Sviyazhsk. Village? City? Island? Fairy tale or reality?
Oh, here the Vorobeichikovs visited the island, almost on Buyan
Probably, everyone, or at least most of those who came to Kazan for tourism purposes, try to visit Sviyazhsk, a city founded by Ivan the Terrible as an outpost (if in a modern way), the base of their troops during the war with Kazan. And Kazan is very close - 30 kilometers. The uniqueness of the city is also in the fact, rather, in the fact that the powerful wooden walls of the fortress and all the main buildings were built in Uglich, and then disassembled along the Volga on rafts were melted down to the confluence of three rivers - Volga, Sviyaga and Pike, where they gathered again. Here is such a constructor.
In general, we were no exception, and joined the ranks of curious tourists in Sviyazhsk.
Photo from the Internet
My husband and I were already on this island in January 2015. Oh, and it was cold, what a frost it was then! So, I don’t really remember anything from those times, except for the saving cognac from the local shop, otherwise we wouldn’t have survived : )).
2015 This miracle of technology was discovered in one of the courtyards of Sviyazhsk. Cool stuff
Since we came to Kazan on a hot July 2020, we just needed to fill in the gaps in our memory regarding Sviyazhsk. Yes, and the children wanted to show the island-town, according to all sorts of notions, presumably, of course, which served as the prototype for Pushkin's island Buyan. Although they, the children, are not very interested in either the island or Ivan the Terrible and all sorts of captures of Kazan. It’s not interesting yet, but we, without being very persistent, of course, unobtrusively show and tell, you see what will be postponed... But this, as they say, is a completely different story).
By the way, about the history of the glorious town of Sviyazhsk: I will not reprint it, it is well known, in everything is on the Internet. That is why I decided to share just photos, without delving too much into the centuries. And what I would like to say once again is that it became an island only in the middle of the last century. Yes, yes, this transformation happened during the construction of the Kuibyshev reservoir (1957). Until that time, the village of Sviyazhsk (and until 1932 the city) was located, as mentioned above, at the crossroads of the rivers and quietly lived its rural life. And what we see now is just a few streets that have been preserved on an unflooded hill. And then they came up with for tourists about ". . . Past the island of Buyan, into the kingdom of the glorious Saltan... " : ). Actually, Pushkin was in these places only two years after the creation of the fairy tale.
Fabulous approach to the design of a mailbox in one of the households in Sviyazhsk
Nevertheless, Sviyazhsk is very colorful and original, an island of Russian history, both literally and figuratively. In 2009, the historical, architectural and art museum-reserve "Island-city of Sviyazhsk" was created on the territory of Sviyazhsk. We visited a period of universal restrictions, when the museums and exhibitions included in this complex did not receive visitors. Therefore, I can’t tell or show anything about them. More information about various events held during favorable periods of modern life can be found on the official website of the reserve.
And we will just walk along the streets of Sviyazhsk, admire the Sviyazhsk landscapes...
We approach Sviyazhsk along a dam, built only in 2009. Until that time, since the formation of the island, it was the most island - only water communication with the so-called mainland.
It was a cloudy day. And even drops of rain scared. We thought for a long time whether to take dad's huge umbrella from the car. But laziness was stronger. It didn't rain, fortunately for us. The weather was hot in those days. The cloudiness seemed to be a salvation after the sweltering heat. But the photos came out gloomy. Therefore, I confess that all the sunless plots are slightly clarified.
Sviyazhsky Mother of God Assumption Monastery (1555). Gateway Church of the Ascension of the Lord:
In the Church of St. Nicholas the Wonderworker in the Assumption Monastery. For a symbolic 100 rubles. you can see the cell of the founder of the monastery, Archimandrite Herman, climb the bell tower and see the exposition dedicated to the history of the restoration of the monastery. Frankly, the cell did not interest us. A place possibly important for pilgrims.
But climbing the bell tower is absolutely necessary for us.
