from 1500 rubles. per day.
Souvenirs: linen shirts with embroidery, Smolensk jewelry.
Kaliningrad (1440 km from Ryazan)
The capital of the westernmost region of Russia is located among European countries. Koenigsberg used to be a German city; there is a lot of old architecture and fortifications left there. This is a city on the Baltic Sea, a fleet base, and a center for underwater research. There is an amber museum in the Don Tower, a museum of the world ocean with ships and submarines, a cathedral with the grave of Immanuel Kant, and a museum of the writer Hoffmann.
The Kaliningrad region is a region where casinos and gaming halls are allowed.
20-30 km from Kaliningrad, tourists will find the fortified city of Baltiysk (Pillau) and a nature reserve on the Curonian Spit with a “dancing forest”.
On the highway or railway to Kaliningrad, travelers pass through Lithuania, so an international passport and visa are required for the land route. It’s easier to fly to Kaliningrad by plane from Moscow airport - flights daily at 5:35, 16:00, 16:25 and 19:00 from Domodedovo, at 7:50, 9:00, 16:00, 17:55, 22: 50 from Vnukovo, ticket price - from 2900 to 4200 rubles. one way.
Accommodation in Kaliningrad: hostels from 780 rubles, hotels from 1400 rubles.
Souvenirs: amber products (there is a specialized market near the Don Tower, but prices in stores are lower), antique German things that can be used in the home (sold at flea markets).
Petrozavodsk (1230 km from Ryazan)
The capital of Karelia in the imagination of Ryazan residents is associated with coniferous forests, granite rocks and cold waterfalls. The city is located on the shores of Lake Onega, and in the summer people go on boats along it. They take you to the Kizhi Museum-Reserve with wooden churches and houses. In summer there are long days in Karelia, and in June and July there are white nights.
How to get to Petrozavodsk: along the highway to Murmansk, or to “Arktika” from the Leningradsky station in Moscow.
Accommodation in Petrozavodsk: hostels from 700 rubles. per night, hotels from 1700 rub. per day.
Souvenirs: red fish, red caviar, wild berries (cranberries, blueberries), wooden carvings of various types.
Rostov Veliky (410 km from Ryazan)
The Rostov Kremlin, surrounded by fortified walls, represents the former residence of the metropolitans. Movies were filmed on the walls and belfry.
There are 326 cultural monuments in the city, including wooden houses. The best view of the city opens from a boat sailing on Lake Nero: in the warm season, local residents give tourists rides for 300-500 rubles. In addition to the Kremlin, the city has museums of enamel and Rostov merchants.
How to get there: along the highway 180 km to the Moscow Ring Road, then turn north to the exit from Moscow towards Yaroslavl, then a km to Rostov. Trains from Moscow, from Yaroslavsky station, towards Yaroslavl, Vologda, Vorkuta.
Accommodation in Rostov: hostels from 1300 rubles.
per night, hotels from 2300 rub. per day. For lovers of antiquity - a hotel in the Kremlin chambers 17th century .
Souvenirs: Rostov the Great is the epic homeland of the hero Alyosha Popovich, so all the toys and figurines depicting this character are taken away from here.
Novgorod (780 km from Ryazan)
On every street of the city-museum, tourists are greeted by an ancient temple, tower or ancient monument. Usually everyone sees the Novgorod Kremlin with St. Sophia Cathedral, the Millennium of Russia monument, a unique historical museum (entrance ticket for adults 200 rubles), the Trade Side, the Church of the Savior on Nereditsa, the Church of Fyodor on the Stream, the Church of the Savior on Ilyin, many other temples . Near the city there are Yuriev and Anthony monasteries.
In the middle of the Volkhov River there is a floating restaurant on a sailing frigate.
How to get there: along the M-11 highway to St. Petersburg. Trains from Moscow to Novgorod depart to.
Accommodation in Novgorod: hostels from 600 rubles, hotels from 1300 rubles.
Souvenirs: birch bark products, including birch bark letters, wooden carvings - mugs, spoons, plates.
Voronezh (400 km from Ryazan)
Tourists who want to get to warmer lands than Ryazan go to Voronezh. Voronezh is a large city with a population of about 1 million people. Peter I built ships here since 1695; the city has a reservoir with a sailing ship-museum. In addition, there are museums of the Great Patriotic War "Arsenal", the house of the parents of the writer Ivan Bunin.
How to get there: along the P-22 “Caspian” highway. Every day there are more than 15 trains from the Ryazan-2 station, the fastest and cheapest at 10:27 (less than 4.5 hours on the way).
Accommodation in Voronezh: hostels from 1000 rubles. per night, hotels from 1400 rub. per day. It is also convenient to rent an apartment from 1600 rubles. per day.
Souvenirs: Voronezh matryoshka, Voronezh gingerbread, white kvass.
Kazan (860 km from Ryazan)
The capital of Tatarstan was fabulously transformed before the 2013 Universiade. In the center of Kazan there is a pedestrian street called Bauman with cafes, restaurants, and clubs. There is also the Bulak pond with fountains and the Kazan Kremlin with fortress walls, the leaning Syuyumbike tower and the restored huge Kul-Sharif mosque. There is a beach and an amusement park on the banks of the Kama River. There is a National Museum of Tatarstan and a Museum of Kazan.
How to get there: along the P-180 highway through Saransk. Trains from Moscow from Kazansky station (pass through Murom).
Accommodation in Kazan: hostels from 700 rubles. per night, hotels from 1400 rub. per day.
