Smolensk

Stories, blogs and reviews about the city Smolensk

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Photo Blonje Garden in Smolensk

Blonje Garden in Smolensk In Smolensk, in the very center of the city, opposite the dramatic theater, the Philharmonic building ( …

Photo Smolensk Ascension Women's Monastery.

Smolensk Ascension Women's Monastery.Smolensk is one of the oldest cities in Russia, and is traditionally believed to be located o …

Photo Smolensk (Talashkino) - country estate of Princess M.K. Tenisheva.

Smolensk is a country estate of Princess M.K. Tenisheva. Tenisheva(Pyatkovskaya) Maria Klavdievna - princess, public figure, colle …

Photo Museums in Smolensk.

Museums in Smolensk.Of course, as in any ancient Russian city (and Smolensk was first mentioned in the chronicle in 862), there ar …

Photo Typical Smolensk - special signs

Friends and acquaintances constantly ask you not to gack.You call your lips “mushrooms,” and as a child, grandmothers promised to …

Photo Natalia Strukova from Smolensk paints paintings at the bottom of the sea

Natalia Strukova from Smolensk paints at the bottom of the sea. Scuba diving, she takes canvases and oil paints with her and paint …

Photo The Night Poem of Smolensk. Excursion with a lantern - invite to the presentation of a new excursion

We love to come up with new excursions, so we are in a hurry to share them with you. The romance of the night, the spirit of crea …

Photo What's going on in Smolensk?

Everyone around, it seems, only likes to complain that everything is wrong in Smolensk, and everything is wrong, that there is now …

Photo How to show Smolensk to friends and relatives

Last week Pasha and Katya came to visit from Voronezh. We met Pasha on an educational trip to America a year and a half ago. Despi …

Photo Budnikov House in Smolensk

Budnikov House in SmolenskOne of the most unusual, simply fabulously beautiful city building of Smolensk is the former house of in …

Photo New tour! Birds and Beasts of the Lopatinsky Garden

Informative biological walk in the center of Smolensk with entomologist Oleg Semionenkova n Cries of birds and animals, how often …

Photo Legends of the Smolensk fortress: Orel Tower

Legends of the Smolensk fortress: Orel TowerThe Smolensk fortress wall is the third longest in the world and the second (after Con …

Photo Cat House in Smolensk.

Cat House in Smolensk.On the Ascension Hill of Smolensk, next to the Ascension Women's Monastery, which gave the name to the hill …

Photo Invitation to the presentation of a new tour of Smolensk

? Dear friends! September 20 at 21.00 we are waiting for you on our new excursion "Night poem about Smolensk". A lantern tour? ? …

Photo Billboards with sights of Smolensk decorated the highway Moscow-Minsk

When I saw one of these three billboards telling about the tourist potential of our city, on the border of Smolensk, I was amazed, …

Photo Why it is useful to stand at the Smolensk railway station with a sign "Walking in Moscow"

The other day I had a group from Walking around Moscow, with these wonderful guys who make many interesting excursions in Moscow, …

Photo Happy City Day, Indifferent Smolensk!

I have never met Nikita Belykh, I have almost never followed his political activities, I don’t know much about the history with hi …

Photo How we read the "Night poem about Smolensk"

Photographer, journalist and social activist Yevgen Gavrilov, who carried a camera and other cunning devices around us and our vis …

Photo How can you find Smolensk in almost any city in the world?

I have one amazing habit: when I go on a trip to Russia or other countries, I definitely look for Smolensk there. It may sound st …

Photo Where new graffiti appeared in Smolensk and why walking is useful in any weather

This year, I noticed that people are much more active on excursions in bad weather, especially in the rain. Previously, in such …

Photo What to read about Smolensk?

Friends, as we promised, lay out a "list of literature", what to read about Smolensk, and photos that we showed on the excursion " …

Photo What happened and was the most recent tour of Smolensk in my life

Can you give our guests a tour today? I can... Wait, but today is almost over. Yeah, they have a concert until nine, then dinner, …

Photo Smyadyn is the place of martyrdom of St. Gleb.

In 2015, the Orthodox world celebrated the 1000th anniversary of the martyrdom of Saints Boris and Gleb. Many Russian churches, ch …

Photo The Secret Life of the Smolensk Apples

Vitamin quest and sweet master class On Sunday, October 20, the Efimkin Excursion Bureau, Smolensk Confects and Headquarters invi …

Photo Invitation for a tour of Smolensk from Istanbul

I like to invite everyone on a trip to Smolensk. Catch today's invitation from ancient and beautiful Istanbul, a city that is a l …

Photo Smolensk tram turned 118 years old

Tararam! October 20, 1901 in Smolensk opened tram traffic Some interesting facts about the Smolensk tram: - From the first da …

Photo Secret dungeons of Istanbul and here Smolensk

When we went to Istanbul this year, we had the task of visiting the site of the former Odigon Monastery, probably the largest and …

Photo What books we read during the Night tour of Smolensk

Light, witty, action-packed and... kind! These are the detectives of Smolyansk Lyudmila Lvovna Gorelyk, appearing in the series “A …

Photo WE'LL PLAY A BOOK ON THE TOUR

Prismaks, left-handers, excommunicators, fathers, tataluy, overcooking, tertoushnik, kumpyak, polendvitsa, kindyuk, valeniki - the …

Photo Incredibly, it's a fact: The Dnieper begins in the Smolensk region

“Dnieper in calm weather, when freely and smoothly rushes through forests and mountains full of its waters. It won't stir, it won' …

Photo THE ETHIOPIANS COUNCIL – HISTORICAL MUSEUM

Often on excursions we are asked whether to go to the Smolensk Historical Museum? Of course I am. Want to see the caroling swor …

Photo What is the Sheinov Bastion?

The faceted tower of the fortress wall once towered in the current city center. At different times, it or its location was called …

Photo Museum in the Thunder Tower "The Terrible 17th Century"

The Grown 17th Century Museum The museum space occupies 4 tiers of the Thunder Tower. The expositions are devoted to the events o …

Photo In the footsteps of Midwest Vampires

In Smolensk, you can walk through the streets and parks after the heroes of the series "Vampires of the Middle Lane", filmed in ou …

Photo Smolensk - the city of great glory

One of the most beautiful cities in Russia and probably the whole world is Smolensk, our city has the greatest potential for touri …

Photo Assumption Cathedral - Smolensk region

The main and most majestic attraction of Smolensk is the Holy Cathedral of the Assumption, which is located on the highest place o …

Photo Abrahamic Monastery

History. Architecture. LegacyMany Smolyans are well aware of the site of the Fortress Wall, which is located from the Eastern part …

Photo Bronze Deer

Sculpture, deer, trophyIn Smolensk, there is one very interesting monument (sculpture) - this is "Deer" on Blogna. As long as he w …

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