Ryazan is a city with almost a thousand years of history, which survived internecine wars, the Mongol-Tatar yoke, was mercilessly devastated and was reborn from the ashes. A city surrounded by the rich Meshchera expanses that inspired Sergei Yesenin and Konstantin Paustovsky.
Guests who visit Ryazan will notice that here history and modernity are combined into one whole. To better understand this temporary symbiosis, it is worth visiting several of the main attractions of the city, which we will talk about in our material.
Visiting Ryazan on the weekend will be interesting for residents of Moscow and the Moscow region, Tula, Voronezh, Tambov, Nizhny Novgorod and other nearby cities, the journey from which will not take much time.
Approximate travel budget for one person – from 3,200 rubles*.
- Round-trip train tickets (from Moscow) from 892 rubles*.
- 1 night in a hostel – from 320 rubles* or in a 3* hotel – from 2,513 rubles*;
- The average bill in a cafe is 400 rubles;
- Walks around the city, travel on public transport, souvenirs – 800 rubles.
Ryazan Kremlin
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Ryazan Historical and Architectural Museum-Reserve is one of the oldest museums in Russia. This is the heart of Ryazan, where there are ancient architectural monuments and museums that tell about the history and culture of the city. The ensemble of the Ryazan Kremlin was created over five centuries: from the 15th to the 19th centuries.
Here tourists can see unique church and civil buildings: Oleg’s Palace, the Singing Corps, the Mob Hotel, the Nobility Hotel, the Cathedral Bell Tower, the Assumption Cathedral, the Nativity Cathedral, the Consistory Building and others. Guests of the city can also stroll along the Glebov Bridge and take a break in the alleys of the Cathedral Park, where you can buy souvenirs and listen to street musicians.
A wonderful view of Ryazan opens from the height of the Kremlin rampart. In the summer, young people gather here for picnics, elderly couples and young families stroll here. And in winter, children and adults organize various winter fun on the shaft. Here you can better see the historical architecture of the Kremlin on the one hand, and modern Ryazan on the other.
Address: Kremlin street, 15
Museum facilities are open Tuesday-Sunday from 10:00 to 18:00**
Website of the museum-reserve: ryazankreml.ru
Oleg’s Palace
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Oleg’s Palace is the largest civil building of the Ryazan Kremlin and an architectural monument of the 17th – 19th centuries. Built on a site where the princely court was located until the 16th century. These are the former residential chambers of the Ryazan bishops; the building also housed their home church, fraternal cells and economic services.
The huge stone building with many patterns resembles a gingerbread house and amazes with its snow-white beauty. Looking at its arches, you involuntarily remember the film “Ivan Vasilyevich Changes His Profession.”
Now the palace houses a museum where exhibitions of the Ryazan Kremlin are presented, with finds from local archaeologists, and also hosts various exhibitions from all over Russia.
Where is located: Kremlin territory
Opening hours: Tuesday-Sunday from 10:00 to 18:00**
Pochtovaya Street (Ryazan Arbat)
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Poshtovaya Street is located in the historical center of Ryazan and is considered the main pedestrian, tourist and shopping street of the city. It starts from Lenin Square and ends at Poshtovaya Square. The postal service is very popular among both local residents and tourists. The townspeople call it the Ryazan Arbat. There are many cafes and restaurants here, street musicians play, and thematic festivals are held. In the pedestrian zone there are various art objects and culturally significant monuments. For example, at the end of the street there is a monument to the legendary Ryazan hero Evpatiy Kolovrat.
Lybidsky Boulevard
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If you go down the stairs from Pochtovaya Street, it smoothly flows into Lybidsky Boulevard – a place for citizens to walk, where cozy paths with benches wind through the alleys, decorated with stone sculptures from various Russian masters.
The boulevard underwent reconstruction in 2015-2017 and is now gaining popularity among tourists. At its beginning, on Münsterskaya Street, is the Old Town Hotel, built in European style.
