Aleksandrovsky Park in Elabuga
Yelabuga, ul. Naberezhnaya Today Aleksandrovsky Park in Yelabuga is a favorite place for rest of local residents and tourists coming here. However, before it became such, the park experienced several "ups and downs" - from its foundation in the distant 1856 to the desolation and vice versa.
Ananyinsky burial ground
Yelabuga, p. Ananyino Ananyinsky burial ground is a unique monument of antiquity. It was discovered in the vicinity of Elabuga in 1868 and has been thoroughly studied to this day. Many of the items found here have entered the collections not only of the museums of the city, but also spread to other museums and exhibitions in Russia.
Ivan Shishkin House Museum
Yelabuga, ul. Naberezhnaya, 12 Great Russian artist Ivan Shishkin was born and raised in Elabuga, having lived here until 1852. He came from the ancient merchant family Shishkin, his father, Ivan Vasilyevich, made a lot of useful for Elabuga, constantly sacrificing funds for the preservation and exaggeration of its history.
Memorial Troitskoye cemetery
Yelabuga, ul. Razvedchikov Memorial Troitskoye cemetery today represents a fragment of an extensive necropolis, the former city cemetery of Yelabuga, where not only ordinary citizens but also outstanding personalities were buried, with whom the history of the city is buried.
Memorial Complex of Marina Tsvetaeva
Yelabuga, intersection of ul. Kazan and Malaya Pokrovskaya One of the most remarkable names in Russian literature is the name of the poetess Marina Tsvetaeva. Her life, creativity, tragic fate - everything is interesting and everything deserves attention. Born in Moscow, having fled the world, Tsvetaeva retired to another world in Elabuga.
The Holy Key of Panteleimon the Healer
Yelabuga LHU, Maly Bor, quarter 12 In Yelabuga many interesting sights. At the same time, attention should be paid not only to those who are in its historical center, but also located in the vicinity of the city. One of such natural (and religious) monuments is the holy key.
Nikolai Chudotvorts Church in Elabuga
Elabuga, ul. Naberezhnaya, 20 The Church of St. Nicholas in the central part of Yelabuga is located in a picturesque place on the embankment of the Toima River. The church was built in the 19th century, although there was a small wooden church much earlier. A wooden church was built in the middle of the 17th century
Chertovo fortified settlement in Yelabuga
Yelabuga You are in Elabuga hill fortress, then you have come to visit the devil! Do not worry, these are just legends. And that's what history says. In the Bulgarian period, 10-14 centuries, here was the strong point of the Bulgarians in the eastern Precamite. All that is left today is a stone tower. In 1844, it collapsed.
Shishkinsky ponds
Yelabuga, ul. Naberezhnaya Shishkinsky Ponds - a favorite vacation spot for residents of Yelabuga. And tourists will certainly be brought here during a city tour. In essence, Shishkinsky ponds are a vast area on the picturesque bank of the Toima River
It is believed that Elabuga city appeared in 1780, however long before our era there were human settlements. Today, the historical center of Yelabuga is a real example of a county town ensemble, one of the best similar architectural monuments in Russia. An interesting fact is that the historical center of the city has been remarkably well preserved to this day, although there are very ancient buildings, for example, examples of wooden architecture - like a fire tower made of wood with a stone foundation.
But not only the architecture of the city attracts attention. A lot of places in Yelabuga are directly connected with the outstanding Russian cultural and scientific figures: Ivan Shishkin, Vladimir Bekhterev, Marina Tsvetaeva, Nadezhda Durova and many others.
The most famous monument of the city is the Elabuga fortified settlement, which is also called Chertov. This is a kind of visiting card of the city, and in its essence - a medieval settlement of local residents. It is from this place that the beginning of the history of Elabuga as a city begins, here the first Orthodox monastery was founded - Troitsky. Later it was transferred from the top of the mountain to the valley, overgrown with settlements in 90 years and was surrounded with an earthen embankment.
Even more ancient attraction, archaeological excavations, is Ananyinsky burial ground in the vicinity of Yelabuga. Its appearance dates back to the time between the 8th and 3rd centuries BC. e., and the burial ground was opened in 1855. Objects of art and cult things from here came not only to Elabuga museums, but also to museums throughout Russia and even abroad.
The religious buildings of Yelabuga are especially noteworthy. For example, the cathedral in the name of the Savior of the Holy Face is a truly impressive building, the largest church in the city with beautiful paintings inside and an icon of the icon of Christ the Savior. A Elabuga Kazan-Bogoroditsky monastery, founded in 1856, acted even during the repressions after the revolution of 1918. Pay attention to the cathedral mosque Jamig, built in the 90's. at the highest point of the city.
Yelabuga museums deserve attention. 15 of them are united in the Elabuga State Museum-Reserve located on the territory of 491 hectares
Chertovo fortified settlement and Ananyinsky burial ground are also included in this complex, and besides them: the Museum of the History of the City of Elabuga, the House Museum of Ivan Shishkin and the Literary Museum of Marina Tsvetaeva, art galleries and exhibition halls, a library of works and authors of the Silver Age and the Bekhterev Museum of County Medicine, as well as many others.