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Essential Golden Ring 2020 Essential Golden Ring Road Trip Through Russia’S Heartland Essential Golden Ring 2020 Essential Golden Ring Road Trip Through Russia’s Heartland Flexible Essential Trip – Classic Private Journey – 8 Days Your choice of dates, suggested start day: Monday Discover the abundant art, visionary architecture, and inspired culture of Russia’s historic Golden Ring, an elliptical string of medieval towns that once formed the political and economic core of the powerful Kievan Rus. Today, this bucolic heartland offers an intimate peek into the soul of Slavic culture. From Moscow, the country’s political and business capital, circle a series of enchanting towns and villages in the countryside, each celebrated for their ancient kremlins, historic wooden churches, fascinating frescoes, and time-honored handicrafts. Enjoy Russian hospitality with several opportunities to dine with Russian families in their homes, and experience five treasured UNESCO World Heritage Sites. © 1996-2020 MIR Corporation 85 South Washington St, Ste. 210, Seattle, WA 98104 • 206-624-7289 • 206-624-7360 FAX • Email [email protected] 2 Daily Itinerary Day 1, Monday Arrive Moscow, Russia Day 2, Tuesday Moscow • Fedoskino • Sergiev Posad Day 3, Wednesday Sergiev Posad • Rostov • Yaroslavl Day 4, Thursday Yaroslavl • Kostroma Day 5, Friday Kostroma • Plyos • Suzdal Day 6, Saturday Suzdal Day 7, Sunday Suzdal • Vladimir • Moscow Day 8, Monday Depart Moscow © 1996-2020 MIR Corporation 85 South Washington St, Ste. 210, Seattle, WA 98104 • 206-624-7289 • 206-624-7360 FAX • Email [email protected] 3 Tour Highlights Fedoskino Museum of Fedoskino Lacquer Miniatures Sergiev Posad UNESCO World Heritage Site, Trinity St. Sergius Lavra, matrioshka factory Rostov Kremlin, Museum of Church Antiquities, Uspensky Cathedral Yaroslavl Spassky (Savior) Monastery, Church of the Epiphany, Church of St. Elijah the Prophet, historic town center (UNESCO World Heritage Site) Kostroma Catherine the Great’s favorite city, St. Ipaty Monastery, Trinity Cathedral Plyos Lunch in a private home Suzdal Museum of Wooden Architecture and Peasant Life, kremlin, Nativity of the Virgin Cathedral (UNESCO World Heritage site), Archbishop’s Chambers, dinner in a private home, Savior Monastery of St. Euthymius Bogolubovo Church of the Intercession on the Nerl (UNESCO World Heritage Site) Vladimir Kremlin, Golden Gate, Cathedral of the Assumption and Cathedral of St. Demetrius (UNESCO World Heritage Site) Daily Itinerary Day One, Monday Arrive Moscow, Russia Arrive in Moscow and transfer to a centrally located hotel to check in. This evening, meet your guide to discuss the program, then get settled into the hotel. Meals: Independent/en route – Park Inn Sadu or similar Day Two, Tuesday Moscow • Fedoskino • Sergiev Posad Following breakfast at the hotel, begin the journey to cities of the renowned Golden Ring, a modern name given to the ancient towns that form an elliptical loop to the north and east of Moscow. Many of these were seats of political and economic power long before the rise of Moscow. Today, these are mostly quiet and sleepy towns dotted with the remnants of defensive kremlins, active monasteries, and some of the oldest and most beautiful churches in Russia. The first stop is Fedoskino. Begin touring here with a visit to the Museum of Lacquer Miniatures. In the late 18th century when the dipping of snuff became popular in Russia, inexpensive snuffboxes were in demand, and several factories in Fedoskino began turning out boxes made of papier-mache. The primed boxes were perfect as bases for lacquer miniatures, an art that was perfected here and in three other centers around Moscow and St. Petersburg. Fedoskino boxes and miniatures are usually painted in a realistic style, and use a multi-layered combination of transparent and opaque materials, sometimes incorporating gold leaf, silver foil or metal powder. © 1996-2020 MIR Corporation 85 South Washington St, Ste. 210, Seattle, WA 98104 • 206-624-7289 • 206-624-7360 FAX • Email [email protected] 4 Continue to Sergiev Posad, and after time for an independent lunch, begin touring here. Visit a matrioshka factory and learn about the art of making these stacking dolls. The town was a center of woodcarving and toy making for centuries. The nesting dolls thought of as quintessentially Russian may have been based on a Japanese design, and have not been around for much over a century. Meaning “little mother,” the painted hollow form comes apart to reveal a series of smaller dolls nested inside. First created in Sergiev Posad in the late 19th century, the dolls became world famous after one was displayed at the Paris World Exhibition in 1900. They usually come in sets of two to 24, and are often hand-painted. The UNESCO-listed Trinity St. Sergius Lavra monastery occupies a special place in the spiritual, political, and cultural life of the country, its history interwoven with that of Russia. This is where in 1380, St. Sergius blessed Dmitri Donskoi’s army