The hotel area is open, and anyone can visit the adjacent English pub, Viennese cafe, where you can sit on the terrace, and pizzeria. The area in front of the hotel is divided into two parts, one of which resembles little Italy, and the other – a piece of London.
Located at the mouth of the Lybid River, from the Spartak stadium to the Ryazan Circus
Estate-Museum named after. Academician I.P. Pavlova
Photo: pavlovmuseum.ru
In the center of Ryazan, on Pavlova Street, there is a cozy little house where the famous scientist and Nobel laureate Ivan Petrovich Pavlov spent his childhood and youth. Documents, photographs, books and children’s things that belonged to the academician are collected here.
In the museum you can also get acquainted with the works of the great scientist, his discoveries in the field of physiology of blood circulation, digestion and higher nervous activity. Well, after educational excursions, everyone can stroll through the large orchard, taste juicy apples and simply enjoy the atmosphere of the 19th century, which they try to preserve here.
Address: Pavlova street, 25
Opening hours: Tuesday-Friday 9:00–18:00; Saturday, Sunday 10:00–18:00**
Ticket price: 100 rubles
Museum website: pavlovmuseum.ru
S.A. Museum-Reserve Yesenina
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43 kilometers from Ryazan, in the village of Konstantinovo, Ryazan region, there is a museum-reserve of the famous Russian poet Sergei Yesenin. The future poet was born and spent his childhood here.
Not only the house where Yesenin grew up and where he came as a famous poet to gain spiritual strength, but also the Zemstvo school, where little Sergei studied, the house of the priest I.Ya. Smirnov, who baptized the poet and one of the first to notice the young man’s talent, the Kazan Church, the Museum of Anna Snegin’s Poem, the Literary Exhibition and the Spas-Klepikovskaya School.
How to get there: by taxi or by bus from the central bus station to the village of Konstantinovo
Departure time daily at 6:10; 9:40; 13:40; 18:35
Opening hours: Tue-Sun from 10:00 to 18:00, closed Monday
The cost of visiting can be found on the museum website
Bar-museum “Sikera”
Photo: @sikera_rzn/vk.com/sikera62
This bar-museum is located literally five minutes from the main attraction of the city – the Ryazan Kremlin. Here you can not only eat deliciously and try national dishes, but also find out what drinks were preferred in Rus’, taste kvass, mead, moonshine, various home-made liqueurs prepared according to old Russian recipes.
Excursions with tastings are regularly held for visitors (18+),
where they talk about the history of Russian drinks, the secrets of their preparation, as well as their role in folk rituals and traditions.
Address: st. Seminarskaya, 1
Average check – 1000-1500 rubles
Bar menu on the website: sikera-ryazan.rf
The cost of the excursion per person is 400 rubles, duration is approximately 40 minutes. Time: Wednesday-Friday at 15:00, 17:00, 19:00; Saturday-Sunday at 12:00, 14:00, 17:00, 19:00**
You can sign up in the VKontakte group https://vk.com/sikera62 or by phone: +7 (4912) 506-004
City Park
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This park is several centuries old, it borders on an architectural monument of the 17th-19th centuries. – the estate of Gavrila Vasilyevich Ryumin (one of the richest people in Ryazan in the 19th century). The park has been reconstructed and rebuilt many times; Fortunately, the centuries-old trees were preserved. They spread their powerful crowns over the narrow paths along which families with children walk, students sing on benches, and pensioners enjoy the cool shade. The park has several names: some call it City Grove, some call it Drunken Park.
Here among the alleys is the symbol of the city – the bronze sculpture “Mushrooms with Eyes”, illustrating the famous saying “and in Ryazan we have mushrooms with eyes.” The art object was installed in 2013. Now everyone who comes to Ryazan must visit this place and rub “Mushrooms” with their palm for good luck.
Where it is: between Svoboda and Lenin streets, behind the buildings of the Regional Philharmonic and the Art Museum, the main entrance behind the Philharmonic stop
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Preview photo: © www.sotsproekt-ryazan.ru (2017)
