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Podolsk is a city in the Moscow region of Russia. It forms an administrative-territorial unit and a municipal unit of the same name with the status of a city okrug. Podolsk is located on the Pakhra River (a tributary of the Moskva River). One of the largest satellite cities of Moscow (the second after Balashikha). Podolsk is located south of Moscow, about 15 km south of the Moscow Ring Road.
The main main street of Podolsk is the Warsaw Highway
coming from the north of Moscow, called Lenin Avenue in the city. In the
center, on Lenin Square (Generation Square), it forms an “arrow” and is
divided into Warsaw Highway itself (going towards Maloyaroslavets) -
Kirova Street and Old Simferopol Highway - Bolshaya Serpukhovskaya
Street. In the vicinity of Lenin Square and the bend of the Pakhra River
there is the historical part of the city with surviving
pre-revolutionary merchant houses, churches, a local history museum and
the constructivist heritage of the Soviet era. One and a half kilometers
from Lenin Square there is the Podolsk railway station and the main city
park. It is possible to get around the city center on foot in a few
hours, but it is better to get to distant attractions by transport,
along the main streets.
An interesting option could be the scenic
walking route shown in the figure. Starting in the central park, you can
walk 6 km along the right bank of the Pakhra River in a couple of hours,
seeing the pre-revolutionary merchant buildings, the Trinity Cathedral,
the Ivanovskoye estate and the famous Znamenskaya Church in the
Dubrovitsy estate, not far from it is the baroque Ilinskaya Church in
the village of Lemeshovo . There are no signs on the route; you can only
walk or bike, preferably in good weather, as part of the path consists
of dirt paths.
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In the bend of the Pakhra River, the historical spirit of the old
merchant town, which has now grown into a large industrial center, is
best preserved. During Soviet times, Catherine's layout of 1784 was
disrupted by multi-story buildings, so the pre-revolutionary buildings
in the center survived only in fragments. The historical buildings are
best preserved on Karl Marx Street and Lenin Avenue, which are worth a
stroll along first.
1 Trinity Cathedral , Cathedral Square, 3A.
The oldest surviving temple in the city was built in 1819-1832. in honor
of the victory in the Patriotic War of 1812 according to the project of
O.I. Beauvais in the Empire style. It has a five-domed completion and
was originally conceived as the core of urban development. The structure
is made of brick and stone blocks, covered with white and yellow plaster
and is located on a high hill near the Pakhra River. The temple was not
closed during Soviet times, so it retained the original iconostases from
1898 in the interior. A good view of the cathedral opens from the
Central Park of Culture and Leisure named after. Talalikhin on the
opposite bank of the river. Opposite the cathedral there is a landscaped
square with an obelisk to the grenadiers of Miloradovich, erected in
honor of the centenary of the Patriotic War in 1912.
✦ Lenin Avenue
(formerly Moskovskaya Street). One of the first streets in the city that
has preserved the historical appearance of the county merchant center.
The area from modern Lenin Square to the Pakhra River was built up
mainly in the second half of the 19th century with stone merchant
mansions. Here it is worth paying attention to the 2nd house of the
merchant Kananykin (no. 146), which has preserved its historical decor,
and the 3rd house of the merchant Tolkushev (no. 138) with a curious
brick ornament around the windows. From Pakhra to Krasnaya Gorka, mainly
examples of wooden merchant architecture have been preserved. The most
authentic here is the 4th house of the merchant Bochkov (no. 106) and
the 5th brick mansion of the merchant Robinov (no. 98/9).
6 House of
merchant M.A. Solodkova, Revolutionary Ave., 53/44. The most outstanding
example of Art Nouveau in the city was built at the end of the 19th
century by A.F. Shamshina, a relative of Moscow industrialists. Her
initials are A.F.Sh. can still be seen under the eaves of this mansion.
There is an assumption that the architect of the house was the famous
F.O. Shekhtel, who previously supervised the construction of the
Shamshin apartment buildings in Moscow. In 1910, the house was purchased
by the famous Podolsk merchant Mikhail Solodkov, who already had another
mansion in the city on the former Nikitskaya Street. Opposite the house
is the printing house of the merchant Toshchakov, built in 1903 from
brick in a simpler style.
7 City Council Building, st.
Februaryskaya, 65. Here, in a building with a well-preserved
pre-revolutionary brick facade, the City Duma was located, and later the
women's gymnasium. Wide, high windows and massive bricks testify to the
good work of the builders. Locally produced bricks were used during
construction - they were produced at a factory in Shepchinki by merchant
Nikolai Fedorovich Baranov. If you manage to go to the side or rear
facade of the building, then on the walls you can find about a dozen
factory marks on bricks “N.F. Baranov." This mark is also found on other
city brick buildings, but here it is especially visible.
8 Merchant
house with blind platbands, st. Bolshaya Zelenovskaya, 7. A classic
mansion with a first brick and second wooden floor. It is notable for
the fact that it has preserved the massive blind platbands
characteristic of ancient houses in the Moscow region, and, after the
destruction of similar platbands on the house of the merchant
Perevyazkin in 2022, they are the only ones of their kind in the city.
The modern center of Podolsk between Lenin Avenue and the railway
station. Here are the main monuments of constructivism and Stalinist
architecture, as well as the ensemble of Public Places of the 1820s,
where the Local History Museum is now located. Along the right bank of
the Pakhra River stretches the main city park named after V.V.
Talalikhina.
9 Glory Square. The main square of Podolsk, where
citywide holidays and special events take place. In the center there is
a monument to the soldiers of the Great Patriotic War and home front
workers, with an Eternal Flame. Along the perimeter of the square are
the Lepse House of Culture, one of the best buildings in the
constructivist style, and the building of the Podolsk Infantry School,
from where Podolsk cadets went into battle in the fall of 1941.
10 The Singer department store building, Revolutionary Ave., 50/34. A
striking brick house with characteristic features of the Art Nouveau
style. It was erected in 1913, as proudly evidenced by the inscription
on the facade of the building. At the corner end there is a clock that
lights up bright scarlet at night.
11 Constructivist residential
building on Revprospekt, Revolutionary Ave., 25/12. The calling card of
Podolsk residential constructivism, erected in the 1930s. If you're
lucky, be sure to look into the fourth entrance of this building, which
has a strictly triangular shape. Nearby, on both sides of Revprospekt,
there is a mixed constructivist-Stalinist building with skylight glazing
at the entrances, bent corners of the facades, and dates of construction
on the façade.
12 Church of the Resurrection of the Word, st.
Krasnaya, 24. Erected at the end of the 18th century from white stone on
the site of a wooden church that burned down in 1728. During Soviet
times, it was closed and used as a production facility. Restored in 1999
with reconstruction of the historical appearance. The building is
interesting for its interior paintings and gilded mosaics on the
exterior walls. The area around the church has been landscaped and a
number of modern sculptures have been installed here.
13 “Round”
house, st. Rabochaya, 32/24. A noticeable building from 1938 with a
constructivist corner round part is located opposite the main entrance
to the Talalikhin Culture and Recreation Park. If you look closely, you
will notice that the facade along Rabochaya Street has a rectangular
roof relative to the wall, while the roof of the facade along Baramzina
Street is located at an angle of 45 degrees.
14 Residential building
– “palace for workers”, st. Rabochaya, 36. An outstanding example of
pre-war Soviet architecture with a stepped layout. The building
initially had a multi-level attic and was more reminiscent of a royal
palace, which reflected the spirit of late Stalinist architecture - the
construction of “palaces for workers”. During the war, the house was
severely damaged and after reconstruction it lost the decorative
elements of the attic, but retained the decoration of the facade, and
together with neighboring buildings it is the face of the pre-war
Stalinist architecture of the city.
15 Monument to Catherine the
Great. Opened in Ekaterininsky Square, 300 meters from Podolsk station,
in 2008. The sculptor depicted the empress at the moment of signing the
decree “On the establishment of the Moscow province” in 1781, thanks to
which the village of Podol received the status of a city.
One of the main main streets of Podolsk, starting from Lenin Square
and turning into Varshavskoye Shosse on the southwestern outskirts of
the city. The street is located on the way to the Ivanovskoye and
Dubrovitsy estates; public areas and a number of interesting monuments
are concentrated along it.
16 Generation Square (“Strelka”), pl.
Lenin. The central city square near Lenin Square, which lies at the
intersection of three main highways and is informally called “Strelka”
among Podolsk residents. The park has a modern clock tower and a light
fountain with a jet height of more than 10 meters. Opposite the square
there is a utilitarian administration building, in the traditions of
late Soviet modernism, and a small park with a monument to the poet A.S.
Pushkin. If you go around the administration building, you can come
across another, less well-known monument to the liquidators of the
Chernobyl accident of 1986 in the form of a huge stone with a carnation
flower. On Lenin Square itself there is the largest monument to the
Soviet leader in the city, behind which there is a square with a bust of
V.V. Stekolnikov, a nuclear scientist who worked at a local enterprise.
17 Zemskaya Hospital, st. Kirova, 38. Central city hospital, in the
courtyard of which you can see buildings from the late 19th - early 20th
centuries. The most remarkable building - the hospital staff house - is
located in the very depths of the territory. The small two-story
outbuilding from 1911 is a subtle stylistic imitation of the Royal
Palace of La Magdalena in Santander, Spain, built two years earlier.