as it marched out to give the Golden Horde their first defeat in a century. It is where Czar Ivan the Terrible spent a fortune to have the monks pray for him after he murdered his son. It withstood a 16-month siege by Polish forces after Ivan strengthened its fortress walls, and continued to defend Moscow from attack for hundreds of years. It is also the center of wooden toy-making in Russia — the first wooden toys were said to have been carved by St. Sergius. Today, this working monastery remains an important center of the Russian Orthodox Church. In addition to serving as the summer residence of the Patriarch of Moscow and All Russia, it accommodates the Moscow Theological Academy and Seminary and is home to over a hundred monks. Enjoy an independent dinner. Meals: B – Tsarskaya Derevnya or similar © 1996-2020 MIR Corporation 85 South Washington St, Ste. 210, Seattle, WA 98104 • 206-624-7289 • 206-624-7360 FAX • Email [email protected] 5 Day Three, Wednesday Sergiev Posad • Rostov • Yaroslavl Depart Sergiev Posad for Rostov, one of Russia’s oldest and most beautiful towns. Founded on Lake Nero in 862, Rostov is first mentioned in the oldest Russian Primary Chronicle, “TheTale of Bygone Years.” Rostov’s greatest contributions to Russian culture are its kremlin and the art of bell ringing, which spread throughout the Golden Ring. Today about 33,000 people live in Rostov. A tour of Rostov includes a visit to the kremlin with its restored 16th century Uspensky Cathedral; the famous bell tower where the Russian art of bell ringing was born; the Museum of Archaeology, featuring finds from the early history of the Rostov area; and the Museum of Enamel, displaying examples from Rostov's 250 years of enamel art. Built in the 17th century, the immense UNESCO-listed ensemble of the Rostov Kremlin took 30 years to build and used over 20 million bricks. It features 11 towers and the Metropolitan's Chambers, one of Russia's finest old ensembles. The “White Chamber” in the Rostov Kremlin is where the Museum of Church Antiquities displays beautiful artifacts from the Rostov churches through the centuries. Bell ringing came to Russia in the 10th century when the Kievan Rus converted to Christianity. Although the Orthodox Christians of Byzantium hammered on narrow wooden boards called semantrons during certain points in the liturgy, the Orthodox Rus joyfully took up bell ringing like the European Latinate Christians. Russian bell makers were quick to give the bells a distinctive Russian character, however. The Russian Orthodox hierarchy developed sets of special instructions, called zvon, which were rung for different occasions. Rostov was particularly famous for its bells; the 15 in the belfry of the town’s Uspensky Cathedral are considered “classic” Russian bells. They were the first to be cast so that the three largest bells harmonized when rung together. In the afternoon depart to the city of Yaroslavl. In 1010, Kiev’s Grand Duke Yaroslav the Wise founded this town at the confluence of the Volga and one of its tributaries, the Kotorosl. White and green onion-domed churches, the massive Volga Bastion (built in 1660), and the 17th century former metropolitan’s palace that now houses one of Yaroslavl’s art museums grace the riverbank. In the Old Town are examples of the red-brick churches with decorative ceramic tiles crafted by members of Yaroslavl’s renowned posad, or artist and craftsmen’s settlement. Yaroslavl's historical center was declared a UNESCO World Heritage Site in 2005. © 1996-2020 MIR Corporation 85 South Washington St, Ste. 210, Seattle, WA 98104 • 206-624-7289 • 206-624-7360 FAX • Email [email protected] 6 A tour of Yaroslavl includes visits to the 12th century Monastery of the Transfiguration of the Savior; the red-brick Church of the Epiphany; the green-domed Church of St. Elijah the Prophet with its fine frescoes; and the Church of St. John the Baptist in Tolchkovo, with its creative brickwork and painted tiles. Yaroslavl’s Spassky (Savior) Monastery, originally founded in the 12th century, is one of the Volga’s oldest monasteries. The oldest of its remaining structures — the Holy Gate and the Transfiguration Cathedral — were built in 1516. The present monastery walls were built in the 17th century, after the city fortifications that withstood the Polish/Lithuanian siege of 1609 burned later in the century. The façade of the red brick Church of the Epiphany, opposite the monastery walls, is decorated with bright Yaroslavl ceramic tiles and two rows of curved gables with rich brickwork. The white Church of Elijah the Prophet was constructed between 1647 and 1650, and is best known for its brilliant frescoes. Painted between 1680 and 1681 by a team led by Gury Nikitin and Sila Savin, the frescoes played a significant role in the development of the Yaroslavl school of painting. (Note: the Church of Elijah the Prophet is open only May-October.) The former House of Governors, built in 1822, houses a museum of Russian art of the 18th-20th centuries.
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