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Ryazan is the administrative center of the Ryazan
region. It is located on the right bank of the Oka, at the mouth of
the Trubezh River. The city was founded in 1095 under the name
Pereyaslavl Ryazansky. Since 1778 it has been called Ryazan. The
population is over 500 thousand people. A major scientific and
military-industrial center.
Ryazan is one of the oldest
cities in Russia, which for many years served as a border town with
the Wild Field. Having started its development from a small guard
fortress, the city turned into the capital of the Grand Ryazan
principality with the corresponding buildings and paraphernalia.
Then there were the years of Petrovsky and Catherine's reforms with
a new master plan and the restructuring of the center. The 19th
century brought with it the railroad and industrialization, the 20th
century brought massive growth and giant factories.
If time
for sightseeing is limited, then you can limit yourself to a walk
around the Kremlin and the Cathedral Park, look into the Historical
Museum and buy souvenirs in the shop. At the Kremlin pier, you can
take a pleasure river tram, choosing a short one-hour route and
listen to a tour of the city, admiring the Oka open spaces. At the
end of the tour, the ship will take you back to the Kremlin. On the
Cathedral Square on weekends you can also buy a bus sightseeing tour
of the city, its average duration is about two hours. If you have
more time, you can take a short walk around the Small Center,
starting from Cathedral Square and moving counterclockwise, pass
Seminarskaya Street, Sennaya Street, Lenin Square, Pochtovaya
Street, Postal Square, Lenin Street and exit to Theater Square. If
you want to go around the city outskirts, then you should visit the
homeland of Sergei Yesenin - the museum-reserve in Konstantinovo,
and take a walk along the Paustovsky trail in Solotcha, where you
can spend the night.
The oldest historical center of Ryazan. It is
located on a high hill at the confluence of two rivers - the Trubezh
and the Lybed. The city was founded in 1095 under the name of
Pereyaslavl-Ryazansky. The walls and towers of the Kremlin have not
survived to our time - they were made of wood and dismantled by
order of Catherine II in connection with the development of the city
according to the new master plan. Gradually, the city of Ostrog grew
up around the Kremlin - a fortified urban area.
1 Cathedral
Bell Tower, Kremlin Street, 10. Main Kremlin belfry and city chimes.
The building was built on the site of the front stone Glebovskaya
tower of the Ryazan Kremlin.
2 Assumption Cathedral. The main
cathedral of the city. Initially, on the site of the cathedral there
were "Green" (powder) chambers, in which cannons were stored,
squeaked and gunpowder to them. In 1684, the chambers were
dismantled, and in their place, Moscow craftsmen began to build a
new white-stone cathedral. The cathedral was ready by 1692, but
after standing for one night, it collapsed, destroying the church of
the neighboring Spassky Monastery. A new contract was concluded with
the serf master Yakov Bukhvostov, who proposed a project for a
five-domed red brick cathedral. Inside the cathedral you can see the
highest iconostasis in Russia.
3 Nativity Cathedral (Nativity
Cathedral). The oldest of the Kremlin buildings. Initially, the
cathedral was a grand-ducal cathedral church. The oldest part of the
building can be seen if you approach the left side of the apse - it
is freed from plaster and massive white stone blocks of the original
cathedral of the 15th century are visible. The Nativity Cathedral
served as the tomb of the Ryazan princes.
4 Archangel Cathedral.
Almost contemporary with the Cathedral of the Nativity of Christ.
The temple was built as a grand-ducal house church. Later, it became
the tomb of the Ryazan bishops and metropolitans. There are 22
graves in the cathedral, including a well-known religious and public
figure, an associate of Peter the Great and the president of the
Holy Synod Stefan Yavorsky
5 Church of the Holy Spirit. The
church and a small chapel nearby were built in 1642. The building is
made in a two-hipped and two-apse style, rare for Russia.
Complex
of the Spassky Monastery. One of the oldest city monasteries in
Pereyaslavl, built as a male one. To this day, walls, watchtowers,
the Holy Gates of the monastery, the Church of the Epiphany and the
Transfiguration Cathedral, several outbuildings have been preserved
from the monastery.
6 Savior Transfiguration Cathedral. The main
cathedral of the former Spassky Monastery. Built on donations from a
Ryazan merchant. The foundation of the building is decorated with a
belt of highly artistic colored polychrome tiles.
7 Epiphany
Church, Kremlin Street, 5. Like the Transfiguration Cathedral, it is
one of the churches of the Spassky Monastery. The building is
located close to the monastery wall, next to the Holy Gates. Jan
2022 edit
12 Chapel of the 900th anniversary of Ryazan. A small
chapel built by 1995 in honor of the anniversary celebrations. The
dome of the chapel symbolizes the helmet of the Ryazan warrior, and
on the outer walls of the chapel there are memorial plaques
describing the main historical events of the Grand Duchy of Ryazan.
