Kimry Art Nouveau

27 points3 km4 hours

Today we'll stroll through the historic center of what was one of the largest villages in the Russian Empire. Before the revolution, Kimry was home to peasant shoemakers who supplied leather goods and footwear to practically the whole country. Every peasant or merchant felt duty-bound to build a bright, handsome house to stand out from the neighbors. That's why Kimry has kept a unique set of peasant-built architecture, which we'll explore from every angle on today's walk.

Route author

Susanin Team

Things to do

📜 Learn the city's history
🏛️🕰️ Compare the eras
🔍🖼️ Spot interesting details

Route points (27)

House of Pyotr Andreevich Vakhlin in Kimry

Point on route “Kimry Art Nouveau”

Point 22

House of Pyotr Andreevich Vakhlin

📜 Historic site

Historical Background

P. A. Vakhlin's house was built in 1907. Like the building next door, it belonged to the Kimry entrepreneur Vakhlin. You can see that the owner loved using tiles to decorate the facades of his houses. The ground floor is faced with antique Mettlach floor tiles from the Marywill factory and green “piglet” subway tiles. Using Mettlach tiles on a facade is not unique, but it is very rare, and Pyotr Andreevich Vakhlin was especially good at it. He managed to combine the Art Nouveau pattern of the floor tiles with the soft green glaze of the subway tiles beautifully.