Souvenirs: Tatar round hats made of silk or paper, slippers with pointed and curved toes, various images of the dragon Zilant from the coat of arms of Kazan, images of Ak Bars (white leopard) from the emblem of the sports club.
Oka State Biosphere Reserve
The Oka Nature Reserve is an incredibly beautiful place and the most picturesque corner of the Ryazan region. The reserve has the most diverse and amazing nature of the region, including: bogs, rivers black with peat, crystal clear lakes, majestic deciduous forests and much more.
Every spring, hundreds of thousands of birds fly to the Oksky Nature Reserve. These are about a hundred species of passerine birds, cranes, geese, waders, herons, rakshas, gulls, etc. The reserve protects unique species of animals and plants, and only in its forests is it possible to admire the rarest orchid - the Lady's slipper.
The famous Oka meadows are full of the smells of herbs and attract with a variety of colors. About 900 species of vascular plants have been identified in the flora of the protected zone of the Oksky Nature Reserve. About 40 species of fish, 62 species of mammals, 6 species of reptiles, 266 species of birds and 11 species of amphibians live and give birth in the reservoirs, meadows and forests of the reserve.
Museums of Ryazan
Museum of Military Automotive Equipment
Currently called the “Museum of Weapons and Military Equipment of the Airborne Forces.” The museum's collection contains not only military equipment and weapons, but also parts and cross-sections of mechanisms. There are also simply exhibits of military awards and military life. All exhibits are located in hangar-type rooms and some are located outside.
The museum also presents a collection of civilian cars from different periods. Address: st. Mikhailovskoe sh., 89 building 3. Opening hours: from 10 a.m. to 4:30 p.m.
Art Museum named after I. P. Pozhalostin
The gallery, with a collection of over 12,000 pieces, includes:
- Old Russian icons
- Paintings, sculptures and other works by domestic and Western European masters from England, Germany and France
- Porcelain, glass and furniture
- Folk art of Ryazan: costumes, woven products, embroidery, ceramics.
Address: st. Svobody, 57, opening hours: from 11:00 to 19:00, except Mondays, tickets: from 70 to 100 rubles, for schoolchildren under 16 years old - free.
Iberdsky. Alexander Nevsky Church
The temple in the name of Prince Alexander Nevsky is located a few kilometers from the village of Iberdsky, Ryazan region, in a beautiful secluded place. The picturesque landscape of the monastery is decorated with the small river Iberd with a handmade wooden bridge flowing at the foot. The holy spring and font located near the temple are especially popular among tourists.
Previously, on the site of the Alexander Nevsky Church there was a convent, which was completely destroyed in the 1930s; the remains of the foundation of the destroyed temple can still be found today in the tall grass. In the early 1940s, a new stone church was erected on the site of the destroyed monastery, and a year later it was consecrated in honor of Grand Duke Alexander Nevsky.
Von Derviz's estate
Kiritsy is an amazing and beautiful place in the Ryazan region, having a combination of bygone splendor, decline and harmony. It is here, on the right bank of the Prony River, that a magnificent architectural structure is located - the von Derviz estate. The site for the construction of the estate complex was a ravine with a small smooth descent to the river.
Once on the territory of the estate there were many attractions, including hanging bridges over ravines, a horse yard, a fence, a system of ponds, grottoes and entrance gates. Unfortunately, many of these unique buildings have not survived to this day. The same buildings that “survived” were slowly destroyed over the years.
Monuments and monuments of Ryazan
The monuments of Ryazan are rich in their diversity and color of completely different eras.
Monument to Grand Duke Oleg Ryazansky
Sculptor Zurab Tsereteli made a statue of Grand Duke Oleg of Ryazan, which was installed on Cathedral Square in 2007. He inherited the throne upon the death of Prince Vasily and died in 1402. Like his wife, he ended his life in a monastery. Counted among the saints.
Monument to Sergei Yesenin
On the territory of the Ryazan Kremlin there is also a monument to the famous Russian poet Sergei Yesenin. You can see it both in the park and during a tour. The Assumption Cathedral is located nearby.
Monument to Evpatiy Kolovrat
At the end of Pochtovaya Street there is a monument to Evpatiy Kolovrat. This is a Ryazan hero of the 13th century, who opposed the grandson of Genghis Khan - commander Batu. He is mentioned in “The Tale of the Ruin of Ryazan by Batu.” It is located almost in the center of the city, and the base of the monument is a small embankment.
Monument to Shurik and Lidochka
There is a sculpture based on the famous Soviet painting in almost every major or resort city. This is a great place for a photo; nearby, in the park, there is the sculpture “Mushrooms with Eyes,” and the monument itself is located on the territory of the university.
Memorial "To the Kuzbass warriors who died in local wars and military conflicts"
The memorial was erected on Margelov Square in honor of soldiers who died in conflicts of the 10th and 20th centuries. The names of almost 250 warriors are engraved in gold on black marble. The opening took place in 2000.
Memorial Victory Monument
Construction lasted 10 years from 1965. The memorial complex consists of an obelisk and a stele. First, the obelisk was completed, and then, in 1975, the opening of the stele took place. A memorial was erected on Victory Square in the center of Ryazan, at the end of Pervomaisky Avenue.
Monument to St. George the Victorious
The monument is 20 meters high with a bronze statue of St. George on top in 2005. Installed in honor of the 70th anniversary of the great victory, located near the Moscow highway.