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8 Church of the Savior on Yar. Spassky Yar is a corner of a
high hill that cuts into the Trubezh valley. From here a beautiful
panoramic view of the water meadows opens. But once the possibility
of a view from here was closed by powerful defensive walls. The name
given to Yar came from the Church of the Transfiguration of the
Savior. The wooden church in 1686 was replaced by a stone one, which
has survived to this day.
9 Oleg's Palace. The largest civil
building of the Kremlin after the Assumption Cathedral. It was built
on the site of the wooden Grand Duke's court of Oleg Ryazansky. The
building was erected as residential chambers for the Ryazan bishops.
The oldest part of the 17th century building is the pediment from
the side of the Nativity Cathedral. Initially, the bishops' chambers
were two-story with a large open porch. It is in this part that the
most beautiful painted platbands are found. Then a third floor was
added to the building with a house bishop's church - it is marked by
a small dome on the roof of the pediment in this part of the
building. Today it houses the Historical Museum of the Ryazan
Kremlin.
10 Singing Corps. Strict white-stone building, made in
the architectural traditions of the XVII century. The building got
its name from the rehearsals of church singers held in it. The main
purpose of the building is different. It was a residential building
and at the same time a reception room for the diocesan housekeeper
and treasurer. Rich wall paintings have been preserved inside the
building. Today, the ethnographic museum of the Ryazan Kremlin is
located here.
11 Consistory building. The building of the
diocesan consistory - the administrative body for the management of
the diocese. The building was built in the 17th century according to
a single project, along with the expansion of Oleg's Palace and the
Singing Corps. Inside the building, on the second floor, there are
fragments of paintings with very rare scenes - court scenes. Today
the building houses the Biosphere Museum of the Ryazan Kremlin.
12 Hotel Cherni. The initial purpose of this building was barns for
storing the grain of the granary (grain) and other food supplies for
diocesan administration. At the end of the 19th century, the barns
were reconstructed into a hotel. Each room had a separate entrance,
and a gallery led to the second floor. Window and door openings were
located only on the wall facing the inner side of the bishop's
courtyard. The outer wall was blank and played the role of a
fortress wall. Today the building houses the Museum of Military
Glory of the Ryazan Kremlin.
13 Hotel of the Nobility. Once the
cells of the novices of the Spassky Monastery were located here. In
the XVIII-XIX centuries, the cells were rebuilt and expanded, and at
the very beginning of the XX century, the two buildings were
connected by the Church of St. John the Theologian. Today, the task
is the Ryazan Theological Seminary.
14 Monument to Yesenin. The
largest of the monuments to the famous poet located in Ryazan.
Kremlin Necropolis. The territory inside the former Spassky
Monastery, marking the place where one of the main city cemeteries
was located. The cemetery was destroyed after the October
Revolution, but the Bolsheviks still left several burials. These are
the graves of the artist Ivan Pozhalostin and the writer Sofia
Khvoshchinskaya. In the late 1950s, the poet Yakov Polonsky was
reburied here.
A small center in Ryazan is a large area that was
formed and built in the period from 1778 to the 1850s according to
Catherine's regular plan. If you look at it from a height, then the
Small Center will be almost a regular rectangle with even, straight
streets.
15 Cinema Rodina. A beautiful building of the era of
Stalinist monumentalism.
16 Gostiny Dvor. The Gostiny Dvor complex
was built during the 18th century. Today, the buildings of Gostiny Dvor
house a chamber music hall, restaurants, souvenir shops and various
offices.
17 Summer residence of the Noble Assembly. A beautiful
tower with carvings, a balcony and a turret was used for meetings of the
Nobility Assembly in the summer. Now it houses the Folk Art Center.
18 Monument to Prince Oleg Ryazansky. Pretty mediocre, the work of
Tsereteli's workshop
Monument to General Margelov. Margelov - head of
the airborne troops of the USSR
Monument to Evpaty Kolovrat. An
expressive monument to the legendary Ryazan hero who fought against the
invasion of the Mongols.
19 Borisoglebsky Cathedral , Sennaya
Street, 16. Large ancient Cathedral of Boris and Gleb in the Naryshkin
baroque style (XVII century).
20 Annunciation Church.
21 Church of
the Holy Virgin Mary.
22 Kazan convent.
Museum-estate of the scientist Pavlov.
The house of
the merchant Selivanov. Old wooden house in good condition
The Moscow District is a relatively young part of the
city. Its mass construction began in the 60s of the XX century - then
suburban settlements and factories were equipped, gradually entering the
city limits. Of the historical buildings here are the complex of the
Trinity Monastery and several churches.
Monument to the Soviet-Polish
brotherhood in arms. Unusual, though artistically controversial,
monument commemorating the formation of Polish troops in the Ryazan
region in 1943.
Monument to George the Victorious. Not a very
expressive monument to the military glory of the Ryazan region.
