"THE RUSSIAN COUNTRY ESTATES"

Arrival in Moscow (or St. Petersburg)

Optional - organized excursion to Moscow (or St. Petersburg) and transfer to the railway station. It is available a shuttle bus from Moscow to Tambov (440 km).

Day 1. Tambov - Ivanovka

Arrival in Tambov

Breakfast in a cafe in Tambov

Transfer to the Museum-Reserve S. V. Rakhmaninov “Ivanovka”(140 km)

Tour of the estate.

In Ivanovka Rakhmaninov relieved stress caused by the life in the capital. The rural life made him open. Almost all Rakhmaninov’s works composed during his last 17 years in Russia were filled with Ivanovka atmosphere. The estate includes the Rakhmaninov House Museum, a restored park decorated with various flower beds, a cascade of ponds, a historical summer stage, and a residential outbuilding. The estate has an extraordinary aura — everything here breathes music and inspiration.

Classical music concert

Tea at the estate

Return to Tambov (140 km)

Check into a hotel

Dinner in a cafe in Tambov

Free time

Day 2. Tambov - Tarkhany

Breakfast in the hotel

Transfer to Lermontovo village (180 km)

Visit Lermontov Museum-Reserve "Tarkhany"

M.Y. Lermontov Museum and Estate in Tarkhany is a unique museum of national value. Michail Lermontov, a Romantic poet and writer, was one of the key characters of the so-called Golden Era of Russian Literature. The museum complex comprises three exhibition groups. The first includes the manor house with the recreated atmosphere of the first half of the 19th century (authentic furniture, objects, paintings, household objects and personal possessions), the church of Mary of Egypt, and several household buildings. The park with orchards, shady oak groves, brooks and the bridge, has a spacious field where the boy played with his friends. The overall collection of the museum complex comprises more than 15,500 exhibits: objects of historical and artistic value, period furniture and furnishings, personal belongings of the family, poet’s paintings and writings, early copies of his published works and illustrations, portraits, icons.

Walk in the park, horseback riding (depending on weather conditions)

Lunch at a cafe in the estate

Return to the hotel, free time. Additional activities are possible depending on the time of year. Additional excursions to museums are possible.

Dinner in the hotel

Day 3. Tambov

Breakfast in the hotel

Check out of the hotel. Boarding the bus with baggage.

Sightseeing bus and walking tour

Cathedral Square. The Transfiguration Cathedral with a majestic multi-tiered bell tower

Kazan Theotokos monastery. Kazan church. The bell tower of Kazan Theotokos monastery — the tallest in the Central Federal District and the second tallest in Russia

Internatsionalnaya Str. (ex Dvoryanskaya). The Monument to the composers Agapkin and Shatrov — authors of “On the Hills of Manchuria” waltz and the legendary “The Slavic Woman’s Farewell“ march.

Tambov Arbat. The monument to Tambov treasurer’s wife.

Sovetskaya St — the central street of the city.

Naberezhnaya St — the most beautiful place of the city. The monument to the Tambov Man. The monument to St. Peter and Fevronia, the patrons of family happiness, love and loyalty.

The Cathedral of the Intercession. The monument to Archbishop Luke (Voyno-Yasenetsky).

The Roman catholic church, built in neo-Gothic style.

Visit to the Historical and Cultural Museum Complex “The Aseyevs’ Estate” (branch of the Peterhof Museum).

A walk in the park. Excursion in the museum.

M.V. Aseyev’s house (Museum Complex “The Aseyevs’ Estate”) was designed by Moscow architect Lev Kekushev in 1905. Built in Art Nouveau style with its original facades and exclusive decorative touches the house strikes by its unique beauty and refined details. After the revolution, the mansion miraculously survived. On the territory of the estate there is a wonderful park with firs, maples, elms, lindens, birches but most importantly oaks. Just in front of the main entrance a visitor’s attention is riveted by the multiphase fountain with dynamic lighting. The marble copy of Venus de Medici statue overlooks the whole fountain area.

Lunch in a cafe in Tambov

Excursion to the House-museum of G.V. Chicherin

G. Chicherin is known as a famous Russian diplomat, historian, publicist, musician and music expert. The wooden one-storey building with an attic imitates the stone architecture of the first half of the 19th century is the place where Georgy Chicherin spent his childhood years. The museum displays a great variety of documents, manuscripts, books, household items and personal belongings of the Chicherins.

Dinner in a cafe

Transfer to the Tambov railway station

Departure to Moscow (or St. Petersburg)

Arrival in Moscow (or St. Petersburg)

Upon request - an excursion in Moscow (or St. Petersburg) and transfer to the airport.

The price includes

·       accommodation in a hotel in Tambov, 2 nights

·       meals: 3 breakfasts, 2 lunches, a cup of tea at teatime, 3 dinners

·       sightseeing tour of Tambov

·       visit and excursion to the Historical and Cultural Museum Complex “The Aseyevs’ Estate” (Tambov)

·       visit and excursion to the House-museum of G.V. Chicherin (Tambov)

·       visit and excursion to the Museum-Reserve of the composer and musician S.V. Rakhmaninov, concert, tea party (Ivanovka)

·       visit and excursion to the State Lermontov Museum-Reserve "Tarkhany" (Ivanovka)

·       entrance fees to museums

·       transport service according to the excursion program of the tour, 2 days

·       guide and translator services

Additionally paid:

• air/train travel

• excursions in Moscow (or St. Petersburg)