If you are accidentally or deliberately brought into the Saratov region, you will begin to wonder how to entertain yourself, how to culturally enlighten. In this article you will find out what sights of Saratov and the Saratov region are worth seeing.
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In this article you will see the most interesting sights of the Saratov region, photos with the description of which will plunge you into the incredible atmosphere of history and travel. These unique places will remain in your memory for a long time. Let's begin to consider the main attractions of the Saratov region.
Museum of Long-Range Aviation
One of the attractions of the Saratov region and the city of Engels is the Museum of Long-Range Aviation, located at the air base of the city. The museum was opened on September 6, 2000.
Some exhibits were placed in the building, and large objects, such as airplanes and helicopters, were located in the open. It can be problematic to get into the museum, especially for citizens of other states, because it was founded on the territory of the current part, so you must first obtain permission to visit it.
Today, the museum has more than 15 types of various airplanes and helicopters, as well as an exposition of cruise missiles, aircraft weapons and ammunition, elements of the first spacecraft descent, various modifications of turbojet engines, elements of cruise missiles and, in particular, homing heads. Also presented here are the interiors of aircraft cabins, various dashboards, ejected seats and recorders mounted on aircraft. In general, quite a lot of interesting things can be seen in the expositions of this attraction. The Saratov region is famous for a huge number of interesting places, and in this article we will consider only a small part.
Gagarin field
Another attraction of the Saratov region is associated with the name of the first cosmonaut - this is the ensemble of architecture สบGagarinsky Poleสบ, which is located near the settlement of Smelovka, Engelsky district. The construction of the complex is timed to a remarkable date - the first manned flight into space in April 1961 and his landing in the descent capsule of the Vostok spaceship on the field of the Leninsky Way collective farm, which was located here earlier, instead of the planned landing in Kazakhstan. It was here, south of the city of Engels, that the Uzmorites Rumiya and Anna Takhtarova were the first to find Gagarin after landing. This is what the Saratov region is really famous for, whose sights are famous all over Russia.
Here you can see the obelisk rising up 27 meters and symbolizing the rocket take off, and next to it is Gagarin in concrete and the images of the first 12 cosmonauts, as well as Korolev and Tsiolkovsky, located on the steles. And all this is surrounded by a small park. The view is simply amazing.
Trinity Cathedral
Another attraction of the Saratov region is the Orthodox Cathedral, erected on Museum Square, administratively related to the Volga district of the city of Saratov. The full name is the Cathedral in the name of the Life-Giving Trinity.
The cathedral is considered one of the oldest temples of the Lower Volga. Initially, in its place in the years 74โ75 of the 17th century, the Trinity Church was erected from wood with the blessing of the Bishop of Astrakhan Parthenius. Ten years later, another fire destroyed it to the ground. In 1712, history repeated itself. After that, it was decided to build a completely new church, which stood almost without damage until the 20th century.
One of the most ancient and idolizing masterpieces of the temple is the miraculous image of the Savior. His appearance in the temple, according to legend, is associated with the archers, who built Saratov in its original form. They transferred it from the Trinity-Sergius Monastery.
Automobile bridge
In order to see the above objects, it is necessary to cross the Volga River, and this is possible only through the "double-humped" automobile bridge, which is one of the main symbols of Saratov and deservedly included in the list of attractions of the Saratov region. At the time of its construction in 1965, a 2800-meter-long bridge was the longest in Europe. The crossing allowed connecting the left and right banks, on which the center of the region and the second largest city in the region, Engels, are located. The construction of the bridge was experimental and was carried out by a cheap sleepless method. On the everyday life of its construction, the feature film "The Bridge Is Built" was shot. This is most famous for the Saratov region, the sights and memorable places of which many want to see.
Limonary
Another attraction of Saratov and the Saratov region is the city nursery, popularly nicknamed the limonaria. Several types of lemons and more than 30 species of other exotic plants grow here, including passion fruit, feijoa, coffee, euonymus, murraya, passionflower, myrtle and much more.
A visit to the limonaria will plunge you into the beautiful plant world of the tropics and subtropics, and you can enjoy the cleanest and saturated volatile air. And you can also get a sprout of an exotic plant to try to organize something similar at home.
So you found out what the Saratov region is really famous for. Its sights are one of the most interesting memorable places in the whole country.