Marine Glory Park. A small park on the steep slope of Kanishevsky Hill.
In honor of the Ryazan sailors, several parts of warships are installed
here.
Trinity Monastery. Trinity Monastery is one of the oldest
monasteries in Ryazan. The main church in it is Spaso-Preobrazhenskaya,
built in 1824 as a monument to the victory in the Patriotic War of 1812.
Around the temple is a war memorial.
Nikolo-Yamskaya Church. A large beautiful temple,
built in 1788 at the expense of city coachmen.
Sorrowful Church.
Located on the corner of the Sorrowful Cemetery of the same name, built
in 1807
On the left bank of the Oka floodplain, a short
distance from Ryazan, there is a vast urban area of Solotcha. Prince
Oleg Ryazansky founded here his country residence-fortress - the
Solotchinsky Monastery. Solotcha is beautiful at any time of the year;
among the pine forest there are numerous rest houses, children's camps,
sanatoriums, sports and tourist centers.
Manor of the artist
Pozhalostin. Paustovsky's path begins from the estate - along it the
writers Paustovsky and Gaidar went from Solotcha to the Meshchera
forests. The trail is passable at any time of the year, the length of
the trail is about 20 kilometers.
Solotchinskiy Monastery. Wikidata
element The monastery was founded in 1390 by Prince Oleg Ryazansky on
the high bank of the Staritsa River, at the confluence of the Solotchi
River. For a long time the monastery was the northern outpost of
Pereyaslavl-Ryazansky and a personal princely fortress.
State Historical and Architectural Museum-Reserve
"Ryazan Kremlin", Kremlin, 15. Every day, except Monday, 10:00-18:00.
The following museums operate within the reserve:
Museum of the
History of the Ryazan Territory - Oleg's Palace
Museum of Military
Glory – Cherni Hotel
Ethnographic Museum - Singing Corps
Biosphere
Museum - Consistory Corps
Ryazan Ancient Storage - Oleg's Palace,
Archangel Cathedral
Exhibitions are also held in each of the
buildings.
Museum-Estate of Academician I. P. Pavlov, st. Pavlova,
25. Every day, except Monday, 10:00-17:00.
State Regional Art Museum.
I. P. Pozhalostina, st. Svobody, 57. Every day, except Monday,
11:00-19:00.
Art gallery "Viktor Ivanov and the land of Ryazan",
Pervomaisky pr-kt, 14. Daily, except Monday, 11:00-19:00.
Memorial
house-museum of IP Pozhalostin, Solotcha, st. Order, 76. Daily, except
Monday, 11:00-19:00.
Museum of the history of the airborne troops of
Russia, st. Military motorists, 12. The museum complex includes the
following museums:
Museum of the History of the Airborne Troops - st.
Seminarskaya, 20
Museum of the History of Communications - st.
Military motorists, 12
Historical Museum-Salon "Fragrance of Time",
"Trading Rows" on the street. Koltsova, 2nd floor (Lenin square). ☎ +7
(995) 102-20-10. 12:00–18:00 by appointment. 250 rub. without excursion,
500 rubles. with a tour. The museum is dedicated to the inventor of
Hollywood cosmetics Max Factor and other Ryazan pharmacists and
hairdressers. The salon has the atmosphere of the late 19th-early 20th
century: fashion, cosmetics, jewelry, perfumes of that era. Some
exhibits can be held in your hands.
Ryazan State Drama Theatre Wikidata item, Teatralnaya
Square, 7. Built in 1961, the neoclassical theater building serves as
the architectural dominant of this part of the city. Under renovation
until October 2022.
Ryazan State Theater on Cathedral, st. Cathedral,
16. ☎ +7 (4912) 27-52-38.
Concert halls
State
Concert Hall S. Yesenin, st. Lenina, 26. ✉ ☎ +7 (4912) 28-05-56.
Ryazan Hall of Chamber Music, st. Lenina, 24. ✉ ☎ +7 (4912) 28-05-56.
Ryazan Musical Theatre, st. Tsiolkovsky, 12. ✉ ☎ +7 (4912) 44-56-64.
Ryazan State Circus, st. Levo-Lybidskaya, 34. ☎ +7 (4912) 25-64-03.
The area of Ryazan was settled by Slavic tribes around 6th
century. It is argued that the Ryazan kremlin was founded in 800, by
Slavic settlers, as a part of their drive into territory previously
populated by Finnic peoples. Initially it was built of wood,
gradually replaced by masonry. The oldest preserved part of the
Kremlin dates back to the 12th century.
However, the first
written mention of the city, under the name of Pereslavl, dates to
1095. At that time, the city was part of the independent
Principality of Ryazan, which had existed since 1078 and which was
centered on the old city of Ryazan. The first ruler of Ryazan was
supposedly Yaroslav Sviatoslavich, Prince of Ryazan and Murom
(cities of Kievan Rus').
