Gagarin field

Saratov region, the village of Uzmorie

Sights of Saratov If it seems to you that the sights from the sky do not fall, then this is the direct proof of the opposite. In 1961, the usual collective farm field in Saratov turned into a landmark all-Union scale: Yuri Gagarin himself landed after the first manned space flight!

Saratov Conservatory

Saratov, pr-kt Kirova, d. 1

Sights of Saratov The Conservatory, which is located in this building (Kirov Avenue, house 1), is one of the oldest in Russia. The full name is Saratov State Conservatory named after LV Sobinov. It was built in 1902, at the intersection of two streets.

Koumiss glade

Saratov

Sights of Saratov Koumiss glade - a giant forest park with an area of ​​4417 hectares, enveloping the city of Saratov from the west. The park is located on the Lysogorsky plateau, and on the territory of the Koumiss glade there is a huge number of representatives of various species of wild fauna: moose, foxes, roe deer, hares, wild boar and even owls.

Limonarium

Sokolovaya Mountain

Sights of Saratov Surely you are reading this article, because you are intrigued by the unusual, "sour-citrus" word "lemonarium". What is it? It's simple: a limonarium is a nursery in which lemons are grown. And can this be interesting? By its existence, the Saratov lemonarium proves that it can, and how!

Saratov Theater

ul. Working, 116, Saratov

Sights of Saratov The Saratov Academic Drama Theater named after IA Slonov is one of the oldest theaters in Russia with deep theatrical roots and traditions, its unique school, whose age is more than 200 years.

Chapel "The Life-giving Spring"

Saratov, pl. Theatrical

Sights of Saratov The small white chapel "The Life-giving Spring", which is in Saratov on the Theater Square, originally belonged to the cathedral dedicated to the holy Prince Alexander Nevsky. In 1866, in memory of the attempt on the Emperor Alexander II, the inhabitants of Saratov decided to build a chapel.

The city of Saratov is 858 kilometers from Moscow towards Samara. The first thing that comes to everyone's mind when mentioning Saratov's name is, of course, the phrase "To the village, to my aunt, to the wilderness, to Saratov." By the way, this is one of the few cities in Russia that escaped the general fever of renaming - how could Samara, Sergiev Posad and Nizhny Novgorod have failed to get rid of it. And another important fact about Saratov - the city was built on one side of the river, then on the other. Alas, it was not to be fated to avoid fires and rearrangements.

Here lived Chernyshevsky, here is the birthplace of the only Nobel laureate NN Semenov in Russia. And Saratov is the last Volga city where there is a real Russian winter with frosts up to -40. As in all Russian cities, there are a lot of monuments and a lot of churches, for example, one of the oldest Volga churches, "Utle my my sorrows" with multi-colored dome domes is located in Saratov. Known in the city and monuments - for example, Saratov accordion, a student.

The city of Saratov is 858 kilometers from Moscow towards Samara. The first thing that comes to everyone's mind when mentioning Saratov's name is, of course, the phrase "To the village, to your aunt, to the wilderness, to Saratov."

In the parks of the city you can find oaks aged 200 years, which were planted by French prisoners after Napoleon's campaigns, and the modern pedestrian Avenue of Kirov invites everyone to look at the Gothic building of the Conservatory. It's worth going to the Theater Square, where the chapel "The Life-giving Spring" is located.

Most souvenirs from the city are Saratov bread and Saratov accordion. But the best souvenirs will be bathing in the Volga and numerous photographs of the merchant city.