Bogoroditsk is a city (since 1777) in Russia, the administrative
center of the Bogoroditsky district of the Tula region. The city of
Bogoroditsk forms the eponymous municipality with the status of an
urban settlement as the only settlement in its composition.
The Bogoroditsky District is located in the southeastern part of the
Tula Region.
Bogoroditsk is a small provincial town, divided from north to south by the Uperta River, with a traditional radial-ring structure in its western part. Almost the entire eastern part of the city is occupied by the palace-museum. The main city highway is Kommunarov Street.
By train
To the Zhdanka station of the Tula branch of the Moscow
railway. Or to the station "Uzlovaya", and then by regular bus.
By car
From Moscow by car along the federal highway M4 "Don"
(continuation of the Kashirskoye Highway) to Voronezh up to 240 km.
By bus
The city has a bus station. Bus routes from Moscow, Tula,
Novomoskovsk. Transits from Voronezh, Kurkino. Flights from Moscow
depart from Krasnogvardeyskaya metro station every two hours. Travel
time from Moscow is 3 hours, travel time from Tula is 1 hour.
Regular buses and fixed-route taxis run in the city, but due to the
large traffic interval, it is worth waiting for them only if it is very
difficult to go. All objects of interest to the traveler are within
walking distance.
There are a lot of taxi drivers, they come
quickly, but they can inflate prices. Taxi numbers: +7 (48761) 2-20-00,
+7 (48761) 2-14-14, +7 (48761) 2-15-15. The cost of the trip is from 100
rubles.
During the summer navigation period, you can take a boat
ride along Upyorta, admiring the views of the palace and the park.
In order to slowly see the city and the palace and park ensemble, you
will need a day. If there is very little time, walk from the Uperta
embankment to the palace and the entrance tower of the palace - it will
take no more than an hour.
1 Bogoroditsky Palace-Museum and Park
(Palace and Park Ensemble of Counts Bobrinsky), A.T. Bolotova, 1 (High
left bank of the Uperta River). ✉ ☎ +7 (48761) 2-25-32. Tue–Fri
09:15–20:00, Sat–Sun 09:15–18:00, Mon closed. Entrance to the park is
free; full ticket to the palace rubles 200, pensioners - rubles 150,
students - rubles 100, schoolchildren - free of charge; observation deck
— rubles 50. Palace and park ensemble of the Bobrinsky estate in 1780.
Theatrical tours of the museum and the park, stylized picnics, lectures,
celebrations, wedding registrations are held.
2 Church of the
Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary (Assumption Cathedral) Wikidata
item, Oktyabrskaya st., 28. ☎ +7 (48761) . The church was built in 1831.
Theater
Theater "At Gashi"
In Bogoroditsk, in 1779, the
first theater in Russia was created in which children played. Now up to
400 spectators can get acquainted with the Bolotovo traditions on the
big stage of the Spektr cultural and information center at once. Theater
"At Gashi" organizes "summer seasons", playing performances in the open
air in the manor park of Counts Bobrinsky. Actors transform into
historical and literary characters associated with the history of the
park and the city: Catherine II, Grigory Orlov, Alexei Bobrinsky,
Mikhail Prishvin, Anna Karenina.
The theater simultaneously plays
three casts: adults, children and youth. The basis of the repertoire is
performances based on the works of N.V. Gogol, A.P. Chekhov, I.S.
Turgenev, N.A. Ostrovsky, W. Shakespeare, Moliere, Lope de Vega, C.
Goldoni, O. Wilde, B. Shaw, G. Ibsen, E. Scribe.
Theater "At
Gashi", st. Lenina, 26a (cultural and information television and radio
center "Spectrum"). ✉ ☎ +7 (953) 966-3-222. Performances are held on the
big stage of the Spektr cultural and information center, in the
palace-museum or on the territory of the palace and park ensemble.
Beach
The only place in the city allowed for swimming is Rosovsky
Pond.
As in Tula, in Bogoroditsk you should definitely buy and try Tula
gingerbread, although the dough may seem too dry to a tourist. As a
souvenir, you can buy a magnet with the image of the Bogoroditsky Palace
Museum. Shopping as such is concentrated in the center near Kommunarov
Street, where there are also a large number of self-service stores.
There are ATMs of Sberbank.
Main retail chains:
"Magnet" - a
federal network of grocery stores of the lowest price range;
Pyaterochka is a federal chain of grocery stores;
Dixy is a federal
chain of grocery stores
Markets:
Central - open on weekends
The city produces a small amount of dairy products.
