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For ready-made groups 10+1, 15+1, 25+2, 40+4

1 day.

Arrival in Pyatigorsk. Hotel accommodation.
Visit to the Lermontov's House museum. Lecture-conversation on the topic “Lermontov in the Caucasus”.
Excursion to Lermontov’s places in Pyatigorsk: Lake “Proval”, Eolian Harp, Academic Gallery, Lermontov’s Grotto, Lermontov Baths, Tsvetnik Park, Diana’s Grotto, Restoration, site of Lermontov’s duel, place of the original burial of M. Yu. Lermontov (old cemetery).
Return to the hotel. Dinner.

Day 2.

Breakfast. Excursion to Dombay with a visit to the Dzhamagat Gorge.
This gorge, interesting for its historical past, has mineral water springs. A country road leads from Teberda to the Jamagata valley. Downstream of the river there are the ruins of the old village of Jamagat. It is this place that Karachays from generation to generation associate with the name of the great poet. This land actually has a lot to tell. In the east, in the depths of the Dzhamagat gorge, there is a settlement - an Alan settlement founded in the 1st millennium. A little downstream of the Teberda River, at the end of the 18th century, the Urusbiev princes founded a village that flourished and was known throughout the outskirts of the mountainous region. It is to this time that the legend that formed the basis of Mikhail Yuryevich Lermontov’s poem “Hadji-Abrek” dates back to this time.
Return to Pyatigorsk. Dinner.

Day 3.

Breakfast. Release of rooms.
Excursion to Lermontov's places in Kislovodsk.
A visit to the Narzan gallery, where the source of Narzan is located, which existed during M. Yu. Lermontov’s stay in Kislovodsk. In the area of this source there was a small house of relatives of E. A. Arsenyeva, the poet’s grandmother, who stayed with them with her grandson during a trip to Kavminvody in 1825. Inspection of the Lermontov site, erected on the site of an old restaurant building and included in the so-called Lermontov Reserve Quarter in Kislovodsk; the remains of the Kislovodsk fortress - a gate, part of a wall with loopholes, a corner tower, which is mentioned in the story "Princess Mary"; Picket hill. From Picketnaya Hill you can clearly see Soldier's Hill, and to the south of it - Batareinaya Hill. M.Yu. Lermontov in his story “Princess Mary” mentions pickets near the fortress. The closest posts were on this hill and on Kazachka - near the Narzan source.
Excursion to the outskirts of Kislovodsk, associated with the name of Lermontov: Lermontov Waterfall, Lermontov Rock, Ring Mountain.
Return to Pyatigorsk. Departure.

Program

1st day
Arrival in Penza "Hello, Penza!"
Meeting with the guide at the information desk of the Penza-1 railway station with a sign for Lermontov places.
Breakfast Refueling for the road.
Sightseeing tour of Penza In Penza the whole history of Russia. You will meet with an ancient Russian city, which is picturesquely spread out on high hills above the Sura River and where the plot of one of Alexandre Dumas’s novels was born. Here the poet Denis Davydov felt like he was on Parnassus, and Pyotr Vyazemsky felt like he was in little Paris. In the old quarters of the city, houses have been preserved that remember famous fellow countrymen and guests: critic V. Belinsky, director V. Meyerhold, historian V. Klyuchevsky, writers N. Leskov and M. Saltykov-Shchedrin, Lenin’s father I.N. Ulyanov, Red Napoleon Marshal M. Tukhachevsky.
Excursion to the Penza Art Gallery one of the oldest in Russia. The ancient building with spacious halls and rich stucco decoration made by K. Klodt houses a rich collection. In this temple of pictorial silence and some special soulfulness, paintings by I. Repin, I. Levitan, A. Kuindzhi, I. Shishkin are presented. The collection of Russian avant-garde is considered to be the golden fund. Here is the third most important collection of works by A. Lentulov, this newcomer from Penza, a stocky hare. Lentulov depicted in color what Mayakovsky did in words. The gallery presents one of the largest collections of works by R. Falk in Russia.
Lunch at a city cafe.
Excursion to the world famous performing arts museum, the first memorial to V. Meyerhold in Russia and abroad. In the living room of the old house where director V. Meyerhold grew up, there is now an unusual theater that fulfills the dream of the great master and works in the traditions of the Italian commedia mask theater dell'arte.
Excursion to the country's first museum of the great Russian historian V. Klyuchevsky, opened in the house where he grew up. Without entering into polemics with anyone, in his world-famous work A Short Course on Russian History, he gave his understanding of Russian history, brilliantly and prophetically foreseeing the future of Russia. He owns the phrase: History will not teach anything, but will punish for ignorance of the lessons. In terms of the impact of his lectures on the audience, Klyuchevsky was compared with Chaliapin, Ermolova, Rachmaninov, and the performances of the Art Theater. He helped Chaliapin in creating the images of Ivan the Terrible and Boris Godunov. Impressed by his lecture, the artist V. Serov created the famous sketch of Peter I. The monument to V. Klyuchevsky in Penza, as well as the museum named after him, are the only ones in Russia.
Transfer to the hotel.
Check-in. Free time.

