Peter the First and Tula Krai (2 days / 1 night)

Day 1

10.00 - the beginning of the program Thematic city sightseeing tour "Tula and Peter I"

Master classes to choose from:

• forging business (making horseshoe),
• in the carpenter's,
• by all (artistic processing of the tree of Tula gunsmiths).

13.00 - Lunch (optional)

Excursion to the necropolis of industrialists Demidov. Visit to the Nikolo-Zaretsky temple and tomb. The Demidovs are a dynasty of brilliant entrepreneurs-miners, known for their activities in the search for ore deposits and the construction of factories; this is a kind of merchants; skilled diplomats; conscientious lawyers; military; naturalists; writers and musicians; travelers; zealous collectors of art and antiquities; patrons and generous benefactors.

Excursion to the Museum of Weapons (new building "helmet" on the street Oktyabrskaya, permanent exhibition). It is one of the oldest museums in the country. Unlike the Hermitage, the Armoury and the Historical Museum, where Tula weapons are mainly represented by samples with artistic decoration, the Tula Museum has a collection of weapons from Petrine times to the present day. Here is a collection of weapons from the 14th century to the present: original samples of cold, hunting, dueling, combat, sports, for special forces.

18:00 - End of program

Accommodation in a hotel (independently). Dinner.

Free time.

Day 2

Breakfast at the hotel (independently). Release of rooms

Excursion to Tula Maritime Museum. The exhibition is arranged in chronological order.

• Shipbuilding of the ancient Slavs and the participation of Tula breeders in the construction of the first warship "Eagle" in 1667-1669: in the windows you can see authentic exhibits (mainly random finds) aged at least two or three centuries. These are cannonballs, forged nails, axes and other items that could well have been related to shipbuilding on the shores of Upa and Oka. The Petrovsky era is closely connected with metallurgical and weapons production - the fleet under construction on the Voronezh River needed everything that Tula produced at that time. To deliver the products of Tula enterprises and manufactories, the Ivanovo Canal was even dug, connecting Moscow with Tula, Voronezh and the Sea of Azov. In addition to reproductions of ancient maps and engravings, the exhibition also presents authentic objects of the era of Peter the Great.
• The main showcase of the exposition is dedicated to the underwater discovery of Tulaks - the ship "Saint Alexander", which sank in 1786 in Western Crimea at Cape Tarkhankut. The exhibition presents marine navigation and navigator devices, existing manuals and simulators for training in marine science and other rarities that have been inherited from the Young Sailors Club.

Leave Tula. Travel information

Excursion to the Historical and Memorial Museum Complex "Bobriki" is one of the oldest museums in the Tula region. Established in November 1933 as a museum of the Moscow Coal Basin, it has grown significantly, becoming one of the cultural centers of the region. Funds of the museum complex have more than 26 thousand units of storage. These are such unique objects.

• as a timber from the lock gates of the Ivanovo Canal, built in the upper reaches of the Don in the first quarter of the XVIII century by order of Peter I to connect the Volga and the Don;
• memorial collection of representatives of the family of counts Bobrinsky;
• archaeological finds found on the territory of the Don;
• collection of documents and items about the history of coal mining in the region;
• lifetime editions of the works of the founder of theoretical cosmonautics K. E. Tsiolkovsky;
• materials about the past and present of Donskoy.

Lunch

Departure to Epiphany. Travel information.

Walking tour to Epiphani – the capital of the Kulikovo field “In search of Ivan Lake”.

18:00 - end of the program.

Guide services.
Additional services: tickets to museums, transport services, food.