We do not need a Turkish shore, and Africa does not need us. After all, there is so much more of the unknown, ancient and interesting in our country ... This time we will go to one of the oldest settlements in the country - the village of Narovchat, in the Penza region.

The paragraph of history

The first settlement that stood on the place of modern Narovchata, was founded in the 13th century and bore the proud name of Nuridjan . In 1237 Nuridjan was captured by Batu, and in 1313 became part of the Golden Horde and was named Mohsi . In 1395 the settlement was wiped off the face of the earth Tamerlan . But later, at the beginning of the 17th century, he began to rebuild zan and received the name Narovchatsky fortified settlement . By 1780 Narovchat received the status of a county town . And only by 1926 the city was relegated to the village, in which status it continues to this day . In 1939 Narovchat joined the Penza region .

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How to get here

From Moscow to the village go a lot - as much as 560 kilometers along the M5 highway. From Penza is already easier - 144 kilometers by bus. You can get there by train on the Moscow-Samara line. You need to go to the station Kovylkino (this is Mordovia). From there you will have to go by bus 24 kilometers

Hotel

In the village there is quite a modern and cozy mini-hotel "Mirage", the room in which costs about 800 rubles per night. True, there are only four rooms. Address: st. K. Marx, 24, tel. (84163) 2-22-44

Cave monastery

This is a real find, about which legends go! A whole cave complex that extends deep into the Fruit Mountains. The length of the complex is 635 meters, although initially it stretched for 2, 5 kilometers. The complex consists of three tiers with twenty small and large cells. There are the fourth and fifth tiers, but they still remain closed. In total, the depth of the complex corresponds to the height of a fourteen-story house

Caves were used by an ancient local tribe - Burtas - before the thirteenth century for religious rites. In the monastery cave structures were transformed in 1826, when Arseny II retired to the caves. In 1917, most of the cave monastery was destroyed. There is a cave complex in the village of Skanovo, one and a half kilometers from the Trinity-Scanner Monastery. At the foot of Mount Płodzka there is the Holy Source of the Forty Martyrs, but about this below.

Trinity-Skanov Monastery

The monastery was founded in the middle of the seventeenth century, but the first stone building dates back to 1825. In the Trinity-Skan Monastery, the miraculous Trubchev Icon of the Mother of God was preserved, which was written in 1756 by the monk of the Chelny monastery Evfimiy.

At the end of the nineteenth century, a cholera epidemic broke out in Narovchart. According to legend, it was defeated thanks to the procession with the icon of the Mother of God around the city.

Initially, the monastery was male, and now female. There is a monastic complex in the same village of Skanovo, near the cave complex

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Temples of Narovchat

Museum of the History and Culture of the Burtas people

Not so often it is possible to learn about the history and culture of ancient and little-known peoples. So this place provides such an opportunity. This is the only museum in the world where you can find everything related to the people of Burtas, who lived in the Penza region from the 8th to the 15th century. There are very curious objects of everyday life and clothes found during excavations. The cost of visiting the museum is 50 rubles, with an excursion of 100 rubles

A. Kuprin's House Museum

An unprepossessing house on International Street, 2 in Narovchate - is nothing but the only museum of the great Russian writer in Russia . The museum was opened in 1981 . The museum exposition includes letters and documents of the writer, books from his library, as well as personal belongings (flask, wedding ring, coffee maker) . In addition, admirers of Kuprin's art will probably be interested look at the original illustrations for the works of the idol, as well as pr life editions of his books . Also the exposition offers everyone to plunge into the memories of Kuprin's daughter about his father . It's amazing how interesting it is to listen to people of that era, especially those who left a trail in the history of Russian literature .

Holy source of 40 martyrs

The source comes from the Mount of Fruit, in which there is a cave monastery. In the bowels of the mountain lies a lake, from which the water merges into the source. On the site of the spring, a spring and a font are arranged. This is a very quiet, quiet and secluded holy place. Perfectly suitable for relaxation and immersion in thoughts. Usually tourists go to the source after visiting the caves and recruit spring water with them.