But a little disappointment awaited us at the top. You can climb only to this platform, there is no higher:
We still got some views. True, I had to mess with the window bars a little. But in vain did they climb : )
By the way, children under 14 are not allowed in because of the steep steps. We begged under our responsibility. And why aren't they allowed? There are just none of these steps:
Somehow it so happened that we are always drawn to some kind of jungle from the beaten tourist paths:
And then. . . And not quite wild, it turns out:
By the way, the street is called the Pike River Embankment. So there are lanterns, as on all decent embankments. I like this! I wonder if they work.
The coast is steep and high. There is a nice beach downstairs. The children just got tired, they say, it's time to swim. Wow, how much water! And, you see, they are hot.
And on this high bank they settled... right with the specific characteristics:
It's not my bad nature to seek out various ugliness. This is for history. The thing is not at all outlandish for us, my childhood was spent in the village, and the offspring spend their summers in the same village. But this is the first time I have met such a multiple format. "Houses" are clearly already abandoned. Opposite is a partially abandoned, partially residential two-story building with several apartments.
Oh, and we swim. Fortunately, we are still at the age when you can do without specials. bathing suits. And dad is so purple in general, how to call underpants - swimming trunks, "boxers" or "families" : )). Well, my mother no longer began to illuminate the world with her lace, she remained on the shore, on guard, so to speak.
Sviyazhsky expanses:
Security : )
Museum of the Civil War. The building was built in the first half of the 19th century. There are no photos from that winter trip five years ago. But a very sad sight comes to mind. And now - handsome!
When planning the route, I had the idea to use water transport: summer, heat, new experiences, again, for children. But tickets for a high-speed flight (30 minutes one way) are sold only for a round-trip, and only at the box office of the Kazan river station, there is no online. Between arrival and departure flights to explore the island, there is something about 3 hours. I do not want to be limited in time if it is possible not to be.
Left - Archaeological Tree Museum. Strange, some kind of bunker. . . But it turns out ". . . In the center of the museum space there is an archaeological excavation site with a reproduced urban development of the 16th-18th centuries. Log cabins of wooden huts, fences, wooden pavements are placed where they were found, and distributed over three levels in accordance with the age of the finds, so that you can see how the cultural layers grew... ". It would be interesting to take a look, now for the next time : )
Water of Sviyaga. On the opposite coast of the island in Pike, there is complete calm. And then there it is - almost a storm.
Church of Saints Constantine and Helena (late 17th century). The church is very photogenic. And, perhaps, all the guests of Sviyazhsk have similar photos:
But not everyone has a "loaf" : )
Entrance to the courtyard of the stylized Sviyaga hotel. For some reason, the building was left behind the scenes. The hotel is also notable for the fact that it is located in a former almshouse.
There are a few more photos of interesting historical buildings of the town in the album. I will not upload, and so a long photo series. In the meantime, we'll take a look at the John the Predchetensky Monastery. Here it is, the neighborhood of different times!
A witness to the birth of the city of Sviyazhsk– The Trinity Church built in 1551 in Uglich and transported along with the future fortress walls
The Church of Sergius of Radonezh (1604)
In the meantime, the clouds began to scatter. And the sun released its hot July rays.
Sunny repetition of the beginning
- Cool island! I have not yet seen the islands, - said the son, chewing on a loaf of black bread. “But he doesn’t look like Buyan. No, there are all sorts of turrets in the picture in the book. Many of them. . .
“Oh, well, stupid, ” the sensible daughter snorted. - It looks like. . .
(We smile at children's reasoning)
The photo was taken, however, at the very beginning of the walk, when, as usual, smelling edible aromas from the monastery bakery, I urgently wanted to eat. But a brick of bread was regularly gnawed all day later : )). Frankly, the taste of baking was not impressed. But this is so, a trifle. Why exactly bread? But such taste preferences of a tomboy : )
Hands will never get to that trip to Kazan. , in the sense of telling and showing : ). But something has already been drawn:
A short note about the Kazan Family Center "Legends around the family pot"
