The administrative city of the Kirov region is the city of Kirov, located on the banks of the Vyatka River. The area occupied by the village is almost 170 thousand square kilometers. The population is half a million. The capital of Russia is almost 900 kilometers away. The sights of Kirov in the Kirov region are diverse. There are many temples, churches, there are museums and other places that should be visited by each guest.
A bit of history
Initially, the city was called Vyatka and was founded in 1374. In 1457, the Khlynov Kremlin was built on the territory of the village, which is why this name was also used in relation to the city. But later, after almost three hundred years, with the formation of the Vyatka governorship, the city was renamed Vyatka and became the center of the Vyatka province. The city of Kirov began to be called only in 1934, and two years later the Vyatka province became the Kirov region.
Currently, the city is one of the largest transport, cultural and industrial centers of the country.
sights
Sights of Kirov, Kirov region attract a huge number of tourists. Here you can admire the heritage of architecture of different times, visit monasteries, churches, cathedrals, admire the local beauties of nature, take a walk in parks and gardens. The city has an amusement park.
Museums
Having decided to visit these places, many are wondering what to see in Kirov? This unique half-million city is capable of changing all ideas about the Russian outback. It contains more than two dozen museums of various directions. Among them:
- Paleontological Museum.
- Ice Cream Museum "Artiko".
- Art Museum. Vasnetsovs.
- Museum of the Dymkovo toys.
- Exhibition Center "Diorama".
- The house-museum of the famous Russian writer Saltykov-Shchedrin.
- Gallery of progress.
- House-Museum of Green.
- Museum of Local Lore.
- The center of folk and art crafts and crafts of the province of Vyatka.
- Museum of Cosmonautics and Aviation.
- Kunstkamera.
- Museum of War Veterans in Afghanistan.
- Photo exhibition hall.
- Geological Museum.
- Planetarium.
- Natural Science Museum, etc.
Each museum offers guests special collections of exhibits. You can see such things far from everywhere. Sometimes it even seems that in this place all the most interesting materials for exhibitions and museum exhibits were specially collected.
Monuments
Among the attractions of Kirov, the Kirov region can be called a variety of monuments. Among them:
- sculpture "Family";
- tank T-34;
- piggy bank dog;
- Monument to Marshal Konev ;
- monument to Kirov;
- stele with an anchor;
- sculpture "Meeting Place", etc.
Among the attractions of the city of Kirov there are also monuments to the founders of the city. And here you can find not only a sculpture depicting S. M. Kirov located on Oktyabrsky Avenue, but also a monument to Tryphon Vyatsky, the city’s founding monk on the river of the same name. This is a unique monument in the city of Kirov, such creations are not often found in Russia.
Cathedrals and churches
Among the attractions of the city of Kirov there are cathedrals and churches. Many associate a large accumulation of shrines with the fact that the founder of the city was a monk. So, here are:
- Holy Assumption Trifonov Monastery.
- Alexander Church.
- Holy Seraphim Cathedral.
- Temple of Faith, Hope, Love and their mother Sophia.
- Assumption Cathedral.
- Trinity Cathedral.
- Church of the Icon of Theodorov.
- Church of Christ the Saviour.
- Church of St. Nicholas.
- Church of I. Baptist.
- Church of the Annunciation.
- Church of D. Solunsky.
Attractions include the Russian Old Believer Church, as well as some other temples of Kirov. Each of them is unique and has a special history.
Parks, natural heritage sites
Those who appreciate the natural heritage are recommended to visit the parks of the city of Kirov and the region. In this marvelous corner of Russia, there are more than a dozen different different unique corners of nature, including:
- Alexander Garden.
- Pond at the diorama.
- Botanical and dendrological gardens.
- Park them. Kirov.
- Zarechny park.
- Park at the Palace of Pioneers.
- Falcon mountain.
- Beresnyatsky waterfall.
- Dam, etc.
For those who are looking for something to see in Kirov, even so many parks and corners of nature are too many.
Traveling in the Kirov region
Among the architectural sights of Kirov (Kirov region) there are cultural objects of different erection times. One of the most beautiful and historically significant is the mansion of the merchant T. Bulychev. This building has a mysterious architecture, because it does not look like a merchant's house. The mansion is more like a palace that came to Russia from an oriental tale. And even the fact that the regional FSB is located in this building cannot dispel thoughts about the Moors. The facade of the mansion is so unusual that it does not fit into the architecture of the city.
One of the most popular places in the Kirov region is the village of Velikoretskoye. A legend is associated with this place, according to which in 1383 the image of Nicholas the Wonderworker appeared on the banks of the Great River. After this incident, local residents began to be healed. Among others was a resident of the village of Ivan, who had not stood on his feet for almost twenty years.
A chapel was erected at the site of the miraculous phenomenon, and a little further - a temple. Since then, a procession has been held here annually to take the icon of St. Nicholas the Wonderworker to the site of the appearance of the miracle.
To the dinosaurs
Among the museums of the city of Kirov distinguish paleontological. It was opened in 1994, but during its existence a decent collection of fossils dating back to the Permian period has accumulated in it. The age of the exhibits is more than 250 million years, and many of them have no analogues in the world.
Not far from the museum itself is the grand location of the remains of animals. Its length is more than twenty kilometers along the Vyatka River. In the warm season, museum guests are taken to the site of the excavation of the dinosaurs.
Those who want to be a true archaeologist and paleontologist during their holidays should come to Kirov. Here everyone will have the opportunity to follow the tracks of dinosaurs, see how the planet was born, which creatures once inhabited it. There are many similar museums in the world, but only such exhibits as in the Kirov Paleontological Museum are nowhere in the world.
During the excursions, each tourist will have the opportunity to visit the first paleontological museum located in Kotelnich. The guide will tell you what the work of the paleontologist was, what lizards inhabited the planet, how many years they lived and how long it was, and also will answer any questions. Not far from the first museum is Sokolya Gora. This is a sandstone formation that arose more than 250 million years ago. In this place is one of the largest on the planet locations pareiasaurs. The mountain itself is shrouded in a variety of myths, legends, secrets. Locals say that in this place they often see UFOs, they met a snowman - here the most unimaginable anomalous phenomena occur.
Karst funnels located in the Proval Lake are considered an unusual natural phenomenon. In their very center, the depth of the lake reaches fourteen kilometers. The pond has a length of a kilometer. It has clear clear water, through which the bottom is visible at a depth of up to ten meters. The bottom is sandy, and starting from a depth of five meters it becomes muddy.
Divers, lovers of underwater fishing come to Dips. This corner of nature is striking in its unusualness, beauty, mystery. Submerged under water, you can see the huge trunks of trees that are here because of the formation of karst craters.
In Kirov there is the Alexander Church - a unique architectural monument, built in 1903 by a Warsaw architect. For almost 25 years, the building was used to conduct Catholic services, but over the next decades the purpose of the building was lost: the building passed from hand to hand. Since 1989, its reconstruction was carried out, and the structure was restored to its original appearance. An organ concert and exhibition hall opened in the building itself.
In Kirov, there are many other unusual places to visit. Each of them has its own story, listening to which you can go back to another century.