The lands of Ryazan, situated on the
border of forest and steppe, suffered numerous invasions from the
south as well as from the north, carried out by a variety of
military forces including Cumans, but particularly the Principality
was in a conflict with Vladimir-Suzdal. By the end of the 12th
century, the capital of Duchy was burnt several times by the armies
of Suzdal. Ryazan was the first Russian city to be sacked by the
Mongol horde of Batu Khan. On December 21, 1237, it was thoroughly
devastated and never fully recovered. As result of the sack, the
seat of the principality was moved about 55 kilometers (34 mi) to
the town of Pereslavl-Ryazansky, which subsequently took the name of
the destroyed capital. The site of the old capital now carries the
name of Staraya Ryazan (Old Ryazan), close to Spassk-Ryazansky.
In 1380, during the Battle of Kulikovo, the Grand Prince of
Ryazan Oleg and his men came under a coalition of Mamai, a strongman
of the Tatar Golden Horde, and the Grand Duke of Lithuania, against
the armies under the command of the Grand Prince of Vladimir, Dmitry
Donskoy.
Late in the 13th century, the Princes of Ryazan
moved their capital to Pereslavl, which is known as Ryazan from the
16th century (officially renamed in 1778). The principality was
finally incorporated into that of Moscow in 1521.
Ryazan was bombed by Germany in World War II and had an Extermenent Camp of Jews and Poles.
Immediately after World War II, rapid development of the city began.
Ryazan became a major industrial, scientific, and military center of
the European part of Russia. Massive factories were constructed in
the city, occupying the entire urban areas. Such establishments
included the largest refinery in Europe, the Soviet Union's only
producer of potato-harvesting equipment - Ryazselmash Plant,
accounting machines, a machine-tool plant, heavy forging equipment,
foundry Centrolit, chemical fiber company, instrument factory and
others. Leading areas of industry are heavy and non-ferrous
metallurgy, oil refining and machine-tool industry, mechanical
engineering and food industries. More than half of the plants
produce for export.
The military potential of the city has
also developed: Ryazan became the main training center of the
Airborne Forces of the Soviet Union - a city surrounded by numerous
training centers and military training-grounds. Several positioned
MANPADS protect the urban sky. Besides the Airborne School, Ryazan
hosts the Automobile School and Institute of Communications, a
regiment of railway troops, airbase strategic bombers, and a
training center in Diaghilev.
Ryazan developed particularly
rapidly while Nadezhda Nikolaevna Chumakova served as Chair of the
Council of People's Deputies of Ryazan and Ryazan mayor. Under
Chumakova, the city's population increased more than seven times:
from 72 to 520 thousand people. Chumakova oversaw the construction
of social and cultural amenities, more than 20 urban areas, and
hundreds of kilometers of trolleybus, tram and bus routes.
Landscaping became a fundamental strategy for the development of the
city at that time. A "green" ring of forests, parks, and garden
associations surrounded Ryazan, with large parks located in each
area of the city, and compositions of flowers and vertical gardening
became customary, not only for the main streets, but also for
industrial zones and factory buildings. Ryazan repeatedly won
recognition among the cities of the Soviet Union for its
landscaping. During her 26 years in office, Nadezhda Chumakova often
accepted awards of the Red Banner of the USSR on behalf of Ryazan.
In September 1999, Ryazan became one of the cities involved in the Russian apartment bombings episode, though it did not actually experience a successful bomb attack.
By plane
Ryazan's local small airport Turlatovo doesn't
operate regular flights and is being used for small aircraft and
training. So, the closest air terminals are Sheremetyevo, Domodedovo
and Vnukovo of Moscow. From those airports Ryazan can be accessed by
train, by bus, or by car/taxi.
Of Moscow's major airports,
the closest to Ryazan is Domodedovo. A direct bus between Ryazan and
Domodedovo runs several times a day. As of summer 2016, the travel
time is 3-3.5 hours; the fare, 600 RUR. The schedule (in Russian)
can be found at the Domodedovo Airport web site.
The new
Ramenskoye (a.k.a. Zhukovsky) airport, SE of Moscow, which is being
opened in 2016, will also be fairly convenient for Ryazan travelers,
as it is near the Moscow-Ryazan railway.
By train
Ryazan
is an important transit rail hub. There are 2 train terminals in the
city (Ryazan-1 and Ryazan-2). Most trains proceed to the east and
arrive at the larger Ryazan-1 terminal, while those going to the
south stop at Ryazan-2.
An ordinary ride by elektrichka from
Moscow's Kazansky Rail Terminal (Казанский вокзал) takes almost 4
hours and costs 320 RUR (one way).
A faster and more
comfortable option is to take an express train from the same
terminal. The ride takes a little less than 3 hours, the cost
depends on the class of the car. There are 3 express trains daily,
going in the early morning, midday and evening.
