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- Get Acquainted with The Greatest Ever Russian Poet - Alexander Pushkin
- Enjoy Picturesque Russian Nature
- Feel Like A 19th Century Nobleman
- Laugh with Emigre Writer Sergei Dovlatov
- Stay in An Atmospheric Hotel Or Soviet-Style Campsite
The ‘Pushkin Hills’ 370 miles west of Moscow were named in 1922 when the area was turned into the Alexander Pushkin museum-reserve. It includes three countryside estates connected with poet’s life - Mikhaylovskoye, Trigorskoye, and Petrovskoye, as well as the Svyatogorsky Monastery where he is buried. In 1824 Pushkin was exiled to his family estate...
Walking around can make anyone a poet. Green hills flow into meadows and valleys with streams, haystacks and windmills, while the far line of the horizon ends on the edges of forests… A miraculous view! All the three estates have huge territories where one can spend the whole day wandering, feeling the expansive space. There are also parks with coz...
Mikhaylovskoye and Petrovskoye were estates granted to Pushkin’s great grandfather Abram Gannibal. He was the son of an African prince who was taken into a Turkish captivity and later brought to Peter the Great as an exotic present. Peter baptized the boy into Orthodoxy, became his godfather and gave him noble status and a brilliant education. Abra...
"I own a color postcard titled The Pskov Expanse. And now I'm here I want to know - is that the expanse?" wrote Sergei Dovlatov in his Pushkin Hillsautobiographical notes. When the writer was banned from being published in Soviet papers, magazines or books, he came to Pushkin Hills to earn some money and worked as a tour guide for two summers. He d...
There is an option to visit Pushkin Hills for a one day tour from Pskov (about 90 miles away). It’s a great ancient city that is also worth visiting. But if you want to spend more time walking around Pushkin Hills, it’s better to have at least one night there. And there are several options for accommodation. Internet booking sites have lots of hous...
The year, 2020, made people focus on domestic tourism, and so our editor went to Pskov and found out that it’s a wonderful city and a must visit for all future travelers to Russia - and even ...
Apr 8, 2019 · Lying on the outskirts of urbanity, the honest photographs in 'Draft Russia' weave a narrative of human vulnerability, addiction, candour, and pathos. Remarkably, all of his pictures were taken using his iPhone – images he likes to share on his Instagram feed, that has so far attracted over 360,000 followers (at time of writing).
7 cave monasteries in Russia (PHOTOS) Travel May 24 2024 Anna Popova Getty Images In search of solitude, monks chose not only remote monasteries, but also created ...
Jan 27, 2012 · Today the walls of Pskov, much decayed by the 19th century, have been partially restored and make up one of the most impressive fortresses in Russia. During the 14th century, construction occurred ...
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