Theatre Square
Description:
The theater square was formerly called Yamskaya Sloboda, which was located on the southern outskirts of the city. On the site of the Emerald store and the Institute of Culture stood stone pillars-towers, marking the border of the city. In the early 1940s they were demolished.
In 1788 the Nikolo-Yamskaya church was built. In 1822 a bell tower was added to the temple.
On May 30, 1819, Emperor Alexander I, who visited Ryazan, stopped at the southern edge of the city in “a small but clean and tidy hut.” At the request of local residents, a chapel was erected in memory of this event in the center of Yamskaya Square. It stood in the place where the fountain is now located. After the revolution of 1917, the chapel was demolished. However, the appearance of the settlement itself remained unchanged until the 1940s.
Among the attractions of the square: Drama Theater, Fountain "Masks", Ryazan Institute (branch) MGUKI, monument to K. Tsiolkovsky