Except
Moscow, elektrichka commuter trains from Ryazan proceed to the city
of Kolomna in Moscow Oblast and to Michurinsk (the 2nd-largest city
of Tambov Oblast).
Ryazan is also a major stop for many
long-distance trains going from Moscow to the Southern Russia and
Volga Region. A few trains proceed to Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan and
Uzbekistan. Key destinations are:
Domestic
Orenburg
Samara
Sochi
Ufa
International
Almaty
Bishkek
Karaganda
Tashkent
By bus
From Moscow buses to Ryazan
departure from Vykhino (Выхино) metro station. The buses leave 1-2
times per hour starting from 6-30 AM to 7-30 PM. The price is
comparable with elektrichka, or even cheaper. Other destinations
accessible by bus from Ryazan include:
Gus-Khrustalny (Fri,
Sat, Sun, Mon - 1 daily)
Ivanovo (1 daily)
Kasimov (6-10
daily)
Kolomna (9 daily)
Lipetsk (2 daily)
Murom (1 daily)
Oryol (1 daily)
Vladimir (1 daily)
The Central bus
terminal of Ryazan is outside the city center, so you will probably
need to get around by local bus, trolleybus, or a taxi. There is
also the second and less important Prioksky terminal, serving bus
routes to suburbs, e.g. Solotcha.
By car / taxi
Ryazan is
about 200 km from Moscow by M5 federal road. As elsewhere in Russia,
the road conditions differ greatly from a 4-lines highway to narrow
bottle-necks with usual traffic-jams. Depending on traffic situation
the way from Moscow may take from 2 to 6 hours (beware Friday
evenings and Saturday mornings in the summer).
Being
unhurried, you may visit on your way to Ryazan the historical cities
of Bronnitsy and Kolomna located on M5 road within Moscow Oblast.
Hiring a taxi from Moscow to Ryazan expect to pay 3,000 - 4,000
RUR for one-way journey and use only certified providers.
Get
around the city
You can get around the city by taking a minibus,
a taxi or a bus. The public transport system is represented by
ancient trolleybuses which are pretty slow.
Lovech Hotel, Dimitrov square, 4 (Next to the train-station
Ryazan-2.), ☎ +7 4912 93-69-00, fax: +7 (4912) 92-70-07, e-mail:
booking@lovech.ru. The largest hotel in the city, but a bit out of
the center. Next door to Ryazan-2 train station. Renovated in 2005.
wi-fi. Staff may be expected to speak some English. 110-200$.
Priokskaya. Cosy small hotel right next to the Kremlin on a quiet
street in the center. Bar and billiards on the 1st floor. Staff may
be expected to speak English.
"New Russian" hotel
http://www.monarx-ryazan.ru/ 50-180$.
1 SEC "Premier", Moskovskoe shosse, 21. 10:00–22:00, Auchan
supermarket: 8:00–22:00. Big food court.
2 Shopping center "M5 Mall"
(at the beginning of the bypass). 10:00–22:00. Among other things, there
is "Skovoroda" - a self-service restaurant similar to the Moscow
"Mu-Mu".
Cheap
1 Cafe "Pancakes and Pasta" , Pervomaisky prosp. 70/1.
9:00–22:00. Self-service cafe with pancakes, soups and, as the name
suggests, pasta. Also in the shopping center "Premier" and "M5 Mall".
2 Emil Bonte Bakery, Pervomaisky Ave. 42. 8:00–21:00. Nice and modern,
there is a cafeteria with several tables.
Average cost
3 Cafe-confectionery "That food" , Sobornaya st. 23. 9:00–22:00.
Cooking shop with its own cafeteria, a large selection of hot food and
cakes.
Expensive
4 Kukhmisterskaya "Bread Square", st.
Koltsova, 1. Sun–Wed 11:00–23:00, Thu–Sat 11:00–2:00.
"Museum-restaurant" at the junction of noble and Soviet style. The menu
is also divided into two parts - the "old regime order" and the
"proletarian period".
5 Restaurant Bufet , st. Radishcheva 42.
Mon–Thu 9:00–22:00, Fri 9:00–23:00, Sat 11:00–23:00, Sun 11:00–22:00.
Exquisite menu with an emphasis on Russian cuisine.
Coffee and
sweet
6 Coffee Bean, st. Lenina, 9 (TC "Arcade"). 8:00–23:00. The
same Coffee Bean chain that once started coffee houses in Russia.
Classic selection of teas, coffees, desserts, as well as sandwiches and
breakfasts.
1 Bar "Dudki" , st. Lenina, 41a. 16:00–24:00, Fri and Sat: until 2:00. Craft bar with pizza and a small selection of snacks.
Average cost
Hotel "Priokskaya", Seminarnaya street, 13. Within
walking distance from the Kremlin.
