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

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Route points (17)

33, 38 and 40 Moskovskaya Street in Kimry

Point on route “Kimry Art Nouveau (Zarechye)”

Point 16

33, 38 and 40 Moskovskaya Street

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Only in Kimry!

The houses at 33, 38 and 40 Moskovskaya Street are also fine examples of a facade design found only in Kimry! One variety of Kimry architecture is distinguished by an attic shaped as a gentler gable-lucarne, its top cut off at an angle by a small half-hip slope of roof. The composition usually includes a round or semicircular attic window with stepped glazing, as well as bargeboards (“sail boards”) carved with half-suns and plant ornaments.