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 the Peasant Ivan Vasilyevich Rybkin in Kimry

Point on route “Kimry Art Nouveau”

Point 16

House of the Peasant Ivan Vasilyevich Rybkin

📜 Historic site • 🏟️ Architectural landmark

Historical Background

Ivan Vasilyevich Rybkin's house, built in 1913, is a vivid example of Kimry's rural wooden Art Nouveau. According to one version, it was designed for the Rybkin family by Ivan Vasilyevich's friend, the Kimry architect Nikolai Mikhailovich Butylin. Unfortunately, this has not been confirmed yet, but we would very much like to believe that such masterpieces of Kimry wooden architecture were designed by our own local craftsmen.