Leisure center "Geneva". From 1000
rub.
Hotel Aragon. From 1000 rub.
Peak Hotel.
Hotel complex
"Oka", Kuibyshevskoe shosse 25, building 15.
Hotel complex "Armand".
Hotel complex "Breeze".
Flotel "1000 and one night". Hotel for owners
of yachts and boats. It is located near the confluence of the Trubezh
River with the Oka, next to a large forest park. Just below the mouth
there is a gas station and a service station for yachts edit
Hotel
"Odyssey", Pervomaisky prospect, 11a. ☎ +7 (4912) 52-85-55.
Expensive
Hotel "Old City" (4 *), Munsterskaya st., 2. ☎
8(4912)700-005. The newest and most luxurious hotel in the city, in the
Anglo-German eclecticism. Facades of the hotel on the street. Munster
are stylized as German houses, and a real red double decker is parked at
the entrance to the hotel. Excellent location and service. Excellent
breakfast. Two floors of underground parking.
"Apart-Hotel".
Forum
Hotel Congress. A large multi-storey four-star hotel with advanced
business services. Inside you can find premium apartments, congress
halls for congresses or meeting rooms.
Lovech Hotel, Dimitrova
Square, 4. ☎ 8-800-100-17-07. A large four-star hotel in the city
center, not far from the Ryazan II railway station.
Hotel complex
"1000 and one night".
Around
Hotel complex "Konyushenny Dvor".
An expensive hotel complex located on the shore of a picturesque lake.
Separate bungalows, saunas, swimming pool available
Hotel complex "In
a certain kingdom". A premium-class complex in the middle of the
Meshchersky forest, not far from the Solotchinskoye highway. Can be used
as a recreation center.
All mobile operators in Russia work.
Precautions in Ryazan are no different from those in any other Russian city. Guests of the city should avoid staying at night in deserted places, on the outskirts and industrial zones.
Ryazan is located in the center of the East European Plain, between
the Oka and Volga rivers in the western part of the Ryazan region at 54°
north latitude and 39° east longitude.
The city's territory is
224 km². Its main part is located on the high right bank of the Oka, 28
km² is occupied by the Solotcha resort area on the left bank of the Oka,
12 km away from Ryazan.
The highest point of Ryazan is the 50th
Anniversary of October Square, located in the Railway District, the
lowest is in the floodplain of the Oka oxbow in Solotch. The
geographical center of the city, indicated by a memorial sign, is
located at the intersection of Gagarin and 4th Line streets.
The
distance from the center of Ryazan to the center of Moscow is 202 km, to
Old Ryazan - 50 km.
Ryazan is located in the MSC time zone (Moscow time). The applied time offset relative to UTC is +3:00. In accordance with the applied time and geographic longitude, average solar noon in Ryazan occurs at 12:21.
The city's climate is moderate continental. According to observation
data for the period from 1980 to 2010, the average annual precipitation
is about 580 mm, of which 390 mm falls between April and October. The
area is not characterized by strong winds. Generally, weak and moderate
winds from the west and southwest prevail.
Summer in Ryazan is
warm; heat can reach almost +40 °C in the shade. Winters are moderately
cold; in some severe winters, night temperatures can drop below −40 °C.
Such significant deviations from the norm are possible when a blocking
anticyclone is established, the air mass in which quickly warms up or
cools down depending on the season.
Ryazan is located on the border of two plant zones separated by the
Oka River - the left-bank forest zone (Meshchera Lowland) and the
right-bank forest-steppe zone. The main part of the city is located on
the right bank of the Oka. The southern outskirts of the Meshchersky
National Park are included within the city in the form of the Solotcha
resort area - there are numerous recreation centers, sanatoriums and
children's camps.
One of the oldest forest parks in the city is
Ryumin Grove, planted by the famous Ryazan philanthropist G.V. Ryumin,
who built his estate here. Many of the park's trees have crossed the
300-year threshold.
Other large green areas of the city are the
Prioksky Forest Park, the Central City Park (CPKiO), the Yu. A. Gagarin
Park, the Lukovsky Forest, the Soviet-Polish Brotherhood Park, and the
Memorial Park. In the 1960s, a green ring of forest plantations and
gardening partnerships was formed around the city, which served as a
fence from major highways and industrial enterprises. Part of this ring
are recreational forests.
In urban landscaping and parks, mixed
species of temperate trees predominate: birch, maple, chestnut, ash,
oak, linden, rowan, spruce, larch, fir, pine. In many parks and on the
grounds of kindergartens and schools, fruit trees are planted: apple
trees, pear trees, cherries, hazel trees. Coniferous trees predominate
in Solotch.
The city is decorated with numerous flower
arrangements and vertical topiary flower beds.
