Location: Centralny Park (Central Park), Ulitsa 1 Maya
On the banks of the Volga, on a hill that has survived from the
ancient Kostroma Kremlin, you will see one of the main attractions
of Kostroma - Ostrovsky's pavilion, known to many from Eldar
Ryazanov's film "Cruel Romance".
This film was shot in 2004
based on the play by Alexander Ostrovsky "Dowry". In the role of
Larisa Ogudalova, Larisa Guzeeva made her debut, among other actors
- Alisa Freindlikh and Nikita Mikhalkov, Andrei Myagkov and Alexei
Petrenko.
Ostrovsky's gazebo is located a 5-minute walk from
the pier where motor ships stop. Landing stages are located directly
opposite the gazebo, or a few meters from it. If you arrived in
Kostroma during a river cruise, then you can take a photo session
with your friends and loved ones after the tour.
If the buses
returned a little earlier and there was a little time left before
departure. You can take a walk to the Ostrovsky gazebo, admire the
panoramas of the Volga River, and in the summer - cruise ships, and
also imagine how the heroes of the novel "Dowry" sailed on the
steamer "Swallow" (in real life it was the steamer "Spartak").
There are beautiful gazebos in many Volga cities, but the gazebo
in Kostroma is special. On the site of this rotunda, built in 1956,
at the time of Ostrovsky there was another pavilion-belvedere, in
which the writer liked to relax and admire the wonderful Volga
landscapes.
It should be noted that Ostrovsky often visited
Kostroma, he came here from Moscow on his way to Shchelykovo, where
the writer's family estate was located and where he composed many of
his works.