Also noteworthy is the cardiology building with windows in the
neo-Gothic style - this was originally the very first building of the
zemstvo hospital. Entrance to the hospital grounds is free, except at
night, so connoisseurs of historical architecture can safely go there.
18 Leo Tolstoy Boulevard. A modern pedestrian zone dedicated to the
famous writer, who walked through Podolsk from his Yasnaya Polyana
estate to Moscow. At one end of the boulevard there is a full-length
monument to Leo Tolstoy, and at the opposite end there is a fountain
“Natasha Rostova’s First Ball”, where the main characters of the novel
“War and Peace” spin on a rotating pedestal. The place where the
fountain is located among Podolsk residents is called “Motherland” -
after the cinema that no longer exists. Now the building of the former
cinema is occupied by the MVideo equipment store, the decoration of
which has preserved a large Soviet sgraffito panel dedicated to peace
and happiness.
19 Monument to Podolsk cadets. One of the symbols of
Podolsk, installed in 1975 in the park next to the former buildings of
the Podolsk Artillery School, where the archive of the Ministry of
Defense is now located. The monument made of sheet stainless steel
shines in the sun and is an allegory of the “iron men” who blocked the
path to Moscow in October 1941 to an enemy superior in number and
technology. Next to the square is the Central Archive of the Ministry of
Defense, where a significant number of documents from the Great
Patriotic War are stored: both local historians and people who try to
find information about relatives who took part in hostilities come here.
And on the surrounding Khrushchev buildings you can see modern murals on
military themes.
20 Ivanovskoye Estate, st. Parkovaya, 1. A noble
estate in the style of Palladian classicism on the picturesque bank of
Pakhra, in the former village of Ivanovskoye (now the microdistrict of
Podolsk of the same name). Known since 1627 as the family property of
the Golovins, it later passed into the hands of Count Fyodor Tolstoy,
brother of the great writer’s grandfather. Under him, a two-story manor
house with two single-story outbuildings, a theater and an in-house
church, which has survived to this day, was built, an interesting
architectural whim - a tea pavilion, as well as stables and a carriage
house. In the 19th century, the estate was inherited by Tolstoy’s
daughter, Agrafena Zakrevskaya, the wife of the Moscow governor-general.
Under the Zakrevskys, the estate takes on a modern look and becomes the
cultural center of the Moscow province: writers, poets, artists visit
the house; one of the most famous guests of the estate was Pushkin.
After the revolution, the estate was turned into a hostel, gradually
deteriorated and collapsed. In the 1960s, students from a local
vocational school restored the estate and opened a museum of vocational
education here, which gradually became similar to the museum of history
and life of the Podolsk region. The tea house houses a small biological
museum with stuffed animals from the Moscow region. The concert hall
hosted performances by artists and theatrical performances. The stables
and theater have also been preserved, but are in ruins. The estate is
currently being renovated and the museum is not open. But you can take a
walk through the English park, which now looks more like a forest, and
examine the exteriors of the estate buildings. Bus No. 4 runs here from
the center of Podolsk - to the final stop “Poselok Volodarskogo” (once
an hour) or you can walk for half an hour.
The territory between Bolshaya Serpukhovskaya and Komsomolskaya
streets and the Kursk direction railway tracks, which is occupied by the
remains of the former Singer plant, one of the unspoken symbols of
Podolsk and a large example of pre-revolutionary industrial
architecture.
21 Singer sewing machine plant. At the very
beginning of the 20th century, the Singer company decided to build a
plant in Podolsk for the production of sewing machines, which before the
revolution began to be sold en masse throughout the Russian Empire. The
plant survived nationalization, and throughout the 20th century, Podolsk
sewing machines became firmly established in the everyday life of almost
every Soviet person. A monument to the Singer sewing machine was even
erected near the building of the Local History Museum. The plant's
production buildings are located closer to the railway, but the
enterprise did not survive the 1990s, and the buildings were partially
leased and partially abandoned. The city administration’s plans include
ideas for reconstructing the factory buildings and opening the territory
to tourists, but so far they have not been implemented. However, a good
view of the ancient red brick buildings of the plant opens from the road
bridge over the Kursk Railway. The crown of industrial architecture here
are two powerful chimneys, on which the year of construction is
inscribed in brick - 1914.
22 “Zinger” civil quarter. The civil
buildings of the Singer plant can be seen walking along Bolshaya
Serpukhovskaya Street. House No. 1 at the intersection with Matrosskaya
Street is a real school building built by Singer in 1912. Further on the
left side of the street there are four two-story mansions in the Art
Nouveau style, which the plant built for its engineering and technical
workers. Each house has its own stylistic feature: somewhere a section
of the wall or attic is made of wood, somewhere the house is more
elongated, somewhere it’s the other way around. Opposite the ensemble,
it is worth paying attention to the residential building of officers of
the Podolsk cadet schools, a representative building of the late 30s
with Empire decoration and beautiful balustrades.
The village of Dubrovitsy adjoins Podolsk from the west and has
practically merged with the city. Here, at the confluence of the Desna
and Pakhra rivers, the Dubrovitsy estate is located - one of the most
interesting noble estates in the southern Moscow region with the
Znamenskaya Church, unique for Russia. You can get here from Podolsk
station by bus No. 65, which runs every half hour.
23 Dubrovitsy
estate. For free. The patrimony of the princely family of Golitsyn, who
owned this land since the 17th century. In the middle of the 18th
century, the main house of the estate was built in the classicist style,
which subsequently underwent several reconstructions. At the front
entrance to the house there are preserved estate lions, the only ones of
their kind in the southern Moscow region. After the revolution and
nationalization, a museum of landowner life was opened in the estate,
which was closed in the 1930s, and the interior decoration was
completely taken to other museums. Since the mid-50s, the estate has
been under the jurisdiction of the Institute of Animal Husbandry; access
to the main house has been limited - there is no museum here. Several
outbuildings have survived to this day, as well as the luxurious
neo-Gothic gates of the horse yard, which are clearly visible from the
road. The estate park has also survived, although it is now in a state
of disrepair. The main interest in the estate is the Church of the Sign,
next to which, on a hill, an observation deck with the best views of it
was erected. Not far from the temple, by the river, there is a singing
field, a favorite place for walks and picnics for Podolsk residents,
where public events are often held. For example, in the fall the
Tsvetaevsky Bonfires festival takes place: a memorial stone was erected
here for the poetess.
24 Znamenskaya Church. 11:00–16:30. One of the
most beautiful and unusual churches in Russia with rich decor on the
outside and a “museum of sculpture” inside. The white stone church in
honor of the “Sign” icon was erected from 1690 to 1703 in the mature
Baroque style by the tutor of Peter I, boyar Boris Golitsyn. The temple
has a unique form for Russia: with a dome in the shape of a carved
gilded crown, walls richly decorated with decorative bas-reliefs and a
base in the form of a cross, rounded at the ends. Due to the
inconsistency of the temple with Orthodox canons and the pretentiousness
of the style, Patriarch Adrian refused to consecrate it - this was done
only after his death, in 1704, in the personal presence of Tsar Peter I.
The three-tier bell tower of the mid-18th century was demolished in
Soviet times, but was restored in 2022 . Now the temple is operational:
inside, instead of the usual frescoes, it is richly decorated with
sculptures and high-relief compositions on biblical subjects.
25 Ilyinskaya Church in Lemeshovo. 9:00–17:00. It is located in the
village of Lemeshovo, where in 1690 the wooden Church of Elijah the
Prophet, which previously stood on the site of the Znamenskaya Church in
Dubrovitsy, was moved. In 1753, a new Baroque church was built on the
site of the dilapidated church. During Soviet times, the temple was
badly damaged; the interior interiors were not preserved. Now the church
has been restored; it fits perfectly into the landscape on the high bank
of the Pakhra River. Next to the temple there is an iron bridge over
Pakhra, crossing which you can walk to the Dubrovitsy estate in 15
minutes.
There are several Orthodox churches in the city, among which the
Cathedral of the Life-Giving Trinity (also popularly known as the Holy
Trinity Cathedral or Trinity Cathedral) and the Church of the
Resurrection of the Word (Renewal of the Church of the Resurrection of
Christ in Jerusalem) stand out.
The most famous of them is the
Trinity Cathedral, built in 1819-1832 in honor of the victory in the
Patriotic War of 1812 and is a five-domed cathedral in the Empire style
with a three-nave refectory and a three-tier bell tower. Among the
churches in the southern Moscow region, Trinity Cathedral is the only
one with a five-domed finish. The architect of the cathedral is Osip
Ivanovich Bove, famous for the reconstruction of Moscow after the fire
of 1812. Trinity Cathedral was created as a compositional center of
urban development, so a high hill above the Pakhra River was chosen for
its construction. Trinity Cathedral has its own shrines: this is the
Jerusalem Icon of the Mother of God, revered by Christians for allegedly
delivering the city from cholera in 1866, two reliquaries with particles
of the relics of 140 saints, the icon of the New Martyrs of Podolsk.
During the years of Soviet power, Trinity Cathedral was the only
functioning city cathedral in the Moscow region.