2nd day
Breakfast.
Release of rooms. Meeting with the guide.
Country excursion to the cultural and historical center of the Kuvaka spring(Kuvaka village, 87 km, journey 1.5 hours).
Excursion to the Museum of Living Water. This amazing place is associated with the name of Count V.N. Voeikov, the last commandant of the Winter Palace, author of the book With the Tsar and Without the Tsar, godfather of Tsarevich Alexei. Voeikov’s special pride was the Gremyachiy Klyuch spring. Its tasty, crystal clear water was considered healing. The count's entrepreneurial spirit made her famous in Paris. The museum has restored an ancient production facility from 100 years ago. In the delicious tasting room you can try the entire collection of lemonades based on Kuvaka water, as well as drinks made with premium natural syrups.
Transfer to the Tarkhany Museum-Reserve(Lermontovo village, 45 km, 1 hour on the way), the estate of M. Lermontov’s grandmother, where half of the poet’s 26-year life passed and where his grave is now located.
Visit to the manor house, which will help you feel the charm of the 19th century, will give you a meeting with the originals, which were touched by the hand of the poet and his grandmother. You will visit the small church of Mary of Egypt, built in memory of the poet’s early deceased mother; in the house of the clerk and housekeeper, among already forgotten household things, you will get acquainted with the life of Tarkhan peasants; in the people's room you will hear songs from Lermontov's time. You will have the opportunity to look at the restored mill, enthusiastically wander through the old alleys of the park and the manor’s garden, relax in the Lermontov gazebo, inhaling the aroma of Antonov apples and strawberries.
Lunch Tarkhan treat in the village cafe.
Free time I want: a walk along the ponds in the park and gardens of the estate; ride in a vintage carriage; photographing; herbal tea with pretzel. Excursion to the second complex in the center of the village of Lermontovo: visiting the grave of the poet and the Church of Michael the Archangel.
Moving to Penza.
18.00-18.30 Arrival in Penza. Transfer to the railway station.
End of excursion service (the travel company is not responsible if tourists purchased tickets for train No.093rd Penza Moscow at 16:38). Independent visit to the Penza souvenirs store. Free time: those who wish can hand over their things to the storage room of the railway station and take a walk along Moskovskaya Street in the Penza Arbat with its architectural, historical and cultural monuments.
Departure.

Hotel information

Tour cost for 1 person in rubles:

Number	Penza,* breakfast Swiss table	Heliopark , breakfast Swiss table
2-seater standard (twin)	8 350	8 990
2-seater standard (double)		8 990
2-bed standard with balcony (twin/double)		9 120
2-bed one-room economy (twin)	8 370
2-bed two-room economy (twin)	8 550
2-seater standard comfort (twin)	8 690	Included in the price Accommodation in the selected hotel, - two meals a day (breakfast, lunch), - work as a tour guide (including a sightseeing tour), - transport services and transfers according to the program, - entrance tickets to the art gallery named after. K.A. Savitsky, museum of the Center for Theater Arts "Meyerhold House", house-museum of V.O. Klyuchevskogo, museum of living water in the village. Kuvaka, museum-reserve "Tarkhany". Additional charge railway tickets Moscow - Penza - Moscow reserved seat from 2,000 rubles, compartment from 4,000 rubles. (estimated cost).

