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 Fyodor Onufrievich Potapenko in Kimry

Point on route “Kimry Art Nouveau”

Point 17

House of Fyodor Onufrievich Potapenko

📜 Historic site

Historical Background

The house of Fyodor Onufrievich Potapenko was probably built between 1900 and 1903 in the spirit of Rational Art Nouveau. The style is defined by its use of varied geometric shapes and asymmetry. The building features a large trapezoidal window and a round window in the turret, and even the ground-floor window frames are shaped like very elongated trapezoids. For a long time the house was completely unremarkable, gray and gloomy. But in 2018 it was restored by volunteers of the Tom Sawyer Fest Kimry festival and truly came alive with new colors.