Restaurant
"Sadko", st. Kommunarov, 45. ☎ +7 (48761) 2-11-50. It is located in the
very center of the city, near the bus station.
Nightlife is poor, there are no entertainment establishments, except
for underground slot machines and the Era nightclub.
Night club
"Era" , Zavodskoy proezd, 22. Entrance rubles 150-300. The only
nightclub in Bogoroditsk.
Bogoroditsk is just beginning to become a tourist center, therefore,
at the core of their hotels, they represent a haven for truckers.
1 Hotel "Crystal", st. Kommunarov, 82 (In the central part of the
city, next to the Pyaterochka store). ✉ ☎ +7 (48761) 2-10-65. rubles
1600-4800. The hotel rooms overlook the Upyorta River and the
Palace-Museum of Count Bobrinsky. Free Wi-Fi, refrigerator, electric
kettle, shared kitchen. The total capacity is 80 people.
2 Hotel
complex "Elite", st. 30 years of Victory, 1a (On the northern outskirts
of the city). ☎ +7 (48761) 7-19-48, +7 (906) 625-69-39. From rubles
1000, suite rubles 3000. Large rooms, delicious food, large portions,
friendly staff. Noisy banquets are held on weekends, relatively far from
the palace and the park.
3 Hotel complex "Rus", 2nd Magistralny
proezd, 2g (241 km of the M4 highway). ✉ rubles 1400-2500. Small rooms,
short beds, old TVs, no internet, 24/7 canteen with average prices.
Chapel, sauna with swimming pool, billiards, table tennis, gym.
4
Hotel-motel "Ryabinushka", village Kobylinka, st. Donskaya, 1 (238 km of
the M4 highway in the suburbs of Bogoroditsk). ✉ ☎ +7 (903) 038-20-25.
rubles 1500-4000. The roadside complex includes a cafe, a hotel, a
laundry, a spare parts store, a tire shop, a car service center and a
car wash for cars and trucks. The fund consists of 15 issues. Tasty
food. edit
Mobile telephony
The following mobile networks are in operation:
Megafon, +7 (800) 550-05-00.
Beeline, +7 (800) 700-80-00
MTS,
+7 (800) 333-08-90
Tele2, 611, +7 (4872) 58-06-11
"Yota", 0999 -
offers a single and convenient tariff with unlimited internet and
unlimited calls within the Yota network.
2G, 3G and 4G networks are
well developed.
Internet
You will not be able to find free
Wi-Fi in Bogoroditsk, just like an Internet cafe. You can rely on the
Internet in hotels.
Home internet provider
Domolink
(Rostelecom)
Fixed telephone connection
Landline phones of
Bogoroditsk have five-digit numbers, in the international format - +7
(48761) X-XX-XX, where 48761 is the code of Bogoroditsk. There is no
payphone connection. There is only one call center at the intersection
of Uritskogo and Kommunarov streets. The monopoly operator of wire
communication is the Tula branch of OAO Centertelecom.
Mail
Postal codes: 3018** Russian Post offices are located throughout the
city. The address of the central post office is Kommunarov Street, 57,
+7 (800) 200-58-88, working hours from 08:00 to 20:00 on weekdays. Of
the additional services - telephone, money transfer services,
photocopying services, etc.
Call the emergency services 112 or 911.
In winter, the
pavement is slippery, there are cases of ice falling from roofs onto
passers-by. There are a lot of ticks in the forest in spring. In summer,
you should swim only in permitted places.
It is forbidden to
drink alcohol and smoke in public places.
It is located in the southeastern part of the Tula region, on the
right bank of the Uperta River (a tributary of the Upa), 65 km from Tula
and 240 km from Moscow. Zhdanka railway station of the Moscow-Kursk
region of the Moscow railway. Not far from the city is the federal
highway M4 "Don".
Population - 29 560 people. (2021).
Bogoroditsk belongs to the ancient Russian cities, whose initial
history is associated with the protection of the southern borders of
the medieval Moscow state from enemies. Not far from the place where
Bogoroditsk later appeared, the famous Battle of Kulikovo took place
in 1380.
At the beginning of the 16th century, in order to
strengthen the southern and southeastern borders of the state, a
defensive line was set up - the Zasechnaya line. Many outposts
within its boundaries gradually became towns, among them
Bogoroditsk. In 1663, on the site of the guard post, a wooden
fortress was built, which was given its present name. Around the
fortress, settlements of farmers, artisans, archers grew up. The
city lost its defensive significance with the extension of the
borders to the south.