Mikhail Yuryevich Lermontov never tired of declaring his love for the Caucasus. And this is not surprising, because he came to local resorts as a child, and many of his works were written here. We invite you to an exciting school tour of Lermontov’s places, during which you will touch the history of the poet’s life and work, and also visit the legendary cities of the Caucasus - Pyatigorsk, Kislovodsk and Dombay.

“The view from three sides is wonderful.
To the west, the five-headed Beshtu turns blue, like the last cloud of a scattered storm;
Mashuk rises to the north like a shaggy Persian hat..."
M.Yu. Lermontov

In Lermontov's places of the Caucasus

Tour duration: 3 days/2 nights.

Tour route: Pyatigorsk - Dombay - Pyatigorsk - Kislovodsk - Pyatigorsk.

Tour dates: on request.

Tour program

Day 1. Pyatigorsk

Arrival at one of the oldest mud and balneological resorts of the Caucasian Mineral Waters, and all of Russia as a whole - in Pyatigorsk. On the territory of the picturesque city, conveniently located between the Caspian and Black Seas, there are 5 mountain peaks at once. The highest of them (almost a kilometer above sea level) is Mashuk. The largest number of healing springs are concentrated around this peak. Hotel accommodation.

There are many things that connect the great Russian poet Mikhail Yuryevich Lermontov with the resort town. Here he stayed as a child, regained his health, lived in exile, and wrote his immortal works. And here, by coincidence, he died in a duel.

You will visit the museum “Lermontov’s House” and attend an interesting lecture-conversation “Lermontov in the Caucasus”. Afterwards - a tour of the “Lermontov places” of the city. You will see the grotto and baths named after the poet, the Flower Garden park, the Aeolian Harp, the Restoration, Diana's grotto, the Academic Gallery, Lake Proval, visit the place where the fatal duel took place and the place of the poet's original burial in the old cemetery.

Return to the hotel, dinner and rest.

Lermontov's House - Pyatigorsk, Russia

Day 2. Pyatigorsk - Dombay - Pyatigorsk

Breakfast at the hotel and a trip to one of the most popular ski resorts in the Caucasus - Dombay. On this day, you will have a tour of its territory and a story about the Dzhamagat River gorge, famous for its rich historical past and the large number of mineral springs located here.

You will walk along the country road that leads to the Dzhamagat Gorge from Teberda and see the ruins of an old village. Mikhail Yuryevich Lermontov visited these places. In addition, there is an ancient Alan settlement founded more than a thousand years ago.

If you go downstream of the Jamagat, you will see a settlement founded in the 18th century by the Urusbiev princes. It is believed that the legend that served as the basis for Mikhail Yuryevich Lermontov’s poem “Hadji Abrek” dates back to this time and place.

Later you will be able to take the cable car up and explore the surrounding area (not included in the tour price, paid separately). Return to the hotel in Pyatigorsk, dinner.

Day 3. Pyatigorsk - Kislovodsk - Pyatigorsk

Breakfast at the hotel and check out of the rooms. A continuation of your journey through Lermontov's places in the Caucasus awaits you. On this day you will arrive in Kislovodsk - the southernmost resort of the Stavropol Territory.

Inspection of the gallery with a narzan spring that remembers the great poet. Not far from it was the house of Mikhail Yuryevich’s grandmother, Elizaveta Alekseevna Arsenyeva. Little Misha came here in 1825.

A walk through the Lermontov Reserve Quarter, inspection of the ruins of the local fortress, which is mentioned in the story “Princess Mary”. You will visit Soldier's, Picket and Batareinaya hills.

Continuation of the excursion to places that remember the great Russian poet. Inspection of the Lermontov waterfall and rocks, as well as Mount Ring.

Return to Pyatigorsk, completion of the program and departure home.

Dombay, Russia

Tour cost per person based on double occupancy:

Hotel description:

The boarding house with treatment Iskra is located in the center of the resort area of the city. Within walking distance from it there is a drinking gallery, medicinal baths, a mud bath, the Lermontov Gallery and a theater in Tsvetnik Park. In double rooms of the first category: TV, shower, refrigerator, European-quality renovation.

The Intourist Congress Hotel is located in the center of Pyatigorsk, at the foot of Mount Mashuk. The 16-storey complex has all the conditions for comfortable living and recreation. Superior double rooms have: TV, refrigerator, shower, good repair.

