Oblast Kursk

Association of European Border Regions (AEBR)

Euroregion Yaroslavna

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08.45 Boarding the buses

09.00 Departure for the Red Square

09.15 Red Square, Znamensky Cathedral

09.40 Sergievo-Kazansky Cathedral

10.30 Memorial complex devoted to heroes of the Great Patriotic War 1941-1945

11.15 Memorial complex “Kursk Bulge”

11.45 Departure for Korennaya Hermitage

12.30 Historical and cultural centre «Korennaya Hermitage»

12.50 Monastery, the Main Cathedral and healing springs

13.50 Memorial Complex and Military Museum after Marshal K. Rokossovsky

14.30 Exhibition “Under the Saint Omophorion”

15.00 Lunch

16.00 Boarding the buses

16.40 Return to the hotels

Travelling in Kursk can become a bright and unforgettable event for the guests of our land.

Znamensky Cathedral is situated on the Red square, which is historical centre of the city.

Its construction began in 1815 on the place of brick church of XVII century. Znamensky

Cathedral is a building in classicism and is considered to be the first temple in Kursk.

Sergievo-Kazansky Cathedral is a masterpiece of architecture of Rastrelli epoch, its history

is associated with Saint Seraphim Sarovsky.

Memorial complex “Kursk Bulge” is the memory about Kursk battle that had no equal in the

whole world military history.

Korennaya Hermitage is the spiritual omphalos, which is the third on the importance in

Russia. It is situated in the place of Svoboda, in 30 km to the North of Kursk. Here in 1295 a

wonderworking icon “The Virgin of the Sign” Kurskaya Korennaya was invented. The icon

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played a very important role in the history of Kursk land. In 1597 the Tsar Theadore

Ioannovich ordered to found a monastery named Korennaya Hermitage on the bank of

Tuskar river on the place of invention of the icon near the roots of the tree.

At present the original icon is in the U.S. It is Hodegetria of all the Russian abroad. At the

end of September, 2011 the icon will arrive in Kursk.

Monastery and springs with healing water are situated in the territory of Hermitage.

Thousands of pilgrims come to Korennaya Hermitage to bow to Russian shrines and to go

away from daily vanity.

Every year Kursk Korennaya Fair and religious procession are held at the Hermitage.

Thousands of tourists and pilgrims visit this place.

One can also visit a memorial complex “Control center of the Central Front”, a

monument devoted to the victory in the Great Patriotic War 1941 – 1945. The complex

includes a museum, shelter, samples of military equipment of World War II.

Korennaya Hermitage

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Programme:

06.45 Arrival to Kursk Railway Station, Moscow

07.30 Boarding the buses

08.00 Breakfast at the restaurant

09.00 Boarding the buses, departure for Kremlin

9.30 Visit of the Moscow Kremlin:

Borovitsky Hill, Cathedrals Square, Assumption Cathedral,

Annunciation Cathedral, St. Archangel Cathedral, Patriarch's

Chambers. On Ivanovskaya Square - Tsar Canon and Tsar Bell.

13.30 Boarding the buses

13.40 Departure to the hotels and airports

The Moscow Kremlin is situated in the very center of the capital of Russia. Its monumental

walls and towers, golden-domed cathedrals and ancient palaces stand high on the

Borovitskiy Hill above the Moskva River forming a magnificent architectural ensemble. Since

1991, the Kremlin has been the official residence of the President of the Russian Federation.

The ensemble of the Moscow Kremlin has been included in the UNESCO World Heritage

List.

During the visit you can see the following sights of the Kremlin:

The Assumption Cathedral

For centuries, it has been the main cathedral of the Russian State. The inaugurations of

Princes, Tsars, Emperors and heads of the Russian Orthodox Church were held at the

Assumption Cathedral. Nowadays, at the Assumption Cathedral one can admire the

magnificent iconostasis, the ensemble of monumental paintings and one of the largest

Russian collections of icons of particular respect and artistic value. The Ivan the Terrible's

wooden carved praying-seat and the unique necropolis are also of special interest.

The Archangel’s Cathedral

The dynastic necropolis of Moscow Great Princes and Tsars. Great Princes Ivan Kalita,

Dmitriy Donskoi, Ivan III, Ivan the Terrible, Tsarevich Dmitriy, Tsars Mikhail and Alexey

Romanov were buried here. The cathedral's pillars and walls are covered with portraits of

Moscow leaders and their glorious ancestors.

The Patriarch’s Palace

One of the rare examples of civil architecture of the Patriarch Nikon's times. It presents

valuable items of history and culture of the XVII century- personals of patriarchs, precious

tablewares, pocket-watches and table-clocks, unique examples of ecclesiastical embroidery

and interiors, manuscripts and printed books, icons painted by famous tsar's isografs (icon-

painters).

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The Church of Laying Our Lady’s Holy Robe

The home church of Russian Metropolitans and Patriarchs. The iconostasis and wall-

paintings of the cozy small church form the magnificent architectural ensemble. There is a

permanent exhibition of Russian wooden sculpture situated in the church's gallery. Only few

exhibits of this kind have been preserved. Any of them is of great interest and value.

The Annunciation Cathedral

The home church of Moscow Great Princes and Tsars. The ensemble of monumental

painting of the cathedral of Ivan the Terrible's epoch and the ancient iconostasis are of great

value. Many researches consider the icons of deesis to be painted by famous icon-painter

Theofan the Greek and a part of the icons of the festival row to be created by the greatest

Russian medieval icon-painter Andrei Rublev.

Tsar Cannon is a unique item of the Kremlin’s artillery collection. It was created in 1586 in

Moscow’s Cannon Court by eminent Russian cannon-caster Andrei Chokhov on the order of

Tsar Feodor Ioannovich, the sovereign ruler of All Great Russia.

Judging by the Tsar Cannon’s caliber of 890 mm, it was given its name as the world’s

biggest cannon. The gun’s tube’s weight is about 40 ton, its length is 5,34 m. The cannon’s

surface is adorned with the cast figured friezes, vegetation ornament, memorial inscriptions

and an equestrian image of Tsar Feodor Ioannovich.

The Tsar Bell, a masterpiece of the Russian casting of the XVIII century, stands on the

stone base to the east of the Ivan-the-Great Bell-Tower. It was cast in 1733-1735 on the

order of empress Anne. Up till now the Tsar Bell is considered to be the biggest one in the

world. It weights about 202 ton and is 6,14 meter high. Its diameter is 6,6 m.

The Moscow Kremlin