Ryazan is an ancient city with a distinctive history. On this route you'll find out why Kolovrat's horse is rearing while Oleg of Ryazan's stands calmly; who keeps a close watch over the city; where the “Swan Princess” from Vrubel's painting lived; and how Hollywood is connected with an inconspicuous house. And you'll simply enjoy an unhurried stroll through the old streets of the historic center.
Ryazan's Versailles
📜 Historic site · 🌿 Public garden or park
Polytechnic Institute
🏟️ Architectural landmark · 📜 Historic site
Monument to Evpaty Kolovrat
🗿 Monument
51 Pochtovaya Street
🏟️ Architectural landmark · 🕵️ Urban legend
59 Pochtovaya Street
🏟️ Architectural landmark · 🕵️ Urban legend
63 Pochtovaya Street
🏟️ Architectural landmark
Max Factor
📜 Historic site · 🕵️ Urban legend
Garin's House
📜 Historic site
11 Seminarskaya Street
🏟️ Architectural landmark
10 Seminarskaya Street
📜 Historic site · 🏟️ Architectural landmark
20 Seminarskaya Street
📜 Historic site · 🕵️ Urban legend
16 Seminarskaya Street
🏟️ Architectural landmark · 📜 Historic site
Monument to Oleg of Ryazan
🗿 Monument
The Power Plant That Smells of Bread
🏟️ Architectural landmark · 📜 Historic site
Main House of the Merchant Lebedev's Estate
📜 Historic site · 🏟️ Architectural landmark
Main House of the Ryumin Estate
🏟️ Architectural landmark · 📜 Historic site
Summer Club of the Assembly of the Nobility
📜 Historic site · 🏟️ Architectural landmark
Malashkin House
📜 Historic site
“Mushroom with Eyes” Sculpture
🗿 Sculptures · 🕵️ Urban legend
Point 19
🗿 Sculptures • 🕵️ Urban legend
“In Ryazan the mushrooms have eyes: you eat 'em, and they look at you.” That's how the best-known saying about Ryazan, which has become the city's unofficial symbol, goes in the local “dialect.” In 2013 the first of Ryazan's present-day “mushroom” sculptures was installed in the Lower City Park. The sharp-tongued locals immediately dubbed the “goggle-eyed” father of the family the “overseer of the city.”
Sculptors: Vasily and Polina Gorbunov Architect: Mikhail Zhuravlev This genre sculpture depicts a father mushroom and his three sons.
There are at least five versions of where the mushroom saying comes from, but nobody knows for sure which is the most plausible. The most common one goes back to the days of regular Tatar-Mongol raids on the Principality of Ryazan. Locals were forbidden to pick mushrooms in the nearby forests, because cut or trampled mushrooms revealed the movements of the enemy troops.
Sometimes the people of Ryazan like to have fun with a real “mushroom” quest. Try to track down all the “goggle-eyed” mushrooms scattered around the city! The Ryazan mushroom family created by the Gorbunovs now has ten members: “The Sage,” “The Ryazan Peddler,” “The Little Porcini Man,” “The Couple in Love,” “The Mushroom Team,” “The Pioneer, an Example to All,” “The Little Fisherman,” “The Professor and Students,” and the very “oldest” of all, the “Mushroom with Eyes” in the Lower Park. Just imagine how closely the city is watched!
Point on route “Historic Center of Ryazan”
Point 19
🗿 Sculptures • 🕵️ Urban legend
“In Ryazan the mushrooms have eyes: you eat 'em, and they look at you.” That's how the best-known saying about Ryazan, which has become the city's unofficial symbol, goes in the local “dialect.” In 2013 the first of Ryazan's present-day “mushroom” sculptures was installed in the Lower City Park. The sharp-tongued locals immediately dubbed the “goggle-eyed” father of the family the “overseer of the city.”
Sculptors: Vasily and Polina Gorbunov Architect: Mikhail Zhuravlev This genre sculpture depicts a father mushroom and his three sons.
There are at least five versions of where the mushroom saying comes from, but nobody knows for sure which is the most plausible. The most common one goes back to the days of regular Tatar-Mongol raids on the Principality of Ryazan. Locals were forbidden to pick mushrooms in the nearby forests, because cut or trampled mushrooms revealed the movements of the enemy troops.
Sometimes the people of Ryazan like to have fun with a real “mushroom” quest. Try to track down all the “goggle-eyed” mushrooms scattered around the city! The Ryazan mushroom family created by the Gorbunovs now has ten members: “The Sage,” “The Ryazan Peddler,” “The Little Porcini Man,” “The Couple in Love,” “The Mushroom Team,” “The Pioneer, an Example to All,” “The Little Fisherman,” “The Professor and Students,” and the very “oldest” of all, the “Mushroom with Eyes” in the Lower Park. Just imagine how closely the city is watched!
19 points
5 km
6 hours