One of the
oldest churches in Podolsk is the Church of the Resurrection of the Word
(or simply the Resurrection Church) on Krasnaya Street, which is
mentioned in the scribe books of 1627-1628, when the village of Podol,
which was the patrimony of the Moscow Danilov Monastery, was located on
the territory of the modern city. The first church was wooden, which
caused a fire in 1722. In 1728, an appeal was sent to the Synodal State
Order for the construction of a stone church. But after permission was
received, the construction of the temple dragged on for 40 years. At the
end of the 18th century, the Church of the Resurrection became the
cathedral church of the city, and the cathedral rector became the dean
of the churches of the Podolsk district of the Moscow diocese. However,
after the construction of the Trinity Cathedral, the temple became the
city cemetery church. In the middle of the 19th century, the church was
repaired and an independent parish was restored. But with the
establishment of Soviet power, church property was confiscated, and in
March 1929 the Resurrection Church was closed. There were even plans to
redevelop the Orthodox church into a local history museum with the
establishment of a revolutionary department in the main altar of the
church. Subsequently, the church was significantly destroyed (including
the bell tower), and it was turned into a workshop for the production of
tombstones. In the adjacent cemetery, where those who died from the
cholera epidemic of 1848 and closed in 1924 were buried, an industrial
technical school was built, and a sports and children's playground was
installed. Subsequently, the church was used for other economic
purposes. The first divine liturgy took place only in 1995. Between 1995
and 1999, the Church of the Resurrection was actually revived.
Ivanovskoe
One of the famous attractions of the city is the former
Ivanovskoye estate, which currently houses the Museum of Local Lore and
the Museum of Professional Education of Russia. For the first time,
Ivanovo as a patrimonial estate was mentioned in the scribe books of
1627. At the end of the 17th century, the estate belonged to the okolnik
Ivan Ivanovich Golovin and his heirs, in the second half of the 18th
century - to Field Marshal Mikhail Fedotovich Kamensky. At the end of
the 18th century, Ivanovskoye came into the possession of the senator,
Leo Nikolaevich Tolstoy’s great-uncle, Count Fyodor Andreevich Tolstoy.
It was by his order that the artistic complex of the estate was created.
The compositional axis of the estate runs along the access alley,
through the center of the estate palace and further along the terraces
to the Pakhra River. In the center of the ensemble is a three-story
building. The wing buildings are stretched along Pakhra, the side wings
are stretched forward. Not far from the main entrance there is a park
pavilion. A two-story theater building was built in line with the main
house, to the side of which there was a utility yard. After the death of
Fyodor Tolstoy, the estate passed to the Count, Governor-General of
Finland (1823), Moscow (1848-1859) Arseny Andreevich Zakrevsky, who
carried out the reconstruction of Ivanovsky: passages were built
connecting the central part of the building with the wings, a church was
located in the eastern wing, A fence with a stone gate was installed.
Subsequently, Ivanovskoye was the property of Countess Agrafena
Fedorovna Zakrevskaya, Countess Sofia Vasilievna Keller and the
Bakhrushin family, who in 1916 donated the estate to the Moscow city
government for the establishment of a medical and educational
institution for orphans.
Pleshcheyevo
The lands on which the
former Pleshcheyevo estate is currently located have been known since
the 14th century, when they belonged to the Chernigov prince Fedor
Byakont. His youngest son, Alexander, who was a boyar of Dmitry Donskoy,
received the nickname Pleshchey for his broad-shouldered figure,
becoming the founder of the famous Pleshcheyev family (hence the name of
the estate). In the 17th century, these lands passed to the boyars
Morozov, and later to Vasily Petrovich Pospelov (in his honor the
peasants named the Pleshcheyevo estate Pospelov or Pospelkov). From the
second half of the 17th century, Pleshcheyevo-Pospelovo belonged to
State Councilor Alexander Ivanovich Perepechin. At the beginning of the
19th century, Pleshcheyevo passed to Prince Alexander Alexandrovich
Cherkassky, who in 1820 ordered a design for his estate from the
architect Evgraf Dmitrievich Tyurin. As a result, a brick main house was
built in the classicist style and the first floor of the human
outbuilding (the second floor was later erected by the architect Dmitry
Andreevich Koritsky). Subsequently, the estate was the property of the
Lazarov family, and then von Meck. At their invitation, in 1884 and
1885, the Russian composer Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky visited
Pleshcheyevo, who wrote “Concert Fantasy” here. In 1908, the owners
transferred the estate to a cement plant. In 1919, the estate housed a
children's labor colony, since 1925 - a tuberculosis clinic, and during
the Great Patriotic War - the Podolsk women's sniper school.
The
house-museum of V.I. Lenin is also noteworthy. The Ulyanov family lived
in Podolsk for some time, and Lenin visited the city more than once.
The city has many monuments, memorial signs, and memorial plaques.
The most famous of them are:
Lenin monument. Sculptor - Z. I.
Azgur, architect - L. P. Zemskov. Installed in the central square of the
city, named in his honor, on October 29, 1958 on the site of a two-story
wooden hotel, popularly nicknamed the “Peasant’s House.” The leader of
the October Socialist Revolution visited the city in July 1900. Earlier,
in May 1898, the Ulyanov family settled in Podolsk. Letters from Lenin,
who was in exile in Siberia at that time, were sent to the city, with
instructions for the publication of his works, in connection with the
revolutionary underground. During the days spent in Podolsk, Lenin
thought through the complex issues of transporting the first all-Russian
illegal Marxist newspaper from abroad to Russia, illegal appearances and
addresses were planned (all that ensured the publication of Iskra).
Monument to the Cadets of Podolsk Military Schools, who, together with
units of the 43rd Army, held back the onslaught of Nazi troops and
helped gain time to bring up reserves to Moscow. During the Battle of
Moscow, Podolsk cadets destroyed about 5 thousand German soldiers and
officers, 100 tanks and armored personnel carriers. The monument was
opened on May 7, 1975 at the intersection of Kirov Street, Parkovaya
Street and Archive Proezd. The production of the monument was entrusted
to the machine-building plant named after S. Ordzhonikidze.
An
architectural and sculptural ensemble on Glory Square (formerly 50th
Anniversary of October Square), dedicated to the Great Patriotic War of
1941-1945. Authors: Y. Lyubimov and L. Zemskov. Installed in November
1971. Carved on a large concrete slab are Soviet soldiers rushing into
battle with grenades and machine guns, as well as the words: “To the
heroes of Podolsk, who defended their Motherland, honor and freedom with
their lives.” In 2010, the ensemble was reconstructed: to the right of
the slab with carved Soviet soldiers and the stele, a memorial complex
to the military and labor exploits of Podolsk residents during the Great
Patriotic War was opened. The eternal flame was placed in front of the
reconstructed stele. In addition, the complex included a monument to
fellow countrymen who died while performing international duty in
Afghanistan and combat missions in Chechnya (sculptor - Honored Artist
of Russia A. A. Rozhnikov, architect M. V. Tikhomirov). At the same
time, after an appeal from the council of war veterans, labor veterans,
the Armed Forces and law enforcement agencies to the city
administration, it was decided to call the square “Glory Square”.
Monument-obelisk to the grenadiers of Miloradovich who fell on Podolsk
land in 1812. Consecrated and opened on October 1, 1912 on the 100th
anniversary of the Patriotic War of 1812. The initiators of the creation
of the monument were the Podolsk City Administration and the Zemstvo.
Authors: sculptor Chernyshev (production of the cast zinc eagle),
engineer Grigoriev (supervision of construction). Located on Cathedral
Square in front of the Trinity Cathedral between Bolshaya Zelenovskaya,
Fevralskaya and Revolutionary Avenue streets. It is a tall tetrahedral
pyramid topped with the Alexander eagle. The rectangular pedestal is
framed by eight pyramidal pedestals connected to each other by a massive
chain. There is a plaque on the monument: “September 22, 1812. The
Russians, under the command of General Miloradovich, fought all day
between the villages. Voronov and Tarutin with Murat’s corps blocked the
French’s path to the camp of the Russian army led by Kutuzov.” During
the years of Soviet power it was converted into a monument to Karl Marx,
but in 1995 it was restored.
Monument to Viktor Vasilyevich
Talalikhin. Sculptor - Z. I. Azgur, architect - L. P. Zemskov. It was
opened on May 9, 1960 with funds earned by Komsomol members. Located in
the Central City Park named after. V.V. Talalikhina. The monument is a
bust of the hero on a granite pedestal. On the pedestal there is an
inscription “To Viktor Talilikhin” and a metal plaque with his biography
and description of his feat.
Monument to Mikhail Illarionovich
Kutuzov. Sculptor - S. M. Udalova, architects - O. G. Lyubarskaya, S. V.
Kudrina. Opened in 1995. In 2012, in honor of the 200th anniversary of
the Patriotic War of 1812, the monument was updated: the foundation of
the stele was redone, portraits of Russian commanders who participated
in the events of 1812 were added to the composition. Located in the
Kutuzovo microdistrict at the intersection of Sosnovaya and Borodinskaya
streets. It is a 22-meter composition, on top of which is a sculpture of
Archangel Michael made of stainless steel.
Monument to Catherine II.
Sculptor - A. A. Rozhnikov, architect - M. V. Tikhomirov. Opened on
September 14, 2008. Located in Catherine Square near Vokzalnaya Square.
The monument depicts the Empress at the moment of signing the Decree of
October 5, 1781, which reads: “... we most graciously command that the
economic village of Podol be renamed a city...”
Monument to Alexander
Sergeevich Pushkin. Author: Viktor Mikhailovich Mikhailov. Opened on
June 6, 1999 and installed on the 200th anniversary of the poet’s birth.