Business Hotel Beshtau is a comfortable 8-storey complex in the business center of Pyatigorsk. The hotel has a spacious swimming pool, a Turkish bath (hammam), a fitness center with a cardio zone and a sports bar, and a Finnish sauna.

Included in cost:

hotel accommodation (3 days/2 nights);
meals according to the program (2 breakfasts, 2 dinners);
excursions according to the program;
transfers;
entrance tickets to the house-museum of M.Yu. Lermontov;
insurance;
resort scheme of Pyatigorsk.

Additional charges:

relocation or flight;
ascent by chairlift;
personal and other expenses not included in the price.

Pyatigorsk attracts not only with its luxurious nature, mineral waters and healing mud, for me it is, first of all, a city associated with the name of Lermontov. There are many things in Pyatigorsk that remind us of the poet. Here you are walking along the street down to the Flower Garden, and on the right is Lermontov’s house, as it was during the poet’s life, here is a monument to the poet, by the way, the first in Russia, and here is Diana’s grotto, where a week before his death Lermontov had fun at the ball. Well, the Academic Gallery was generally the center of resort life at that time; here Lermontov observed the “water society.” Yes, years have passed, a lot has changed, but Lermontov’s places in Pyatigorsk are still imbued with the amazing atmosphere of that time.

For the first time, Mikhail Lermonov came to Pyatigorsk with his grandmother Elizaveta Alekseevna Arsenyeva, who, after the death of her mother, took upon herself all the worries of raising the boy. This was in 1818, when the future poet was still at a very young age. His grandmother brought him here later, when he grew up a little. Elizaveta Alekseevna stayed with her grandson at her sister’s house, which was located at the foot of Goryachaya Mountain. From all sides there was a view of the mountain peaks, and nearby there were springs with mineral water and wonderful nature. Even then, Lermontov fell in love with the Caucasus, immediately and forever.

The poet’s new meeting with Pyatigorsk took place in 1837. For the rebellious poem “To the Death of a Poet,” Lermontov was sent to serve in the Nizhny Novgorod Dragoon Regiment, but on the way he caught a bad cold and went to Pyatigorsk. “Having caught a cold on the way, I arrived at the waters all in rheumatism, they carried me out of the cart in their arms, I could not to walk - within a month my water levels completely improved,” wrote Lermontov. That's it! And try to say after that that you don’t believe in the healing properties of Caucasian mineral waters!

From Pyatigorsk, having received treatment and gained strength, Lermontov travels further to the Caucasus, to his place of service, in Tiflis, where he stayed until the end of the year. In 1938, returning to St. Petersburg, Lermontov wrote "Mtsyri", "Hero of Our Time", a Caucasian version of the poem "Demon". And everywhere there is the beauty of the Caucasus and the people who met there. But it was not possible to realize all his plans - for a duel with the son of the French ambassador, he was again sent to the Caucasus, into the thick of military events, where he proved himself to be a brave and talented commander, for which he was granted a short-term vacation to St. Petersburg. In St. Petersburg, he submitted his resignation, deciding to devote his life to literary craft, but the request was not granted, and Lermontov again went to the Caucasus.

The last time Lermontov came to Pyatigorsk was in May 1841. And Pyatigorsk became the last refuge of the great poet, a witness to the last months of his life. Walking through Lermontov’s places, you imagine the life of a small resort town of that time, leisurely walks of the “water society”, balls, simple entertainments of young people, but the bitter feeling of loss does not leave you, how can it be, a young, talented poet, the blossoming of creativity and - an absurd tragic death !

Lermontov lived for less than 27 years, leaving behind a huge “literary legacy”: the poems “Demon”, “Mtsyri”, “Song about the Merchant Kalashnikov”, the play “Masquerade”, the poem “Borodino”, the first Russian psychological novel “Hero of Our Time” ... The list could take a long time: the poet left to his descendants over 400 poems, about 40 poems, 6 dramas and 3 novels.

The Lermontov House is one of the first literary and memorial museums in Russia. The history of the museum began in 1912. Before this, and this is no less than 70 years, no one took special care of the house, it passed from hand to hand to private owners, and, alas, gradually collapsed. Fortunately, there were caring people who still managed to influence the local authorities, and the city duma bought the estate and gave it to the Caucasian Mining Committee.

