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Vasilisevo Open Air Museum

spanic — Tue, 08 Sep 2009 00:52:33 +0000

Vasili`s Manor was build in the beginning of the XVIII century. It is located on the shore of the Tvertza river, 3-4 kilometers from Torztsa city. This place was converted into a museum in the year 1976. Some wooden statues and structures were transported here from other places in the Tversky region to make it a more complete exposition.

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Map of the museum:

Church of the Transfiguration, build around 1732.

A view on the Tvertzi river.

This seems to be a water powered mill.

Helicopter ride over the Tversky Region

spanic — Tue, 11 Aug 2009 00:46:02 +0000

The whole trip was made on a Robinson R44 helicopter, images below.

The Robinson R44 helicopter parked on the landing zone near Old Melkovo Village.

Just a bunch of lakes for now, you can check them out on the map: http://wikimapia.org/#lat=56.6713675&lon=36.3234615&z=14&l=0&m=b

On the left we can see the “Oktaborskaya” railway.

A church built in honor to Ioan Predtechi in Maslov, in year 1864.

A bird farm near Riazanovo.

Some kind of a factory near the farm.

Just a village.

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On the right, we can see the village Otrokovichi. Further there is an unknown lake and the river Volga.

The “Konakovskaya” Power Station

Village Babnya

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Another church.

The new bobsled track.

Golf club “Tselevo”

A small town called “Iksha”

Carting track “Mayak”

Inside the helicopter…

And back on the landing pad again…

Russian History Festival

spanic — Sun, 09 Aug 2009 20:43:42 +0000

In the year 2009, the festival of ancient Russian history and culture Gorodetsky Gulbische will be held for the third time. This year the festival is located in the Podolsk district of Moscow region in the «Slavic Kremlin» on the river Rozhayka near the village Valischevo.

The festival is dedicated to ways of living and customs of ancient peoples of Russia and its neighbors in the IX-XI centuries (so-called “Viking age”). Early middle Ages are one of the dramatic and most adventurous pages of our history when the basis of our culture and state were founded.

Gorodetsky Gulbische is a living history festival, which means that any guest of the festival can become not just an eyewitness but also a party to the events of Russian history millennia ago. An extensive program of activities for the Festival includes the grand opening, the presentation of reenactment societies throughout Russia and its neighbors, the parade of the participants, permanent Early ages Field Camp, and the combatant fighting shows, historical and theatrical programs, concert of folk music, contests in historical costume and armor, tournaments of historical fencing, archery and master-classes on ancient crafts, the program popular games, horse riding, photographs in historic costumes with the participation of the audience.

Shushenskoe Village Museum

spanic — Sun, 09 Aug 2009 05:05:17 +0000

For long time, Shushenskoe was the place of Russian political exile, first of so called Decembrists (participants in the unsuccessful revolt against Tsar Nicholas I in December 1825), then of Polish insurgents from the rebellion of 1860 and finally of revolutionaries of the late 1890s. The most prominent personality among the exiled was Vladimir Ilych Lenin known as the main leader of the October Revolution of 1917. While in exile in Shushenskoe (1897 – 1900), he got married with Nadezhda Krupskaya there in 1898.

In 1970, a museum was open to commemorate Lenin’s exile, i.e. his life in Shushenskoe, bringing fame to the village, both in Russia and abroad. After the Soviet period, the museum was transformed into an ethnographic institution – a unique open-air museum preserving a traditional Siberian village and pre-revolutionary Russian culture of the late 19^th century in its entirety. Alongside the house of Lenin’s exile, the museum contains many other well-preserved rural buildings with plenty more historical artifacts on display. The museum also facilitates its own souvenir production that allows visitors observing how individual souvenirs are produced by skilled craftsmen. Visitors can even try to make their own souvenirs at the museum and take part in special lessons offered to learn such traditional crafts as pottery, wood carving, weaving, etc.

Nowadays, Shushenskoe is a place of revived folk traditions and Siberian hospitality. The first weekend of July, during the international ethno-music festival ‘Sayan Ring’, Shushenskoe reverberates with traditional music featuring singers and other performers from the entire Siberia and abroad. This for Siberia unique event provides an opportunity to hear the famous Tuvan throat-singing, to see Shamans and their rituals, or to try playing a traditional folk music instrument oneself. Other great festivities include New Year’s Day and Maslenica (similar to Shrovetide and Pancake Day celebrated before the Lent in Europe), both replete with many popular events and fairs. During the Maslenica celebrations, traditional procession in the village streets with burning of Maslenica effigy (symbolizing the end of harsh winter) is organized.

For those wishing to experience a cozy atmosphere in a Siberian izba (peasant’s house), savouring traditional Siberian tea (made from mountain herbs) or trying delicious bird cherry pie, Shushenskoe is the right place. Furthermore, there are a number of restaurants and accommodation facilities in the village and its surrounding. The village has also its own vodka distillery. The trip from Shushenskoe to Cheremushky (entry point to the mountain segment of Shushensky Bor National Park and Sayno-Shushensky Zapovednik) is in itself a scenic drive, with many interesting sites and places to see.

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