Located in the park to the right of the Podolsk Administration building
(other places for installation were proposed: the Ivanovskoye estate,
the park in front of the Lepse Palace of Culture, the square near the
old city committee). The monument is a bust of the poet made of
red-brown granite, which stands on a column of black granite. The
position of the poet's hands is close to the portrait of Kiprensky, with
the right hand placed on the shoulder and the left hand on the bust. On
the pedestal there is an inscription: “My friend, let us dedicate our
souls to our fatherland with wonderful impulses.”
Bronze sculpture
"Justice". Author - D. V. Kukkolos. Installed on December 23, 2005 on
the territory of the new building of the Podolsk City Court. The Podolsk
goddess of justice has classical attributes (scales, sword, blindfold),
and also holds in her right hand a shield with the image of the coat of
arms of Russia.
Bust of Alexander Vasilyevich Nikulin - Honorary
Citizen of the Moscow Region, Honorary Citizen of the city of Podolsk,
the first popularly elected Head of the city of Podolsk (1992-2003).
Installed on October 6, 2012 in the park located near house 34/29 on
Revolutionary Avenue. Sculptor - A. Pliev, architect - M. Korolev.
Monument to Alexey Arsentievich Dolgy - Hero of Socialist Labor, General
Director of the Podolsk Machine-Building Plant named after S.
Ordzhonikidze (1960-1974). He initiated the creation of vocational
school No. 27, the first indoor swimming pool in the city; with his
active participation, a monument to Podolsk cadets was built in Podolsk
and the palace was restored in the Ivanovskoye estate. The monument was
erected on October 6, 2012 in the park located on the street. Parkovaya,
7.
Monument to Lev Nikolayevich Tolstoy, who passed through Podolsk
to Yasnaya Polyana three times. Installed on October 6, 2013 on Kirov
Street in front of the building of Sberbank of Russia and Promsberbank
(later the location of the monument was named Leo Tolstoy Boulevard).
Erected on the 185th anniversary of the writer. There is an inscription
on the pedestal: “A person is like a fraction, the numerator is what he
is, and the denominator is what he thinks about himself. The larger the
denominator, the smaller the fraction." Sculptor - Rozhnikov A. A.
Sculptural composition to the holy faithful, Orthodox patrons of the
family “Peter and Fevronia”. It was installed in the Newlyweds Square
opposite the city registry office in the fall of 2013 - on the eve of
the 232nd anniversary of Podolsk. The sculptor is S. V. Rezepov, who
donated the composition to the city.
Sculptural composition
“Goldfish”. It was installed on the Khudozhestvennaya Embankment in the
fall of 2013 - on the eve of the 232nd anniversary of Podolsk. The
sculptor is S. V. Rezepov, who donated the composition to the city.
Monument to Podol residents-liquidators of man-made disasters - erected
on September 3, 2004. The author of the sculpture is Viktor Mikhailov.
Monument to M. Yu. Lermontov on Silikatnaya - Opened on October 5, 2014
on the territory of school No. 33. Author - Sergey Rezepov. The
sculpture is made in bronze.
Monument to M. Yu. Lermontov in the
Central Park of Culture and Culture named after. Talalikhin - Opened on
September 12, 2015 on the territory of the Central Park of Culture and
Culture named after. Talalikhina. The author of the sculpture is Ivan
Korzhev.
Monument to Vasily Vasilyevich Stekolnikov - Hero of
Socialist Labor, director of the Gidropress Design Bureau. Opened on
December 21, 2016 in the park on Stekolnikov Street.
Monument to
Evgeny Efimovich Karelov - film director and screenwriter. Opened on
November 5, 2016 on Leningradskaya Street. Sculptor - Alexander
Rozhnikov.
Monument to Vasily Polenov, a famous Russian artist.
Opened in October 2017 in the Dubrava park in the Klimovsk
microdistrict. The bronze sculptural composition, which represents the
figure of the artist in front of a through frame on an easel in the
company of a small cat and dog, was made by the Honored Artist of the
Russian Federation, sculptor Alexander Rozhnikov and architect Mikhail
Tikhomirov.
1 Museum of Professional Education , Parkovaya St., 1 (Ivanovskoye
Estate). ☎ +7 (4967) 54-71-04. Temporarily closed. Located in the
buildings of the Ivanovskoye estate, where five exhibitions are
presented. The exhibition “History of Vocational Education in Russia in
the 18th-21st Centuries” is dedicated to the formation of vocational
education in Russia; it includes a memorial office of the founder of the
Soviet school of pedagogy of vocational education, Sergei Yakovlevich
Batyshev. The exhibition “Folk Art Crafts of Russia” presents examples
of the country’s folk art, including exhibits of crafts from the Podolsk
district: Shchapovsky and Vasyuninsky lace, Babensky toys, Klenovsky
felt hats. The third and fourth exhibitions are “Owners of the
Ivanovskoye Estate” and “Husbands of Worthy Names. Count A.A. Zakrevsky"
are dedicated to the main owners of the estate - Tolstoy, Zakrevsky and
Bakhrushin. They include the estate's fireplace room, recreated in the
traditions of 18th-century classicism. The fifth exhibition, “Theater in
the Ivanovskoye Estate,” located in the left wing of the estate,
presents examples of the history of theatrical art, including from the
estate theater, one of the very first in the Moscow region. It is also
worth looking into the tea pavilion of the estate - where there is a
biological museum with stuffed animals typical of the Moscow region.
Since the end of 2021, the Vocational Education Museum has been closed;
the Ivanovskoye estate is under renovation.
2 Museum of Local Lore
(Public Places Building) , Sovetskaya Square, 7. ☎ +7 (4967) 55-92-34.
Tue–Sun 10:00–18:00. 100 rub. Located in the building of the former
Government Offices - the very first stone civil building of the city,
built in the traditions of classicism in the 1820s. Near the museum
building there is a monument to the Singer sewing machine, one of the
industrial symbols of Podolsk. The sculpture of a sewing machine stands
on a map of the Podolsk district, decorated with bas-reliefs telling
about different eras of the city’s history. The Podolsk Meridian
exhibition, which occupies 7 halls, presents artifacts of the main
historical milestones in the formation of the city, among which stand
out: the era of the extraction of white stone - calcareous tuff in the
16th-18th centuries, the formation of the Singer sewing machine plant
and an exhibition dedicated to military events - the Tarutino maneuver
Russian army in 1812, the feat of Podolsk cadets in the battle for
Moscow, the construction of the Podolsky Worker armored train at the
Ordzhonikidze plant. The museum also conducts sightseeing walking tours
of the city.
3 Museum-reserve “Podolie” (House-Museum of V.I.
Lenin) , Lenin Ave., 47. ☎ +7 (4967) 69-92-39. Tue–Sun 9:00–18:00. 250
rub. Located in a green corner on the left bank of the Pakhra, along
modern Lenin Avenue. Here in the house of teacher V.P. Kedrova on the
former Serpukhovskaya Street from May 1898 to October 1901, the Ulyanov
family rented an apartment. Lenin himself repeatedly wrote letters to
the address of Kedrova’s house - some of them are presented in the
museum’s exhibition. The future leader of the world proletariat was here
twice: from June 1 to June 7, 1900, and on July 10, 1900, from where he
went abroad from the Podolsk station. It is believed that during Lenin’s
stay in Podolsk, he came up with the idea of creating Iskra, the
political newspaper of the RSDLP. In 1937, the House-Museum of V.I. was
opened here. Lenin, which helped preserve the appearance of the house at
the end of the 19th century and original things of that era. In 1991,
the museum was renamed “Podolia”, its exhibitions were expanded from
Lenin to a description of the historical environment of the former
village of Podol. Now the museum complex includes several surviving
examples of the wooden civil buildings of the city from the late 19th
century. The buildings feature three main exhibitions: “V.I. Lenin and
the Ulyanov family in Podolsk" in the Kedrova house, "House of Morozov
townspeople of the 19th century" and "Historical traditions of
generations." Temporary exhibitions and concerts are also held.
4 Exhibition hall, Lenin Ave., 113/62. ☎ +7 (4967) 63-01-54.
10:00–18:00. 100-300 rub. Two permanent exhibitions are presented: “We
must remember this!” about the life of the city during the Great
Patriotic War, and an exhibition of archaeological finds “On the Oka
Borders of Ancient Rus'” from the 9th to the 14th centuries. There are
also temporary exhibitions of painting, sculpture and other works of art
and master classes of folk crafts. In the showroom you can buy paintings
by local artists and souvenirs.
5 Park of Culture and Leisure named after V.V. Talalikhina.
7:00–23:00. The central city park with attractions, a Ferris wheel,
walking alleys and modern areas for active recreation, stretching for
1.5 km along the right bank of the Pakhra River. It was laid out in the
middle of the 19th century on the initiative of the owner of the
Ivanovskoye estate, Count A. Zakrevsky, and in 1896 it became a citywide
one. After the revolution, nationalized dachas were added to the park,
which increased its territory to the current 28 hectares. In the
post-war period, the park received the name of the hero pilot V.V.
Talalikhin, and a bronze bust was installed at the entrance. In 2015, a
monument to M.Yu. was erected in the central part of the park.
Lermontov: the poet is depicted sitting in a burka draped over his
shoulders, and the words of his poem “Confession” are carved on a nearby
stele.
