Excursions in Smolensk and Smolensk region

Dear friends! We are glad to offer you our excursion programs in Smolensk!

In the course of our programs, depending on the duration of the excursions, we will follow the historical places associated with the history of Smolensk from the 9th century to the present day, touch the historical secrets and amazing legends of the Smolensk land;

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

take a tour of the oldest churches of Smolensk - pillars and defenders of Russian Orthodoxy, you will touch the walls of the most ancient (12th century) from the preserved temples of Smolensk - Archangel Michael, Peter and Paul, John the Theologian, see the unique remains of colorful frescoes and scratched graffiti inscriptions and other shrines;

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

We will see the place of the martyrdom of St. Gleb (Smyadyn), where in 1015 people sent by Svyatopolk overtook Prince Gleb and killed him;

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

We will pass along the embankment of the Dnieper, where once passed the famous trade route "from the Varangians to the Greeks", it was from Byzantium that Christianity came to Russia, we will see a monument to Prince Vladimir - the Baptist of Russia, the famous Pyatnitsky Tower and the gateway Church of the Icon of the Mother of God Odigitria;

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

visit the business card of Smolensk – the Cathedral of the Assumption, built on the place where Vladimir Monomakh married in the 11th century, whose fame goes far beyond the Smolensk land;

drive through the longest and most interesting of the preserved sections of the Smolensk fortress (towers Orel, Veselukha, Pozdnyakovskaya, Nikolskaya, Zaaltarnaya, Zimbulka, etc.), where you will learn many interesting facts, beautiful legends and secrets of the great Smolensk fortress (1596-1602);

We will visit the Avrami monastery, located between the Avramievskaya and Zaaltarny towers, founded between 1210 and 1219 by Bishop Ignatius of Smolensk.

visit the Ascension Women’s Monastery, founded in the 17th century on the site of the oldest Vasiliev Church;

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

and, of course, make a fascinating walk through the rich history, magnificent monuments, architectural structures, rich green cozy parks historical center of Smolensk (Victory Square, Lopatinsky Garden, Blognier Park, Heroes’ Square, Thunder Tower and much, much more!);

and you will learn about significant events in the history of Smolensk region from the 9th century to the present day, inextricably linked with the history of our state.