Initially, Bogoroditsk (in the sources
of the 17th century - Bogoroditskaya) was considered an urban
settlement, that is, the military-administrative and economic center
of the district. In 1670-1671, a new Bogoroditsky district was
formed from part of the lands of Dedilovsky and Epifan counties. In
1763, Bogoroditsk was turned into the village of Bogoroditskoye, in
1765, together with the land of the village of Bobriki, he made up
his own volost of Catherine II, in 1768 it became known as a
settlement, but in connection with the provincial reform of 1777 it
was again elevated to the rank of a city. In 1771-1784, on the high
left bank of the Uperta River, where the Bogoroditskaya fortress was
formerly located, a palace and park ensemble of the Bobrinsky counts
was built. Bogoroditsk received a plan based on a radial-beam
system. A district was attributed to the city, almost three times
larger than the territory of the Bogoroditsky district of the 17th
century. In 1797, by the decree of Paul I, Bogoroditsk was
transformed into a cityless city, and in 1802 it was returned to its
former status. Count Alexei Grigorievich Bobrinsky, the illegitimate
son of Empress Catherine II, lived in the city for a long time.
The first industrial enterprises focused on the processing of
agricultural products appeared in Bogoroditsk at the beginning of
the 19th century. The oldest of them, the beet sugar plant of Count
A. A. Bobrinsky. By 1860, in addition to sugar beet factories,
mills, saloons, tanneries, and distilleries were operating. Clay and
sand were mined in the vicinity of the city. In the early 1870s,
with the opening of the Yelets branch of the Syzran-Vyazemskaya
railway, the development of coal deposits began in the Tovarkovsky,
Malevsky and Savinsky mines.
In 1924-1934 Bogoroditsk was the
center of the Bogoroditsk region. Since 1926 it has lost the status
of a county town due to the liquidation of the Bogoroditsky county.
In 1934, after the abolition of the Bogoroditsk district, the
city became part of the Uzlov district.
In 1936-1944,
Bogoroditsk was the center of the Tovarkovsky district, then the
center of the recreated Bogoroditsky district.
During the
Great Patriotic War, the city was under occupation from November 15
to December 15, 1941. During this time, the Nazis executed 32 people
and destroyed 65% of the houses during the retreat. The city was
liberated by the forces of the 324th Infantry and 41st Cavalry
Divisions of the 10th Army.
In 1963 it received the status of
a city of regional subordination of the Tula region.
Since
2006 - an urban settlement of the Bogoroditsky region.
Bogoroditsk has its own symbols: the coat of arms (since 2000), the flag (since 2002) and the anthem (author - V. V. Kireev). The basis of the flag and coat of arms of the city is taken from the historical coat of arms of the county town of Bogoroditsk of the Tula vicegerency, approved by the Highest on March 8 (19), 1778. The description of the historical coat of arms reads: “In a silver field, scattered, nine branches of grass, called Bogoroditskaya, to show the name of this city.”
One of the last operating enterprises in Bogoroditsk was the
Bogoroditsk Plant of Technochemical Products (BZTKhI), which was
declared bankrupt on February 25, 2010. It produced unparalleled lead
tungstate crystals for one of the largest international scientific
projects at CERN - the Large Hadron Collider, and in Soviet times laser
non-lethal installations. Also, the plant could produce innovative
products from scintillator materials: components of non-destructive
remote control systems, efficient geological exploration probes and
positron emission tomographs.
The city is home to JSC "Resurs",
which was one of the world's largest manufacturers of permanent
non-wirewound resistors. Now several independent industrial companies
operate on the basis of the production site of Resource OJSC. In
addition to Resource OJSC, which produces resistors, there are
Resource-Polymer LLC, which develops consumer goods (dryers,
fumigators), Zavod 423 LLC, which produces instrumentation, and a
division of United Thermo LLC, specializing in pipeline polymer systems,
a division of Svetovod LLC, engaged in lighting engineering.
The
road service is developed, which is caused by the passage of the M4 Don
federal highway near the city.
Bogoroditsk is connected by bus with Moscow, Tula, Uzlovaya,
Voronezh, Lipetsk, Novomoskovsk, as well as with many settlements of the
Tula region. By rail (the city has a railway station Zhdanka)
Bogoroditsk is connected with Moscow, St. Petersburg, Voronezh, Donetsk.