6 Victory Park named after Talalikhin in Kuznechiki. Another
park named after Victor Talalikhin is located on the southwestern
outskirts of the city, in the Kuznechiki microdistrict. At the highest
point of the park, above a steep cliff near the Mocha River, there is a
monument to the pilot. Near this place, on the night of August 7, 1941,
Talalikhin carried out the most famous night ram in the history of the
war on an I-16 attack aircraft. The sculptural composition “Night Ram”
is dedicated to this feat. The park also features a small exhibition of
military equipment: a T-55 tank and three artillery pieces.
7 Victory Park near the Ordzhonikidze plant (ZiO). A landscaped park
rich in greenery in the industrial part of the city, next to the largest
plant in Podolsk. In the center of the park there is a granite monument
to the factory workers who died during the Great Patriotic War and an
eternal flame is lit. Near the park you can see the ZiO cultural center
and several residential buildings built in the constructivist style in
the late 1920s and early 1930s.
8 Dubki Forest Park. A large forest
park adjacent to the Vityaz Ice Palace. A curious area of the man-made
forest is the Red Oak, which plays with bright colors in autumn. In the
center of the park is the so-called “Mouse Field”, a good place for
walking and playing sports in the fresh air. In the depths of the park
behind this field there is a small pond with white water lilies and a
single spreading willow.
9 Forest Park “Yolochki”. Large pine forest
near the Kutuzovskaya platform. In the forest park there is a huge
pillar-monument with a steel figure of the Archangel Michael at the top,
dedicated to the commander M.I. Kutuzov, who stood here with the army in
1812.
10 Beryozki Forest Park. A small birch forest in the central
part of Podolsk. Here you can see the powder magazine building from the
1920s, which was once approached by a narrow gauge railway.
11 House of Culture named after Lepse , Revolutionary Ave., 27. ☎
+7 (4967) 63-04-55. 8:00–20:00. The oldest house of culture in Podolsk,
built in 1930 in the constructivist style according to the design of the
architect I.A. Ivanova-Shitsa. Located on Glory Square and is a
significant architectural monument of the city. Nowadays exhibitions and
concerts are held here, and the theater-studio “White Mask” operates
here.
12 Podolsk Drama Theater (PDK Drama) , st.
Zheleznodorozhnaya, 20A. ☎ +7 (4967) 68-91-52. 1000 rub. It is located
near the Podolsk station, in the building of the former Metallurg
cultural center. Adult and children's performances on various topics.
13 Palace of Culture “October” , st. Sverdlova, 38. ☎ +7 (4967)
54-74-01. 14:00–19:00. The central city house of culture, built by the
Podolsk Electromechanical Plant in 1975, is the main concert hall of
Podolsk. The palace building houses another city theater – “Evening
Bell”. The interiors feature a large mosaic panel dedicated to the
events of the October Revolution with an image of Lenin in the center.
Opposite the Palace of Culture, on General Eremeev Square, there is a
dry fountain and a memorial to the soldiers-factory workers of the
electromechanical plant, which is an allegory of a raised sword, with a
blade in the form of a steel stele, and a hilt with a granite base.
14 Karl Marx House of Culture, st. Bolshaya Zelenovskaya, 50.
8:00–22:00. A house of culture with local events, but travelers can see
here a bronze sculpture of Dionysus, the Greek god of wine, by the
famous French sculptor Charles Despio. This work of monumental art was
won at cards by the manager of the Podolsk cement plant, and after long
trips to dachas and parks, it was placed in the interiors of the local
cultural center. During working hours, employees do not refuse tourists
to view this extraordinary sculpture for Podolsk.
15 Cultural and
educational center “Dubrovitsy”, village. Dubrovitsy, 65A. ☎ +7 (4967)
65-13-04. 9:00–22:00. A cultural center next to the Dubrovitsy estate,
where you can attend concerts and theater events of various levels at
attractive prices. There is an organ made in Germany, made using French
technology of the 19th century, where organ concerts are regularly held.
16 Ice Palace “Vityaz” , st. Kirova, 63A (stop "Square of Podolsk
Cadets"). ☎ +7 (4967) 65-40-34. 7:00–23:00. The central sports facility
of the city, the former home arena of the Vityaz hockey club, which
plays in the KHL. The arena hosts public skating, usually in the
evening. In 2000, a sculpture of a Russian knight on a horse was
installed at the entrance to the building.
17 Equestrian club
“Favorite”, Varshavskoye sh., 1. ☎ . +7 (906) 700-50-84. 10:00–19:00.
Municipal children's and youth sports school for equestrian sports.
Horse riding classes are held, and phaeton rides are also offered around
the club’s territory and outside in the Dubki forest park. On the
territory of the complex there is a restaurant “Favorit”, focused on
banquet events.
18 Bath complex “Alekseev” (Alekseev Baths), st.
Generala Smirnova, 1, building 1. ☎ +7 (495) 150-07-75. Wed–Mon
9:00–23:00, Tue 15:00–23:00. from 2500 rub. in 3 hours. Modern public
bath complex, opened in 2017. The façade and interiors are designed in
the style of mixed palace architecture of the 18th-20th centuries. using
natural materials. Divided into men's and women's categories, there is a
restaurant and a wide range of bath services. The men's steam room is a
two-story space, accommodates up to 100 people and positions itself as
“the largest steam room in Russia.”
By plane
Ostafyevo Airport is located 12 km from Podolsk, but
there is no regular passenger service here. At most, Gazprom rotational
flights sometimes fly from here to the Arctic region and back. All
information about the date and cost of these flights can only be found
on the display in the airport terminal building, where you most likely
will not be allowed in just like that. Therefore, it is better to get to
Podolsk by plane through Moscow airports; the closest ones will be
Domodedovo and Vnukovo. But you can only get there from there by taxi or
with a transfer in the capital.
By train
The most convenient
and fastest way to get to Podolsk is by train: MCD trains run here
through Moscow every 10-15 minutes, starting from Krasnogorsk, Istra,
Volokolamsk and Shakhovskaya. And from the capital's Kursky station,
trains run to Serpukhov, Chekhov and Tula.
The most convenient
way to get from Moscow is from the Tsaritsyno metro station: from here
to Podolsk it is only 25 minutes, and some trains depart from Tsaritsyno
without stopping at the center. It is best to use the Troika transport
card: in 2023, travel on it (with a free transfer to the metro) will
cost 71 rubles.
Long-distance trains, including high-speed
Lastochka trains to Orel, Kursk and Belgorod, do not stop in Podolsk.
You can board them at Kursky or Vostochny train stations in Moscow, and
Lastochki can also be boarded in Serpukhov.
1 Podolsk station,
Vokzalnaya sq., 5. The main station of Podolsk is located almost in the
center - from here you can take numerous buses and trolleybuses to any
part of the city and nearby suburbs. The part of the station on the
right in the direction of travel from Moscow leads to the center and
public transport stops. Next to the existing new terminal, the
historical stone building of the station from 1889 has been preserved
(now there are long-distance ticket offices) - designed by the architect
N.I. Orlov, the author of the Kursky Station building in Moscow. The old
building's plaque commemorates the station's famous passengers,
including Lenin and Leo Tolstoy. Opposite the station in the 1960s, a
small square was laid out with a stele “Podolsk - a city of the working
class” and a sculpture of a metallurgist who has been greeting and
seeing off passengers with his raised hand for more than half a century.
2 Silicate platform. It is located in the northern microdistrict of
the city of the same name, where there are no special attractions. From
this platform you can take a minibus or bus to the Ostafyevo estate (5
km), but you will have to walk about half a kilometer to the bus stop.
If you go along the overpass to the eastern side of the platform, then
here, 5 km from the station, are the remains of the Pleshcheyevo estate.
3 Platform Kutuzovskaya. Located in the southern part of Podolsk, there
are no attractions or special infrastructure here. But you can look at
the new St. George Church, an example of modern wooden church
architecture.
By bus
Buses run to Podolsk every 20-30 minutes
from the southern stations of the Moscow metro, travel time is 45-50
minutes (without traffic jams). Payment options may vary on different
routes, so it is better to have a contactless bank card and cash with
you. Instead of a bank card, you can also use the Strelka transport card
located near Moscow.
From the metro station Dmitry Donskoy
Boulevard - routes 516K or 520K.
From the Lesoparkovaya metro
station there are routes 406K, 410, 413, while from Podolsk these buses
only go to the Annino station.
From the Annino metro station -
minibus 1231K, goes along the Simferopol highway (M2 highway) faster
than other buses.
In addition to Moscow, Podolsk is connected by
frequent bus services to the cities of Domodedovo, Vidnoye, Chekhov, as
well as Troitsky and Shcherbinka.
4 Bus station, Vokzalnaya
Square, 2 (next to the Podolsk railway station). The main bus station of
the city with a waiting room and many platforms for bus departures.
Located on the right side of the Podolsk railway station along the route
from Moscow. If you walk through the underground passage of the railway
station, you can get to the second part of the bus station, which is
called the “Stroyindustry” stop, from here buses depart towards the
cities of Domodedovo and Vidnoye.
By car
1 km east of Podolsk
there is the M2 “Crimea” highway towards Tula (Simferopol highway). The
Old Warsaw Highway A130 runs through the very center of the city towards
Kaluga, but there are many traffic lights and there are often traffic
jams. On Lenin Square, the Old Simferopol Highway branches off from the
Warsaw Highway towards Chekhov and Serpukhov. Street parking in the city
is free.
You can get around the center of Podolsk on foot, but in order to see
the sights on the outskirts, it is better to use public transport. City
transport is represented by buses and trolleybuses. The easiest way to
find the desired route is at the Podolsk railway station, from where
buses depart to all parts of the city and the countryside of the former
Podolsk region.
