Kashir legends

With the most complete version of the legends of ancient Kashira, which is located 100 kilometers from Moscow, you will get acquainted on excursions. The city is located on the right bank of the Oka River, and it has long been called the Blue Belt of the Virgin. With the river, with the Belopesotsky and Nikitsky monasteries, with the name, development of the city and historical personalities who visited it, Kashir stories and interesting facts are associated.

The tour includes acquaintance with the main attractions of the city. These are buildings of the late 18th, 19th and early 20th centuries, temples and the golden-domed Assumption Cathedral, the Nikitsky Women's Monastery, on the territory of which there is an observation deck with a magnificent view of the Oka, the Belopesotsky Monastery and the surrounding area.

You will get acquainted with the unique layout of the city, which preserved the features of the late Middle Ages, you will see monuments to Sagittarius and Sergius of Radonezh, Pushkin and the rector of Moscow University Dvigubsky, the specific burial place of which is still unknown.

During the tour you will hear the most complete version of Kashir legends. You will learn how Kashir is connected with the names of Dmitry Donskoy and Sergius of Radonezh, Ivan the Terrible and Peter the Great, Catherine the Great and Alexander the First, the family of the last Russian Emperor Nicholas II. You will find the story of how Christmas was celebrated in Kashira in 1820.

During a walk around the city, we will climb to the observation deck of the bell tower of the Assumption Cathedral.

Author's walking tour (or on foot + auto) through the historical part of the ancient suburban city of Kashira with the most complete version of Kashir legends and interesting historical facts. Walk along the main street of the city and the neighboring narrow streets, inspect temples and monuments, buildings-monuments of architecture, visit the observation deck. The route program is based on the preferences of tourists.