The soils of Ryazan, like the entire region, were formed mainly on
Quaternary sediments. Swampy soils predominate near Solotcha; their
formation was facilitated by excess moisture and a weak slope of the
relief. Organic matter accumulates here in the form of peat. One of the
largest peat mining operations in the region - the Solotchinsky peat
mining enterprise with its own narrow-gauge railway - is located there.
On the Oka coast there is a narrow strip of podzolic and
sod-podzolic soils; they have high water permeability, so the vegetation
on them does not suffer from excess moisture.
Under the Oka
floodplains there are floodplain soils, which are the basis of the fund
of natural forage lands. These soils are rich in silt, making the
floodplains an ideal place for forage pastures and lands.
Chernozem is not typical for Ryazan.
The main water artery of the city is the Oka River, on which the main
river port is located in the Borkovsky backwater area. During the spring
flood, the Oka spills over nearby floodplains and meadows over an area
of over 10 km, while the water level in it rises by an average of 8-9 m.
In this regard, some urban areas, such as Lesoparkovy and Borki, are
specially designed for annual flooding, and the suburban villages of
Zaokskoye and Korostovo are completely cut off by water, turning into
islands with constant motor traffic.
Water in the Prioksky
floodplains lasts up to 4-5 weeks, in meadows - 3-4 weeks. At this time,
a small layer of silt is deposited here - a nutrient that promotes the
favorable growth of forage and cereal crops cultivated in the city and
region. Go to the “#Agriculture” section
In addition to the Oka,
about a dozen small rivers flow through the territory of Ryazan. The
largest of them are Trubezh, Lybid, Pletenka and Pavlovka. Lybid, along
almost its entire course, is hidden in an underground sewer, forming a
pedestrian Lybidsky Boulevard above it.
Most of the reservoirs of
Ryazan are floodplain lakes and oxbow lakes, which are the remnants of
the old channels of the Oka, which changed its course over the
centuries. The largest bodies of water - the network of Borkovsky ponds
- are man-made flooded sand pits with a gently sloping soft bottom;
There is a network of city beaches here.
Not far from Solotcha
there are exogenous moraine lakes: Laskovskoye, Chernenkoye, Segdeno,
Chernoye, Urzhinskoye, glorified in numerous stories by K. G.
Paustovsky. The writer’s trail runs between Laskovsky and Black lakes.
Not far from the lakes there are extensive low-lying swamps that are
used for recreational use.
Back in the 15th-17th centuries, large animals were found in the
forests surrounding Ryazan: wolves, wild boars, moose, bears, and roe
deer. Today their habitat is dense thickets, the territories of nature
reserves and wildlife sanctuaries in the Ryazan region.
In the
city's parks and squares you can find hedgehogs and moles. The rivers
and lakes of Ryazan are home to waterfowl, the Oka and small rivers are
rich in fish.
Several public supervisory organizations constantly operate in
Ryazan. One of them, the Committee for the Defense of the Ryazan
Kremlin, created in 2006 to oppose the transfer of the federal reserve
into the ownership of the metropolis, today, in fact, carries out all
architectural and cultural supervision in the city. Thanks to the work
of environmental organizations in Ryazan, a program has been adopted to
clean up unauthorized landfills, the presence of which is indicated by
citizens themselves, an arboretum is being created, water areas are
being cleaned, and green patrols are operating.
The Public
Committee of the Ryazan Cycling Movement is independently building
bicycle highways in the central part of the city. This activity has
attracted the attention of the authorities, who promise to build several
similar highways passing through the entire territory of Ryazan.
Public hearings, which are required by law during the construction of
projects in the city, almost always attract full houses. Often, the
construction of many objects is canceled to the detriment of the city.
Political activity in the city changes over time. In the early 1990s,
political changes in the country had the most active support in the
city, including riots, dual power, the demolition and protection of
monuments to Lenin, and armed barricading in the city council building.
In 1996-2004, the political course changed sharply in favor of the
communists and the monopoly of the Communist Party of the Russian
Federation in governing the city and region. These years were marked by
a time of stability. The subsequent change in the vector of power, the
gubernatorial elections of Georgy Shpak in 2004, led to a revival of
economic, political and civil life. The elections of heads of the
constituent entities of the Russian Federation in 2012 showed how much
the socio-political life in Ryazan has improved compared to the previous
decade. The Ryazan region received the largest number of gubernatorial
candidates in Russia - 10 people, with the active work of opposition
parties. However, over the past 20 years, Ryazan has remained one of the
“red” regions of the country.
Ryazan is the center of the Ryazan Metropolis of the Russian Orthodox
Church, which includes 3 dioceses. The Assumption Cathedral of the
Ryazan Kremlin is a cathedral. The Metropolis is the holder of the
majority of confessional churches in the city and the only holder of the
monasteries.