Paying for travel in cash on buses in the Moscow
region is prohibited; contactless bank cards or the regional Strelka
transport card are used. But on some private routes (most often passing
through the territory of New Moscow) they still only accept cash.
Taxi aggregators from Yandex and Citymobil operate in the city, the
average price of a trip (2023): 150 - 300 rubles. You can also use
Moscow car sharing services in Podolsk, but cars may not be available on
the outskirts of the city.
It is difficult to find souvenirs and even ordinary magnets in the
city. If you really need it, you can go to the showroom store in the
Exhibition Hall, where they sell paintings with views of the city and a
small assortment of simple magnets. Magnets and other souvenirs from the
Dubrovitsy estate can be bought at the Znamenskaya Church.
1 Central city market, st. Komsomolskaya, 3. 9:00–19:00. The main city
bazaar is located near the station. The central building was built in
1978 according to a standard Giprotorg design in the spirit of Soviet
modernism. The main areas of trade are fruits and vegetables and
clothing.
2 Shopping center “Kvarts”, st. Komsomolskaya, 24.
10:00–22:00. A large shopping and entertainment center near the railway
station. Perekrestok supermarket, burger joints, sushi, fast food,
Vietnamese cafe Grandfather Ho, Silver Cinema cinema.
3 Shopping
center “Red Rows”, Lenin Ave., 107. 8:00–21:00. The complex building was
built on the site of the historical shopping arcades of Podolsk with
elements of pre-revolutionary style. Various goods stores, pizzerias,
pubs, karaoke cafe “Vesna”.
4 Branded point of the Podolsk candy
factory “Podolchanka”, st. Kirova, 50A. 9:00–21:00. One of the local
culinary enterprises is the Podolsk candy factory, founded in 1929. A
number of confectionery products are produced, including local
fondant-cream sweets “Podolchanka” with a creamy taste and praline
sweets from the “Fairy Tale after Fairy Tale” series.
5 Shopping
center “Capitol”, st. Bolshaya Serpukhovskaya, 45. 10:00–22:00. Auchan
supermarket, fast foods, sushi bars and cafes, Karo cinema.
Cheap
1 Pizzeria of the Podolsk meat processing plant
“Remit”, st. Sovetskaya, 22/49. 9:00–21:00. 300-700 rub. The branded
outlet of the Podolsk meat processing plant, famous for its long
Kabanos sausages, has good pizza.
2 “Dodo Pizza”, st. Rabochaya,
1. 10:00–23:00. 500-1000 rub. Chain pizzeria in the city center.
✦ “Tasty, period.” 300-700 rub. Fast food restaurant. Former
McDonald's.
3 Lenin Ave., 128/24. 7:00–24:00.
4 st.
Kirova, 29. 7:00–24:00.
5 st. Leningradskaya, 21. 7:00–24:00.
Average cost
6 “Yakitoria” , Lenin Ave., 107/49. Sun–Thu
11:00–24:00, Fri–Sat 11:00–2:00. 1500-2000 rub. Japanese cuisine.
7 “Tanuki” , st. Kirova, 29. ☎ +7 (499) 649-22-23. Sun–Thu
11:00–24:00, Fri–Sat 11:00–6:00. 800-1000 rub. Japanese cuisine.
8 “Hatimaki” , st. Komsomolskaya, 1. ☎ +7 (495) 120-44-23.
11:00–23:00. 800-1000 rub. Japanese cuisine.
9 Restaurant “Old
Castle”, st. Kirova, 84. ☎ +7 (4967) 64-10-57. Sun–Thu 12:00–24:00,
Fri–Sat 12:00–2:00. 1000-1500 rub. Georgian cuisine.
10 Restaurant “Russian Tea” , st. Sverdlova, 36V. ☎ +7 (4967)
54-41-39. Sun–Thu 10:00–24:00, Fri–Sat 10:00–2:00. 1000-1500 rub.
Russian, European and Caucasian cuisine.
Expensive
11 Restaurant “Otdykh” , st. Governor General Zakrevsky, 1. ☎ +7
(4967) 54-60-30. 12:00–24:00. 1000-1500 rub. Russian, Asian,
American cuisine.
12 Restaurant “RIO-Grand” , st. Bolshaya
Serpukhovskaya, 23. ☎ +7 (977) 647-70-15. Sun–Thu 11:00–1:00,
Fri–Sat 11:00–6:00. 1500-2000 rub. Bar-restaurant, Russian and
European cuisine, sports bar, night club.
13 Restaurant
“Orangereya”, st. Kirova, 60V. ☎ +7 (906) 051-68-85. Sun–Thu
12:00–24:00, Fri–Sat 12:00–2:00. 500-1500 rub. European cuisine.
1 Night club “Podmoskovye”, st. Klement Gottwald, 1/42. ☎ +7 (4967)
55-50-55. Fri–Sat 20:00–6:00. Bar and karaoke club with dance floor.
2 Club “Castle Ivanhoe”, highway M-2 Crimea, 41st kilometer, 1. ☎ +7
(495) 598-57-07. Country night club and restaurant.
3 Entertaining
club “Treasure Island”, st. Leningradskaya, 7. ✉ ☎ +7 (965) 292-88-88.
12:00–2:00. Nightclub with karaoke, billiard room and bowling alley.
4 Billiard room “American”, Lenin Ave., 89/18. ☎ +7 (4967) 69-56-85.
18:00–1:30. Billiard room, hookahs, dance floor.
Cheap
1 Hostel, st. Zheleznodorozhnaya, 2A. ☎ +7 (903) 615-13-38.
from 300 rub. for a bed. The most budget-friendly way to stay in the
city, the conditions are appropriate. The hostel is located near the
train station, in the industrial zone of the Ordzhonikidze plant. Used
mainly by workers of the plant and surrounding enterprises.
2 Hotel
“Olympic”, st. 2nd Pilotnaya, 29. ☎ +7 (4967) 52-87-30. from 1,700 rub.
for a double room without breakfast. Hotel next to the Ivanovskoye
estate.
3 Hotel “Sportivnaya”, st. Klementa Gottwald, 4, building 2
(on the eastern stand of the Trud stadium). ☎ +7 (4967) 65-57-58. from
1,800 rub. for a double room. One of the most budget options with fairly
decent private rooms. From the western stand you pass through the main
gate, then you need to go around the stadium; the passage is open 24
hours a day. Access is from the eastern stand; the entrance to the hotel
is closed from this side from 21:00 pm to 7:00 am. Parking is paid, free
parking may be busy. There is a dining room and direct access to the
Trud stadium field.
Average cost
4 Hotel “Triumph”, st.
Kirova, 39B. ☎ +7 (926) 187-03-03. from 2,400 rub. for a double room. A
small hotel near the monument to Podolsk cadets, there is a restaurant
and a bathhouse.
5 Hotel “House of Scientists”, st. Bolshaya
Serpukhovskaya, 100. ☎ +7 (964) 776-53-21. from 2,600 rub. for a double
room. Guest house next to the Kutuzovskaya platform. There is private
parking in the courtyard.
6 Mini-hotel “Lemeshovo” (Hotel “Relax”),
Krasnogvardeisky Blvd., 48B. ☎ +7 (4967) 64-24-44. from 2,300 rub. for a
double room. A small hotel on the outskirts of the city, not far from
the Dubrovitsy estate. Nearby there is a cafe, a paintball club and a
bathhouse.
Expensive
7 Hotel “Grin”, st. Fedorova, 19. ☎ +7
(495) 926-23-94. from 2,800 rub. for a single room, 3300 rub. for a
double standard. A hotel in the historical part of the city on the
Pakhra embankment in the restored buildings of the merchant Tolkushev’s
cinema. There is internal parking, and the rooms have views of the river
and the Resurrection Church.
8 Hotel “Moscow Region-Podolsk” , st.
Klement Gottwald, 1/42. ☎ +7 (496) 755-91-25. from 2,900 rub. for a
single room, from RUB 3,300. for a double room. The largest hotel in the
city, built in 1973. There is a restaurant and a 24-hour cafe, parking,
and free Wi-Fi.
9 Resort “Erino” , village. Erino, microdistrict
Sanatorium, 1, building 5. ☎ +7 (495) 320-77-10. from 5300 rub. for a
double standard. A sanatorium in a pine forest on the banks of the Desna
River, 7 km from the Ostafyevo estate. Discovered in 1961 at a mineral
water deposit. Here, in a closed area, there are three residential
buildings that accept both guests and vacationers under treatment
programs. The main highlight of the sanatorium is a heated swimming pool
with sea water and a pump room with mineral water “Erinskaya”. Within
walking distance from the sanatorium is the white stone Church of the
Intercession, an architectural monument of the early 18th century.
The city has stable communications from all federal mobile operators,
and the Internet level is 4G. Almost all hotels and cafes have Wi-Fi,
and it is also available in all electric trains in the Kursk direction.
Post office No. 142100, Lenin Ave., 109/61. ☎ +7 (4967) 63-73-05.
Mon–Fri 8:00–21:00, Sat–Sun 9:00–18:00. The central post office is next
to the Local History Museum.
Since it is one of the most industrial cities in the Moscow region, there are many working class people who like to drink at night. There are street conflicts with shooting. Therefore, in the dark, it is better to avoid drunk companies, especially on the outskirts. The city is safe during the day.
