Historic Center of Ryazan

Photo of route “Historic Center of Ryazan” — 3

19 points5 km6 hours

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.

Route author

Susanin Team

Things to do

📜 Learn the city's history
🏛️🕰️ Compare the eras

Route points (19)

Garin's House in Ryazan

Point on route “Historic Center of Ryazan”

Point 8

Garin's House

📜 Historic site

Historical Background

In this unremarkable two-story house near the former Detsky Mir (Children's World) store on Sobornaya Street, the great Russian actor and director Erast Garin (Gerasimov) was born in 1902 and spent his youth. The young son of a modest forester adored the “great silent” and staged “film screenings” in the little apartment on Sobornaya, inviting the household with hand-drawn posters. Erast “sold tickets” himself, rang the bell and showed the “audience” to their seats, wrote the “script,” and “ran the film.” Strange silhouettes crept across a sheet stretched on the wall… But this was the first real cinema of a talented boy from Ryazan. Much later Erast Pavlovich Garin would become one of the leading actors in the theater of the famous Vsevolod Meyerhold, appear in 46 films, direct seven, and play his legendary screen role, the King in “Cinderella.”

“The King's Chair”

A cinematic art object was recently installed by the actor's house on Sobornaya: a strip of film frozen in bronze and a chair with Erast Garin's name on it. The monument was put up by the actors of the Ryazan Theater on Sobornaya. So now anyone can feel like a king: just sit down in “Garin's” chair.