In subsequent years, the museum was expanded, adding the neighboring Verzilin estate. Colossal work was constantly going on to restore the museum complex. All efforts were aimed at giving the museum its original appearance. And it happened - Lermontov’s house retains its original appearance to this day.

In the 70s of the 20th century, the museum was renamed the State Museum - Reserve of M.Yu. Lermontov. And the people adopted a warm and kind name - Lermontov's House.

This house belonged to the nobleman and captain Vasily Chulaev. In the owner’s house book it is written: “Captain Alexei Arkadyevich Stolypin and lieutenant Mikhail Yuryevich Lermontov from St. Petersburg received 100 rubles in silver for the entire average house. Lermontov spent the last 2 months of his life here. The poet’s body was brought to this house of Lermontov on July 15 1841 after a tragic duel...

There are four rooms in total. Two of them, facing the garden, are the “Lermontov half”. The door of one of the rooms leads to a small terrace, on which Lermontov liked to relax and work, bringing here a small sofa table, which is still kept in the house.

The location of the house is excellent. It’s nearby, you just need to go down a little - the Flower Garden, the baths, not far from the Academic Gallery. Well, the beauty of the surrounding nature was mesmerizing. Particularly impressive was the view from the terrace of the house of the majestic Caucasian mountains, Mashuk - here it is, nearby, and opposite - Elbrus, at that time the buildings of Pyatigorsk were loose and low-rise, so from the same terrace in good weather you could admire Elbrus, Yutsa, Jutsa . Of course, the beautiful mountain landscapes could not help but inspire the poet to write his immortal works.

And we go to the house where the museum itself is located. The exhibits in the museum are authentic, what was in the house originally, and what was transported from St. Petersburg.

In the living room, household items are stored in a small pantry, where lunches prepared in the kitchen located on the ground floor were brought. Among them are a silver milk jug and a faience plate belonging to Lermontov, as well as a camp folding samovar. Through the glass door of the cupboard in the pantry you can see an old towel with the coat of arms of the Lermontov family embroidered on it.

Lermontov loved to work at a table near an open window, behind which a wonderful cherry tree grew. On the desk are notes and books that Lermontov was interested in in the last days of his life. The atmosphere here is amazing. Just think, here Lermontov lived and worked, thought, dreamed. Here he wrote his last poems:

I go out alone on the road;

Through the fog the flinty path shines;

The night is quiet. The desert listens to God,

And star speaks to star.

On the territory of the museum complex there is also the former house of I.V. Umanov, where you can now see the exhibition “M. Yu. Lermontov in fine art" - portraits, sculptures, illustrations for works.

There was a big holiday in Pyatigorsk on this day. And I was lucky enough to attend it. And I’ll tell you, it was truly a holiday, with many guests, with concerts, with fireworks and, of course, with poems by Lermontov. They were read everywhere, by writers and ordinary people, with tears in their eyes and trembling in their voices, Lermontov’s lines were read by people of very advanced years and preschool children cheerfully and cheerfully. A special symbolism was felt in such speeches: Lermontov is alive and loved as before as many years ago!

Here's another interesting fact. On October 15, Channel One conducted a small survey in Moscow, asking passers-by on the street: “Do you know Lermontov? Can you read anything from his work?” And everyone (!!!) knew Lermontov and everyone (!!!) read his poems by heart, even just a few lines, but they read them! This is the most important gift for a poet’s birthday - universal recognition!

Admission to the museum that day was free. According to the most conservative estimates, on October 15, 2014, over 3 thousand visitors visited the museum.

All day long there was a free microphone on the estate, and anyone could come up to it and voice their declaration of love to the poet.

In one of the green meadows of the estate, an exhibition of portraits of the poet from the collection of the museum “My Lermontov” was set up. These are works by artists of the 20th and already 21st centuries, made in different styles and using different techniques, but so tenderly and subtly conveying the image of the poet.

Not far from the Lermontov House is the Verzilin house, where the family of Major General P.S. Verzilin lived. Young people gathered here and M.Yu. Lermontov often visited. The poet loved to have fun, laugh, and dance. Sometimes he entertained himself and others with witty impromptu remarks. On the evening of July 13, 1841, here in the living room, a quarrel between Lermontov and Martynov occurred, which served as a reason for a duel. It wasn’t even a quarrel, it was just that Lermontov awarded Martynov the nickname “Highlander with a Dagger,” and at a party at the Verzilins’, Lermontov said to the hostess of the house: “Emilia, beware, a fierce highlander is approaching,” word for word, and that’s how it all turned out. Looking at those events from our time, it seems incredible that because of a ridiculous joke, a poet of whom Russia is still proud was killed!