The M4 Don highway runs along the western outskirts of the city. On
October 30, 2009, a new toll section of the road was put into operation,
which moved the route away from the city by more than 5 km.
The main sports facility of the city is the Sports Complex - the
stadium "Resource" (former name "Miner"). The city is home to the
football club Crystal, one of the strongest teams in the region, which
plays in the football championship of the Tula region. Sports
competitions are held in honor of the Athlete's Day, since 2006 a
mini-football tournament among yard teams has been revived.
Educational establishments
FGOU SPO "Agricultural College"
Bogoroditsky "named after I. A. Stebut", founded in 1898 on the
initiative of the famous agronomist, prominent public figure Ivan
Alexandrovich Stebut and is one of the oldest educational institutions
in Russia.
GPOU TO "Bogoroditsky Polytechnic College" (until
February 19, 2015 - GOU SPO "Bogoroditsky College of Electronic
Devices") was established in 1956.
GOU NPO TO "Vocational School
No. 30" was opened in 1967. At the moment it is a structural subdivision
of GPOU TO "BPK".
Schools No. 1, 2, 3, 4, 8, 10 operate in the city.
Additional
children's education
Municipal institution of additional education
"Palace of children's (youth) creativity",
The Pyotr Andreevich
Kobyakov Children's Art School opened in 1971 in an 18th-century
building that previously housed the Volost School for the Common People,
on the territory of the palace and park ensemble of the estate of the
counts of Bobrinsky. In 1991, with the blessing of the Archimandrite of
the Pskov-Caves Monastery Zenon, the school opened the first, and still
the only one in the Tula region, icon-painting class. School teachers
also work with pupils of the Center for Creative Rehabilitation of
Disabled Children who are deprived of the opportunity to attend school.
Children's Music School named after V.P. Silin was founded in 1939. It
is the center of the inter-district methodological association, which
includes Tovarkovskaya, Kurkinskaya children's art school, Kamenskaya
children's art school and Volovskaya children's art school. Creative
groups work on the basis of the school: the Bogoroditsky Municipal
Chamber Orchestra, the violin ensemble, the trio Ad libitum.
Children's and Youth Sports School named after A. E. Vindman was founded
in 1957.
Every third Sunday of the month, since 2002, Bogoroditsk writers, poets and prose writers have been gathering in the regional library of Bogoroditsk. Every year the almanac "BLOK" is published. This society is headed by Valentin Viktorovich Kireev, a member of the Writers' Union of Russia. In 2012, the jubilee, tenth issue of BLOCK was released, which included poems and prose by twenty-two Bogoroditsky writers.
In 1779, in Bogoroditsk, on the estate of the counts of Bobrinsky,
thanks to its manager, the famous scientist-encyclopedist Andrei
Timofeevich Bolotov (1738-1833), the first children's theater in Russia
was created. The first production of the play by M. M. Kheraskov "The
Godless" took place on November 24, 1779 (on the new style on December
5, 1779) in one of the halls of the Bogoroditsky Palace. The actors were
the children who lived in the estate. The search for a new play and the
lack of a repertoire for children prompted A. T. Bolotov to create the
first play in Russia specially written for the children's theater - the
comedy Chestokhval (1779). In 1780, A. T. Bolotov wrote the second play
for children - the “tearful drama” “Unfortunate Orphans”. There is an
opinion that the plot of "Unfortunate Orphans" could be used by D. I.
Fonvizin when writing the "Undergrowth" that appeared two years later.
In addition, works by A. P. Sumarokov (“Three Brothers Together”,
“Cuckold by Imagination”), M. I. Popov (“Guess, I won’t tell”), M. A.
Legrand (“Newcomers "). The theater had its own orchestra and a
"shepherd ballet dancer". Over time, a special room with a stage and an
auditorium was equipped for the theater. More than 200 spectators
attended the performances of the theater during the summer Kazan Fair.
In December 1987, a new theater group appeared in Bogoroditsk, known
today as the Bogoroditsk Municipal Home Theater "At Gashi". For the
first ten years, performances were mainly held in the oval hall of the
Palace Museum, where performances of the Bolotov Theater were staged in
the 18th century. The theater "At Gashi", in many respects repeating and
continuing the traditions of the Bolotov theater, repeatedly turned to
the plays of the 18th century, once performed in the Bogoroditsky estate
by the theater of A. T. Bolotov.