Kimry Art Nouveau (Zarechye)

17 points1 km0 hours

Today we invite you to explore the sights of Zarechye, the part of Kimry across the river. In the village of Kimry, in Zarechye (that is, across the little Kimrka River), a church has stood since time immemorial. It is first mentioned in documents from 1635, and ever since then Zarechye has also been called the Ascension side. On this route you'll mostly see quirky wooden houses in the early 20th-century Art Nouveau style. Art Nouveau was the last major style of pre-revolutionary Russia, flourishing from the late 1880s to the early 1900s. Its hallmarks include fanciful roofs, rounded windows, little balconies and benches by the entrance, and rich carved decoration.

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Susanin Team

Things to do

📜 Learn the city's history
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Route points (17)

M. A. Rybakov House in Kimry

Point on route “Kimry Art Nouveau (Zarechye)”

Point 8

M. A. Rybakov House

🕵️ Urban legend • История

A Famous Writer's House

Makar Andreevich Rybakov (1891–1970) was a Soviet writer and member of the USSR Union of Writers. He wrote the well-known trilogy “Awakening,” “Hard Times” and “Windfall,” and founded accounting courses in Kimry. The house now belongs to the writer's descendants and is a regional cultural heritage site listed as “Rybakov House, 1924.” It was built in 1924.