Alexei Pavlovsky

One of the most famous tour guides in Rostov-on-Don, I have been successfully working for more than 15 years, during this time I created more than 30 author’s routes. I am happy to respond to the interest in my hometown, ready to tell about any side of its history: economic, cultural, architectural, political, criminal, household, etc.
This allows you to freely select a story for a specific customer - both on the topic and along the route.
I run my own YouTube channel about the history of the city.
I specify the cost per service, because interesting communication is not measured in hours. When the story is interesting to listeners, the guide can work endlessly.

Rostov-City, Rostov-Don (bus, minibus, car, pedestrian)

Sightseeing tour. You can trace the entire history of the city - from the 18th century to the present day. You will visit the site of the Temernitsky outpost founded by Peter I, the customs and fortress created in its place, you will see the famous Old Bazaar, Naberezhnaya, City Garden, Nakhchivan, unique buildings and monuments. You will learn the stories that brought our city the glory of the criminal capital of pre-revolutionary Russia, one of the centers of the White Movement, the City of Military Glory, the most compact city in our country with a million inhabitants.

City of Great Opportunities (bus, minibus, car, pedestrian)

Historically, the territory of present-day Rostov-on-Don was used by different peoples as a place of active trade. A large port, openness to any investment at the beginning of the XX century made the Don capital a major industrial and logistics center not only in the southern region, but also on the scale of the entire Russian Empire. The Soviet period gave the city new factories. During the tour, you will learn about the peculiarities of doing business in the Don, see enterprises of different eras, learn the stories of talented Rostov entrepreneurs.

Donska Babylon (bus, minibus, car)

Since the middle of the XIX century, Rostov-on-Don has become a place of attraction for the most enterprising and decisive representatives of various peoples. Despite the difference in the national way of life, religion, customs and traditions, all together they created a unique flavor inherent in our southern city. Many colors in this picture added the Great army of the Don. During the tour, you will learn about the peculiarities of the settlement of the city by a variety of peoples, see religious buildings of various religions and confessions, hear amazing stories of life and life of various national groups.

ROSTOV-PAPA (bus, minibus, car, pedestrian)

This is the legend of "Rostov-pope" - the city that became the mecca of the criminal world a century and a half ago. You will visit places associated with mysterious and bloody crimes, where there were thieves' raspberries, dens, underground gambling establishments and houses of tolerance. You will be shown the place where the famous Sonka Golden Pen operated, you will be told about the only demonstration of criminals in Russia, the most daring robbery of the twentieth century. And, of course, the legendary Old Bazaar, Rostov embankment and Bogatyanovsky Central...

Cultural code of a Rostov citizen (bus, minibus, car, pedestrian)

The cultural code is the key to understanding the type of culture of our city. You will find a story about the features that unite the inhabitants of the city, about the origin of urban legends, unique features inherited by modern Rostovites from previous generations: original place names, folk names of all known objects, speech turnovers inherent only to Rostov residents.

Legendary Rostov (bus, minibus, car)

A story about myths and stereotypes that arise in Rostov residents when they talk about their city and its history. Together with the guide, we will try to understand what is transmitted from generation to generation is true and what is fiction, how urban legends and myths arise. You will find out who really belonged to the “Paramonov warehouses”, is it true that there is a real underground city near Rostov, how many buildings after World War II were built by captured Germans, is Rostov-on-Don the capital of the Don Cossacks, how many times in our city began to build a subway and much more.