1 Museum-reserve “Ostafyevo” (“Russian Parnassus”) , p. Ostafyevo,
Troitskaya St., 1A. ☎ +7 (495) 867-83-60. The park is open daily
8:00–23:00. The museum is open Tue–Sun 10:00–18:00. Entrance to the park
– 100 rubles. Visit to the estate museum – 300 rubles. One of the most
famous noble estates in the Near Moscow region belonged to the Vyazemsky
family since the end of the 17th century. The estate palace was built in
the classicist style at the same time, by order of Prince Andrei
Ivanovich Vyazemsky. His house, nicknamed among his contemporaries “the
center of life and all the pleasures of an enlightened society,”
attracted many literary and artistic figures. I.I. often visited the
estate. Dmitriev, V.A. Zhukovsky, V.L. Pushkin, Yu.A.
Neledinsky-Meletsky, and historian N.M. Karamzin lived with Vyazemsky
for almost 12 years, during which he wrote a significant part of the
“History of the Russian State.” In the first half of the 19th century,
the estate passed to the prince’s son, Pyotr Andreevich, a poet and
publicist, who continued his father’s work by organizing the largest
literary circle in the vicinity of Moscow, where key figures of Russian
poetry and prose of the Golden Age gathered. Guests of the princely
estate were A.I. Turgenev, A.S. Pushkin, K.N. Batyushkov, A.S.
Griboyedov, D.V. Davydov, V.L. Pushkin, A. Mitskevich, N.V. Gogol and
many others. With the name A.S. Pushkin is associated with a legend
about the name of the estate: as if Vyazemsky, having invited the poet
to visit, decided to name the estate with the first word that he
uttered. When Pushkin finally arrived and began to get out of the
carriage, the servant asked him what to do with the luggage. Pushkin
replied: “Leave him, brother,” and Vyazemsky had to name the estate that
way. In fact, at the suggestion of Pushkin, the estate received its
second, “literary name” - Russian Parnassus. By the end of the 19th
century, maintaining the huge house and surrounding land became
difficult for the princes, and in 1898 it was sold to Count Sergei
Dmitrievich Sheremetev, a historian and academician. On his initiative,
in 1899, the year of the centenary of Pushkin’s birth, a public museum
of the poet was opened in the estate. This museum functioned until 1930,
after which it was liquidated, and the collection was distributed to
other cultural institutions. Subsequently, the building was occupied by
a rest house, which passed from hand to hand from one department to
another. Only in 1988, within the walls of the former estate, the
Pushkin Museum was reopened, which is still functioning. Of the estate's
buildings, the most interesting are the main house with open colonnaded
galleries and two outbuildings, a park with a cascade of ponds and a
gazebo in which Pushkin loved to relax. Monuments of the early 20th
century by P.A. have been preserved. Vyazemsky, V.I. Zhukovsky, N.M.
Karamzin, A.S. Pushkin and P.P. Vyazemsky. Near the estate there are
also the Trinity Church built in 1781 and the cloth factory of the
mid-17th century of the industrialist Kozma Matveev, the owner of the
Ostafevsky estate even before the Vyazemskys.
The easiest way to get
here is by bus 1045 or 509 from Shcherbinka station. If you go by car,
you should not leave the car at the main checkpoint, where parking is
prohibited and there is a tow truck, but you should go around the estate
on the left and park behind the school building at the second
checkpoint.
2 Estate and factory of merchant Baskakov, village.
Factories named after May 1st, Baskakovskaya street (1 km from the
Ostafyevo estate). The red-brick factory complex and its buildings are
the only well-preserved pre-revolutionary industrial facility in the
former Podolsk region. Located in the village of 1st May, on the banks
of the Desna River. On the right bank are the buildings of the English
worsted factory, and on the left bank are the manor sub-rows. Both sides
of the river are connected by a bridge on an ancient dam from the early
19th century. Until recently, the wooden manor house of the merchant
Baskakov remained, but was demolished as unsafe. An empire-style
colonnade has survived from the building, which is now gradually being
destroyed.
3 Estate “Alexandrovo-Shchapovo”, village. Shchapovo, 15. ☎ +7 (999)
773-31-90. Museum Tue–Sun 9:30–17:30. The park is accessible to visitors
around the clock and free of charge. Museum 100 rub. A lesser-known but
well-preserved manor complex 12 km from the center of Podolsk.
Initially, the estate was owned by the Grushetsky family, with them the
4th Assumption Church was built in 1779 and a regular English park with
a cascade of ponds was laid out. In the 19th century, the estate often
changed owners and was in disrepair until it was acquired by the famous
industrialist and philanthropist Ilya Petrovich Shchapov in 1889. On his
initiative, an agricultural school for peasant children, an almshouse at
the church and a lace school for girls were built; all these buildings
have survived to this day in varying degrees of preservation. The
village even developed its own style of weaving - the so-called
“Alexandrovsky lace”, which can be seen in the exhibition of the estate
museum. At the end of the 19th century, the main house of the estate was
built, a striking example of the Russian style. The architect of the
building has not been fully identified, but the project is actively
attributed to Fyodor Shekhtel. The most interesting detail of the
building is the carved wooden decoration of the walls and balcony. After
the death of Ilya Petrovich, the estate passed to a relative, design
engineer Nikolai Mikhailovich Shchapov. After the revolution, despite
the nationalization policy of the Soviet government, he managed to keep
the manager’s house in his hands; the Shchapovs’ descendants still live
in the estate. Nowadays, in the building of the former agricultural
school there is a museum of the history of the estate, with four
exhibitions: the history of the Shchapov family, the history of the
estate, the hall of the noble living room and the hall of peasant life.
In addition to the museum, the same building houses another iconic place
– the Shchapovsky Organ Hall, created in 1989. Classical music concerts
are held regularly. It is also worth noting the authentic servants'
house of the estate with a log mezzanine and a brick blacksmith's and
carriage house.
You can get here by bus 1034 or c924 from Podolsk
station.
5 Trinity Church, p. Oznobishino, 53. The beautiful Church
of the Life-Giving Trinity in the village of Oznobishino was built in
the mid-19th century according to the design of the Russian architect,
master of the brick style, Nikolai Ivanovich Finisov. In 1911, a high
bell tower was added to the church. The church is located on a hill near
a small cascade of ponds, next to there is a source of spring water. In
the cemetery behind the church, ancient tombstones from the 18th-19th
centuries have been preserved, as well as clearly visible burial mounds
of the Vyatichi people of the 11th-13th centuries.
6 Estate “Polivanovo”. A well-preserved manor complex from the era
of the Golden Age of Russian nobility. The estate itself belonged to the
Razumovsky family. The main house was built around 1780 by the owner,
Count Kirill Razumovsky. In the 19th century, the estate changed owners
several times, and after the revolution, medical and sanatorium
institutions were located in the building. Currently, the territory is
in the hands of the regional Psychiatric Hospital, however, unlike other
former estates used for this kind of organization, the hospital does not
prevent free access to the territory, with the exception of the
interiors of the main house. The manor house is an unusual building with
cylindrical corner “castle” towers. Also interesting is the recently
restored church of the late 18th century in the style of early
classicism. The outbuilding and the priest's house still survived, but
they were rebuilt beyond recognition, and the manor park was completely
wild.
Bus 1034 runs here from Podolsk station.
The area of the Pleshcheyevo estate in the village of the Cement
Plant (Tsemyanka), a north-eastern microdistrict of Podolsk, separated
from the main part of the city by a river and a railway. You can get
here from the Podolsk station by bus No. 1 to the final stop “Cement
Plant” or walk 5 km from the Silikatnaya station.
7 Estate N.F.
von Meck "Pleshcheyevo", st. Pleshcheevskaya, 51. A former noble estate,
on the left bank of the Pakhra, owned since 1882 by the philanthropist
and music connoisseur Nadezhda Filaretovna von Meck. The most famous
guest of the estate was P.I. Tchaikovsky, to whom von Meck provided
significant financial support over the years. The famous composer lived
in Pleshcheyevo in 1884, finishing his “concert fantasy” here. In Soviet
times, the estate was plundered; now the main house in the classicist
style, an outbuilding, and a pair of entrance stone obelisks in front of
the wild park have been preserved in a greatly distorted form. Most
fortunate was the outbuilding, rebuilt in 1992 as a church, which
retained its neo-Gothic façade from the early 19th century. Next to the
estate there is a modern park, from where you can go down to the long
suspension bridge over the Pakhra River, behind which is the village of
Strelkovo with the St. Nicholas Church of the early 18th century.
In
addition to the dilapidated estate, architecture connoisseurs may be
interested in the village of the plant itself, which has been producing
cement since the second half of the 19th century. Here, along
Pleshcheevskaya Street, a Soviet constructivist workers' settlement has
been preserved. The most interesting building is a two-story mansion at
4 Bannaya Street with characteristic cubic shapes, ribbon-like driveways
and two square turrets. The neighboring buildings are simpler in shape,
but also built in gray brick and form a single ensemble. On
Pleshcheevskaya Street, the constructivist House of Culture
"Pleshcheyevo" attracts attention, where during the war the women's
sniper school was located. From the pre-revolutionary industrial
architecture, the austere gray-brick water tower of the cement plant in
the west of the village has been preserved.
8 Church of St.
Nicholas the Wonderworker in Strelkovo, village Strelkovo, 1B. ☎ +7
(991) 311-94-24. The stone temple in the Moscow Baroque style was
erected in 1702-1705 on the site of a wooden church of the 17th century,
in which, according to legend, a carved icon of St. Nicholas the
Wonderworker, which, according to legend, sailed to Strelkovo along the
Pakhra River, was kept. The temple was badly damaged during Soviet
times; the miraculous icon and historical interiors were not preserved.