The cathedral church of the Old Believers is the
Church of the Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary at the Sorrowful
Cemetery in Ryazan. In addition to them, the city also houses religious
communities of Catholics, Lutherans, Baptists, the Autonomous Church,
Pentecostals, Charismatics, Seventh-day Adventists, as well as the
kingdom hall of Jehovah's Witnesses and the Mukhtasibat of Muslims, for
whom an Islamic cultural center is being built.
In the 1990s, one of the largest criminal groups in the country, the
Slonovskaya organized crime group, operated in Ryazan. “Elephants”
managed to monopolize the criminal market of the city and region.
Starting in 1991 with petty racketeering and playing thimbles, members
of the organized crime group progressed to raiding industrial
enterprises, trading in cars and real estate, contract killings, and
armed attacks. By 1995, they managed to briefly take over the entire
business market of the city, but already in 1996, the Ryazan Organized
Crime Control Department began work to detain the bandits, who were
completely eliminated only by 2000. At the same time, the largest trial
chamber in Russia had to be built for the trial. The former mayor of
Ryazan and chairman of the city duma Fyodor Provotorov, who ruled the
city for 8 years, is associated with activities in this organization.
Today, according to the Ministry of Internal Affairs, the crime rate
in Ryazan is one of the lowest among the cities of the Central Federal
District. For example, in the first six months of 2012, the crime rate
was 579.6 crimes per hundred thousand population. This is slightly more
than in the region as a whole, but almost two times less than in the
Central Federal District, where this figure is 839. The city, in
addition to police crews, is patrolled by students of military
universities and voluntary people's squads, whose headquarters are
located in all city districts.
At the moment, Ryazan is almost
completely covered by a video surveillance network. Police alarm buttons
are equipped on the central streets and squares of the city, as well as
at train stations and near large shopping centers.
One of the first terrorist acts in the modern history of Russia was
the explosion on April 3, 1994 on Voznesenskaya Street in Ryazan. He was
connected with the fight between the Slonovskaya organized crime group
and other criminal groups in the city. Thanks to a technical
malfunction, only the terrorist himself, one of the members of the
Airapetovskaya organized crime group Sergei Manikin, was destroyed by
the explosion, but he planned to destroy the Ascension Church along with
all the people who were there during the service.
On September
22, 1999, an incident occurred in Ryazan in connection with the
discovery of three bags of a substance similar to sugar in the basement
of one of the residential buildings on Novoselov Street, which later
became known as “Ryazan sugar.” The operational group that arrived at
the scene established the presence of hexogen in these bags (later the
analysis was found to be erroneous). An electronic watch shaped like a
pager and three batteries connected by wires were also found in one of
the bags. The device's response time was set at 5:30 am. On September
23, at a test site near Ryazan, a test detonation of one kilogram of the
detected substance was carried out, but the explosion did not occur,
since, according to experts, the terrorists mistakenly calculated the
proportions of the components
The city is home to the Ryazan Oil Refinery, which produces gasoline,
diesel fuel, kerosene, fuel oil, bitumen and other petroleum products.
Before the Great Patriotic War, 2/3 of the city's gross industrial
output came from the food, light and woodworking industries. After the
war, Ryazan turned into an important industrial center with a
predominance of mechanical engineering, petrochemical and food
industries, as well as the production of radio-electronic devices
(mainly military). Since the mid-1950s, the construction of factories
began in the city, which currently occupy most of the Oktyabrsky
district and a small part of Zheleznodorozhny.
Currently, the
city provides 60% of the region's gross industrial output. The presence
of large universities and design bureaus in the city makes it possible
to provide industrial personnel with qualified labor.
Since 2010,
construction of the Ryazan special economic zone began in the Pronsky
district of the Ryazan region near Novomichurinsk. An aerospace valley
complex is being built not far from Solotcha.
Ryazan is one of the few cities in Russia that carries out
agricultural activities within the city limits and the nearest suburban
area. The extensive flooding of the Oka and small rivers creates rich
soil for the subsequent growth of forage grasses and cereal crops. K. G.
Paustovsky, while resting and working near Ryazan, noted:
In the
meadows the old riverbed of the Oka stretches for many kilometers. His
name is Prorva... The density of the grasses in other places on Prorva
is such that it is impossible to land ashore from a boat - the grasses
stand like an impenetrable elastic wall. They push people away. The
grasses are intertwined with treacherous blackberry loops and hundreds
of dangerous and sharp snares.
Today, on the water meadows of
Ryazan there are cattle pastures and various crops are cultivated. There
is a particularly large amount of arable land on the left bank of the
Oka. The government of the Ryazan region, as part of the work on
creating the Ryazansky tourism cluster, plans to adopt a special program
developing ecological farming and rural tourism. One of its directions
will be the construction of an agricultural center on the border of
Ryazan near Polyany, designed to show the potential of Russia, the
region and the city in this sector of the economy. It is planned that
the created center will demonstrate the achievements of the national
economy, host agricultural seminars and exhibitions for both specialists
and ordinary citizens.