Excursion to Tetyushi

Tetyushi is an ancient city on the banks of the Volga, which has preserved the charm of the county merchant town. In a small cozy town, a merchant building has been preserved in excellent condition: this is the building of the men's (1914) and women's (1906) gymnasiums, finally, the house of the Zemstvo doctor Alexander Nikolaevich Bogolyubov.

In the house of the merchant Serebryakov there is a museum of the history of Tetyush region. In Tetyushy there is the longest wooden staircase on the Volga, its length is about 400 steps. It is in Tetyushy that there is a monument to the beluga. The life of the city is connected with the Volga and fishing.

You can visit the noble estate of the Molostovs, where you can get acquainted with the quiet provincial life of the nobles of the 19th century. The ancient noble under the Molotsovs comes from the Novgorod boyars of the 16th century. Representatives of the family participated in the capture of Kazan, were leaders of the nobility, and young Lev Tolstoy was in love with Zinaida Molostvo.