In the Verzilins’ house there is an exhibition “Lermontov in the Caucasus”, which includes historical documents, autographs of the poet, his paintings and drawings.

Near the Verzilins’ house, but this is already on Buachidze Street, there is a ticket office where you can buy tickets to the Lermontov House-Museum.

Well, we move on. And then there is the Lermontov Square, where in 1889 the first monument to Lermontov in Russia was erected. On a granite pedestal there is a bronze sculpture of the poet, with Mashuk behind him. Lermontov's gaze is fixed on Elbrus and the Caucasus ridge. At the poet’s feet is an open book, a feather, a lyre and a bronze wreath.

In order to build a monument to Lermontov, the collection of voluntary donations began around 1870. Lermontov readings, concerts, and lotteries were held to raise money as quickly as possible. A competition for the best design of the monument was announced in 1881. More than 120 proposals were received. According to the results of the competition, A.M. won. Opekushin, who had previously drawn up the project for the Pushkin monument in Moscow. As they say, this monument became not only the best work of the sculptor, but also the best Russian monument to Lermontov.

Events dedicated to the 200th anniversary of the poet also took place in Lermontov Park. Guests from Moscow and other cities, vacationers, city residents, and media representatives gathered in the park in front of the monument. Musical groups - children's, student and famous - celebrated this day! The abundance of people in uniform is another feature of the holiday. Lermontov is celebrated not only as a poet, but also as a Russian officer.

The days of celebrating the 200th anniversary of the birth of M.Yu. Lermontov coincided with a real golden autumn in Pyatigorsk. Autumn gave residents and guests of the city warm sunny days and the bright colors of Indian summer. It seems that nature itself celebrated the birthday of the great poet together with everyone.

As part of the celebration of the 200th anniversary of the poet, on October 15, a grand opening after the restoration of the monument to Lermontov took place. Military bands, a company of honor guard, fireworks, anniversary banners and Lermontov’s poems heard throughout the city - all this created a comprehensive atmosphere of a large and special holiday.

Well, we're going to the Flower Garden. In 1828, a hotel, the Restoration, was built near the Flower Garden park under the leadership of the Bernardazzi brothers. In this building, decorated with six columns, those who came to the waters stayed and had fun here. Lermontov in the story “Princess Mary” gives a description of the ball in the Restoration: “The Restoration hall turned into the hall of the Noble Assembly. At nine o’clock everyone arrived... The dancing began in Polish; then a waltz began. The spurs rang, the coattails rose and spun.”

And in honor of Lermontov’s 200th anniversary, an Officer’s Ball was held in Pyatigorsk. It was not an ordinary ball, but a ball as it was at the beginning of the 19th century, when Lermontov lived! The venue for the ball was the halls of the historical Restoration building, which remember the balls of those times and Lermontov at them.

Lermontov often visited this grotto, which bears the name of Diana. This artificial cave in the park on the northern slope of Mount Goryachaya was built according to the design of the Bernardazzi brothers in 1829. A week before his tragic death in a duel, the poet was the organizer of a ball in this grotto, which left many memories of the participants in the fun. The inside of the grotto is not very spacious, so most likely the whole party took place on the platform in front of the grotto.

In the middle of the gorge separating Mount Goryachaya and the Mikhailovsky spur of Mashuk, the light white stone building of the Elizabethan Gallery stood, as if connecting them. The gallery got its name from the name of F.P., opened in 1811. Haas source. “I’ll go to the Elisabeth spring,” we read in M.Yu. Lermontov’s story “Princess Mary,” “there, they say, the whole water society gathers in the morning.”

At the Elisaveta spring, Pechorin meets with the cadet Grushnitsky. Here the acquaintance with Princess Mary took place: “Lighter than a bird, she jumped up to him (Grushnitsky), raised the glass and handed it to him with a body movement of inexpressible charm; then she blushed terribly, looked back at the gallery and, making sure that her mother had not seen anything, it seems that she immediately calmed down. When Grushnitsky opened his mouth to thank her, she was already far away." This is how a romantic story began here, which ended with a duel between Pechorin and Grushnitsky.

