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Journey to the border with the "Wild Field"

15 June 2022
Journey to the border with the "Wild Field"


This is an opportunity to drive through the places where in the XVI - XVII century the Streltsy and Cossacks kept watch over the forest-steppe strip, from where nomads raided our state for many centuries.

After visiting two small ancient towns on the banks of the Oka River, Belev and Chekalin, with their strange streets and merchant houses, monasteries and temples, you will get acquainted with their rich history. Through interactive museum exhibitions, you will learn about the daily life of these settlements in bygone centuries, as well as about their heroic past .

Why did they build a Large Serif line in the 16th century?

How did they serve on it and repel the raids of the Crimean Tatars in those turbulent years?

What exploits, centuries later, did the soldiers and commanders of the Red Army, as well as ordinary residents, perform during the Great Patriotic War?

What crafts and crafts were these lands famous for in peacetime?

What do Belevsky craftsmen use to create magic lace?

When did they start making apple paste here?

Which city is the smallest in our country?

You will get an answer to these and many other questions by going on a Saturday trip that will envelop you in the peaceful atmosphere of beautiful provincial Russia.

 



The program starts on June 18 at 9.00

The bus departs from the Tula Samovars Museum (address: 8 Mendeleevskaya Street, Tula.

Duration: about 11 hours

Cost: 2,750 rubles/person (including lunch)

Phone numbers for recording: 8 (4872) 52-08-98, 8 (953) 995-85-91

Museums included in the route:

  1. P.V. Zhukovsky Museum of Local Lore (114 K.Marx Street, Belev)
  2. Pastille Museum "Old Traditions" (Belev, Privokzalnaya street, 21b).
  3. Devyagorsko-Likhvinsky Historical and Landscape Museum-Reserve:
    • The Likhvin Antiquity exposition (35 Kaluzhskaya Street, Chekalin),
    • The exhibition "Likhvin's Military pages" (37 Kaluzhskaya Street, Chekalin).

Route program

Time The program Address, contacts
9.00 Departure from Tula Tula, Mendeleevskaya Street, 8 (at the Tula Samovars Museum)
9.00-11.00 Transfer from Tula to Belev
11.00-11.50 Tour "Keeper of Time" P.V. Zhukovsky Museum of Local Lore , 114 K. Marx Street, Belev
12.00-14.00 Guided tour of the pastille Museum "Old Traditions" G. Belev, Privokzalnaya street, house 21 b
14:00-14.30 Transfer to Chekalin
14.30-15.20 Lunch 35 Kaluzhskaya Street, Chekalin
15.20-16.00 Likhvin Antiquity tour The Likhvin Antiquity exhibition
35 Kaluzhskaya Street, Chekalin
16.00-16.10 Transfer to the house of the merchant "Pronin"
16.10-16.50 Excursion "Likhvin's Military pages" The exhibition "Likhvin's Military pages"
37 Kaluzhskaya Street, Chekalin
16.50-17.30 Walking sightseeing tour "Chekalin – the smallest historical city in the country"
17.30-18.00 Cathedral Mountain tour "Two Fortresses"
18.00-20.00 Transfer from Chekalin to Tula
20.00 Return to Tula Tula, Mendeleevskaya street, 8 (at the Tula Samovars Museum)