Kolomna - the trading capital of the Moscow region

Trade relations began with business contacts and ended, as a rule, with the establishment of family relations. By the beginning of the XIX century, the same merchant names could be found in all these cities. The most famous names of Kolomna merchants Kislov, Sherapov, Shevlyagina, Meshchaninov. Kolomna in the XVIII - first half of the XIX centuries is characterized by the dawn of manufactory production, in which the Kolomna merchants play a central role. You will also learn what the Babi market is, and where the Zhitnaya and Uman Square were located. About this and more, you will certainly learn from our author's tour of Kolomna, which can be done in a group or independently with our individual guide.

From our author's tour you will learn, walking along Kolomna Posad, about the trade relations of old Kolomna. Kolomna XVIII – XIX centuries, usually called a merchant city. It was crossed by many trade routes, the largest of which is the land Astrakhan highway. Through Astrakhan and Kolomna transported goods from Persia and China to Moscow and St. Petersburg. Here, in Kolomna, was one of the transshipment points of all-Russian trade with the countries of the East. Local merchants maintained close ties with merchants from Moscow, Voronezh, St. Petersburg, Ryazan, Taganrog, Astrakhan and other cities. In Kolomna there is a confluence of three rivers: the Kolomenka River, which gave the name to the city, the Moscow River and the majestic Russian Oka River.