Nowadays the gallery is called Academic, in honor of the bicentenary of the Academy of Sciences (1925).

When visiting Lermontov's places in Pyatigorsk, you cannot ignore Lermontov's Grotto. The grotto appeared naturally; the Berdanazzi brothers only deepened it in 1829. It was here that the writer loved to come to observe the “water society.”

They began to associate the grotto with the name of Lermontov only in the 1860s. Most likely, that’s when this sign appeared.

Not far from Lermontov's grotto, if you go a little up the steps in the old park, there is a gazebo called the "Aeolian Harp", which was built according to the design of the architects Bernardazzi brothers in the early 30s of the 19th century on an elevated point on the eastern end of the spur of Mount Mashuk. The gazebo is mentioned in M.Yu. Lermontov’s story “Princess Mary”: “On the steep rock where the pavilion, called the Aeolian Harp, was built, lovers of views stuck out and pointed a telescope at Elbrus.” And now next to the Aeolian Harp there is a telescope through which you can examine the surroundings.

Built on the slope of Mashuk, the gazebo attracts attention with its graceful outlines.

When young Lermontov came to Pyatigorsk, there was no gazebo yet; in its place stood a Cossack guard post. And the boy, who lived almost at the foot of the mountain ledge on which the Aeolian Harp is now located, at night heard the roll call of the sentries:

You just hear: who’s coming?

Only a loud “Listen” is heard.

07:35 Arrival in Penza. Meeting with the guide at the information desk of the Penza-1 railway station.

Breakfast.

Sightseeing tour "The whole history of Russia is in Penza..."

You will meet with an ancient Russian city, which is picturesquely spread out on high hills above the Sura River and where the plot of one of Alexandre Dumas’s novels was born. Here the poet Denis Davydov felt as if he were on Parnassus, and Pyotr Vyazemsky felt as if in little Paris. In the old quarters of the city, houses have been preserved that remember famous fellow countrymen and guests: critic Vissarion Belinsky, director Vsevolod Meyerhold, historian Vasily Klyuchevsky, writers Nikolai Leskov and Mikhail Saltykov-Shchedrin, Lenin’s father Ilya Ulyanov, “red Napoleon” Marshal Mikhail Tukhachevsky.

Excursion to the Penza Art Gallery- one of the oldest in Russia. The ancient building with spacious halls and rich stucco decoration made by Konstantin Klodt houses a rich collection. This temple of pictorial silence and special soulfulness presents paintings by Ilya Repin, Isaac Levitan, Arkhip Kuindzhi, Ivan Shishkin. The “Golden Fund” is considered to be a collection of Russian avant-garde. Here is the third most important collection of works by Aristarkh Lentulov - this “newcomer from Penza”, the “stocky hare”. Lentulov depicted in color what Mayakovsky did in words. The gallery presents one of the largest collections of works by Robert Falk in Russia.

Dinner in a city cafe.

Excursion to the world famous museum of performing arts, the first Meyerhold memorial in Russia and abroad. Today Meyerhold means not only a specific creative personality, a spiritual essence, but is also a symbol of the free culture of the world. In the living room of the old house where the director grew up, there is now an unusual theater that fulfills the dream of the great master and works in the traditions of the Italian commedia mask theater dell'arte.

Excursion to the country's first museum of the great Russian historian Klyuchevsky, opened in the house where he grew up. Without entering into polemics with anyone, in his famous work “A Short Course in Russian History” he gave his understanding of Russian history, brilliantly and prophetically foreseeing the future of Russia. He owns the phrase: “History will not teach anything, but will punish for ignorance of the lessons.” In terms of the impact of his lectures on the audience, Klyuchevsky was compared with Chaliapin, Ermolova, Rachmaninov, and the performances of the Art Theater. He helped Chaliapin in creating the images of Ivan the Terrible and Boris Godunov. Impressed by his lecture, the artist Valentin Serov created the famous sketch "Peter I". The monument to Klyuchevsky in Penza, as well as the museum named after him, are the only ones in Russia.

Transfer to the hotel. Check-in. Free time.