In the 2000s, the church was restored, but with a violation of
proportions and with paintings uncharacteristic of the original. Now the
temple is operational, in 2023 its new restoration began.
9 Church
of the Intercession , village of Intercession, Zaovrazhnaya st., 2. The
modern Church of the Intercession of the Blessed Virgin Mary was built
for almost a quarter of a century, from 1845 to 1872, and is an example
of the Russian-Byzantine style. In general, the church would not stand
out from similar temple buildings if, during restoration in the early
2000s, it had not been painted sky blue, which is pleasantly pleasing to
the eye on a clear sunny day.
A settlement within New Moscow (10 km north of Podolsk), which was an
independent city until 2012. The name comes from the surname of the
princely family of the Shcherbatovs, who owned these lands in the 15th
century. In 1895, the Shcherbinka railway station was opened here, and
during Soviet times, industry began to actively develop. In 1943, the
Shcherbinsky Elevator Plant began operating, producing every fourth
elevator in Russia. After Shcherbinka was included in New Moscow, it
began to be actively built up with new high-rise buildings, and a new
station MCD-2 Ostafyevo opened on its southern outskirts.
5 Station Shcherbinka. Located in the center of Shcherbinka. Near the
station there is a railway test ring, a modern temple of the
“Vsetsaritsa” icon and the Elizabethan Church of 2001. And by bus 1045
or 509 you can get to the Ostafyevo estate.
6 Platform Ostafyevo. A
new Moscow Central Diameter platform, built for the future, between two
large industrial zones. Despite the name, there is no public transport
from here to the Ostafyevo estate, and the distance on foot is just over
5 km. At the same time, this is the closest railway station to Troitsk,
where you can get there in an hour along the new highway by electric
bus.
10 Experimental ring railway VNIIZHT. It was built in 1932 as a
road for field testing of railway transport at the All-Russian
Scientific Research Institute of Railway Transport (VNIIZHT).
Exhibitions and demonstration trips are periodically held, for example
on Railway Day. Until 2021, the international exhibition Expo 1520 was
held here every two years, but in 2023 it was held in St. Petersburg.
During events here you can see and ride both the most modern models of
railway transport and retro steam locomotives. In the interior, it is
worth paying attention to the model L steam locomotive monument and the
fake station station, built in the style of wooden architecture of the
late 20s - early 30s. Outside exhibitions and events, the area may not
be accessible to visitors!
11 Temple of the Icon of the Mother of
God “The Sign” in Zakharyin, st. Nikolay Sirotkina, 28A, building 1.
Erected in stone in 1672 on the territory of the Zakharyino estate by
Prince G.G. Romodanovsky. In 1898, the church was rebuilt in the Russian
style according to the design of the architect Alexander Kaminsky. In
addition to the temple, the remains of a linden park with ponds, as well
as a 19th-century church fence and a parish school building from 1883,
have survived from the estate to this day.
12 House-museum of
Academician V.K. Milovanov and Professor I.I. Sokolovskoy, village.
Bykovo, st. Lesnaya, 1. ☎ +7 (4967) 67-69-40. Tue–Sun 10:00–18:00. A
small thematic museum in the house of physiologists Viktor
Konstantinovich Milovanov and Irina Ivanovna Sokolovskaya, researchers
of the problem of artificial insemination of farm animals. Around the
house is a broken V.K. Milovanov Park of rare species of trees and
shrubs.
The Southern microdistrict of Podolsk, which was an independent city
until 2015. Historically, Klimovsk arose from two villages near the
Moscow-Kursk railway - Klimovka and Grivno. At the end of the 19th
century, the industrialist Krestovnikov built a machine-building plant
at the Grivno railway station - from that moment the rapid growth of
Klimovsk began. In Soviet times, the defense industry was also added to
mechanical engineering - ammunition and artillery production, which led
to a certain closedness of the city in those years. Nowadays, small but
cozy Klimovsk does not spoil the traveler with ancient monuments, but
some Soviet and modern attractions can be found here. Modern Klimovsk is
divided into two large parts by the railway, there are several stations.
7 Grivno station. Located in the center of Klimovsk, where you can
see buildings in the style of constructivism and the Stalinist Empire
style, nearby is the Dubrava park. By bus from here you can get to the
center of Podolsk and the village of Sertyakino with the interesting
Church of the Resurrection of the Slovuschego from 1753 and a monument
to the village native admiral and hydrographer A.I. Nagaev.
8 Spring
platform. Located between Klimovsk and the main part of Podolsk. On foot
here you can look at examples of Stalinist architecture on Zavodskaya
Street, and by bus you can get to the village of Koledino, where the
Trinity Church of the early 19th century is located.
To the west of
the Grivno Station along Lenin Street one can find typical Stalinist
buildings of the 1950s, among which the pre-war house No. 16 with
constructivist strip glazing of the windows stands out. On the central
square of Klimovsk, together with the monument to Lenin, is located the
building 13 of the Mashinostroitel cultural center, with a balcony on
the opposite side reminiscent of a noble estate. This is the only
reminder of the fountain cascade with sculpture from the Stalin era,
which was even once called “Klimovsky Peterhof”, and which has now been
completely lost. On the other side of the square, the constructivist
heritage of the city has been preserved - two communal houses of the
Podolsk housing cooperative (houses on Lenin Street, 22 and 30). On the
façade of house 22, the attribution of the cooperative in the form of
the letters PZhK, made in an avant-garde font of the late 20s, has been
preserved. Along Pobeda Street to the west of Lenin Square there is a
city park of culture and recreation "Dubrava", on the picturesque bank
of the wide flood of the Petritsa River. The 14th monument to the artist
Vasily Polenov was recently installed in the park.
East of Grivno
station there are two sites that may be of interest to history buffs.
The first is the cab driver Muravyov's teahouse, the only surviving
private pre-revolutionary brick house. Located five hundred meters east
of the station, on Vokzalnaya Street, 17. The second is an ensemble of
post-war buildings on Zavodskaya Street. The most prominent buildings
here are Nos. 6 and 7, which form a kind of gate with their side
facades, between which the street road passes. Also interesting is the
House of Culture named after May 1st (Zavodskaya, 3), laid out in the
proportions of constructivism, but later “rethought” in a non-classical
style. Also in this part of Klimovsk there is a local history museum.
15 Klimovsky Museum of History and Local Lore , 50 Let Oktyabrya
Ave., 24A. ☎ +7 (4967) 62-80-04. Tue–Sun 10:00–17:30. The exhibition is
located in three halls: the first hall is dedicated to the industrial
history of Klimovsk, the second hall shows local history artifacts of
the late 19th - early 20th centuries, the third is the Hall of Military
Glory. Temporary exhibitions, thematic excursions and lectures are also
held.
16 Estate “Sertyakino”. The ancestral patrimony of the local
nobles Nagaevs. The most famous representative of the family is
considered to be Alexey Ivanovich Nagaev, a cartographer and admiral of
the Russian fleet of the era of Catherine II. A participant in Arctic
expeditions, Nagaev made a huge contribution to the development of
domestic cartography. In 2006, a monument-column was erected in the
village of the admiral. From the estate itself, the eclectic brick
Church of the Resurrection of the Word with white stone details, built
in 1858, has been preserved, as well as the parish school of the late
19th century in brick style.
The area east of Lvovskaya station, where several nearby objects are
located. You can get here from Podolsk station by buses 33, 67, 71. From
Lvovskaya you can take a taxi.
9 Lvovskaya station. It is
located just south of Klimovsk in the village of the same name. Lvovsky
is a small village near a metallurgical plant, in the center it has
retained the three-story buildings of the 50s. Here you can look at the
curious mosaic panel on the walls of the Metallurg cultural center and
at the monument-tractor U-2 opposite the building of the agricultural
school.
17 Estate “Vorobyovo” (“Stolbovoe”), village of Lesnye
Polyany. It is an example of Russian noble estates of the late 18th
century. The manor house in the style of early classicism with a
Palladian motif was built in the late 1780s under Rostislav Evgrafovich
Tatishchev. In the 19th century, the estate belonged first to the
Vyazemskys and then to the Ershovs. Under the Ershovs, a modern ensemble
of the estate was formed. After the revolution, a departmental
sanatorium was located in the estate. At the moment, you can freely
enter the estate park through the checkpoint of the Lesnye Polyany
holiday home; you cannot only see the interiors of the building. Among
the architectural monuments, the main house with pavilions, the manor
church built in 1848 and the chapel have been preserved.
18 Slavic
Kremlin by Vitaly Sundakov , 35th km of the Simferopol highway, near the
village of Valishchevo. ☎ +7 (985) 449-22-43. The ethnocultural
park-museum, founded by traveler and ethnographer Vitaly Sundakov, is
dedicated to the history and culture of pre-Christian Rus' and the
Slavic ethnic group. It is a modern complex of wooden buildings,
stylized as ancient Russian buildings, including a princely tower and a
Slavic temple. Among the reconstructions there are also original
historical monuments - a mill from the mid-19th century from the Vyatka
province, and a North Russian hut from the end of the 19th century.
Visiting is only possible during events that are quite regular, but it
is better to check the schedule on the website. During the events,
cultural festivals, master classes, games and concerts are held.