Streets with riddles, courtyards with secrets and boring stories from the life of Smolensk people

The cost is indicated from ...; for 1 hour of excursion without renting transport, depends on the season and the number of people.

On this excursion, I will tell you not only about the history and architecture of Smolensk, but also about human destinies, exploits, incredible strength of spirit of the Smolensk people.

And, of course, stories from everyday life, sometimes more interesting than any novel.

Well, a bit of mysticism, because Smolensk is not only a Hero City, a Key City, but also a mystery city.

You are waiting at home with surprises, elegant mansions and incredible stories from the life of Smolensk.

What not to see on a classic sightseeing tour

We will admire the buildings of Art Nouveau and eclecticism, fabulous neo-Russian style and wooden architecture, as well as the majestic residential houses of Stalin’s empire.

Let us discuss how charity was born in Smolensk, public education and newspapers were published.

We will find a monument of brick architecture "fire depot complex" and find out what it surprises us today.

We will see the building of the first Smolensk public museum and the first Smolensk “skyscraper”; as well as the building “from the creator” of the house of Bulgakov Margarita in Moscow.

We will admire the mansion of the richest merchant in the city of Pavlov, talk about the experiment “all surprisingly” hapless architect and see the “House of Heroes of the Iron Stream”.

From the life of Smolensk and Smolensk

Recall the governor who restored Smolensk after the devastation of 1812, let’s talk about the tragic end of his career.

• Fans of detectives will like stories about the mystery of the Bridge of Sighs, a double murder in the hall of the Noble Assembly, adventures in the Smolensk region of Sonka-Golden Pen and the incident that happened in Smolensk with V. Vysotsky and M. Vladi.

• I will tell you what role Smolensk played in the creative path of V. Vysotsky, F. Ranevskaya, A. Netrebko, D. Hvorostovsky and A. Arkhipovsky.

• Follow the footsteps of the leaders and emperors, you will find out where the "difficult guests" of our city stayed - Boris Godunov, Peter the Great, Catherine the Great, Lenin, Stalin, Napoleon and Hitler;

• M. Glinka, F. Chaliapin, V. Mayakovsky; as well as the first cosmonaut of the world Yuri Gagarin.

What places will you see?

The tour is individual, the program can be adjusted "for you", depending on the program of excursions you have already visited.

The house of the merchant Pavlov

Ascension Monastery

Commune House

The first Smolensk University and the oldest gymnasium

ooh Karl Marx and the Secret Courtyard

the building of the Main Post Office and the building of the Smolensk Provincial Zemstvo Administration ("Shekhtel House")

ooh Dzerzhinsky

ooh Tenishe

ooh Great Soviet (Southern section)

ooh Communist, House with Lions

Atmospheric courtyard with "Fire Depot Complex"

And much more!