The Ryazan Kremlin is the best place to start getting to know Ryazan. On the “Kremlin route” you can see one of the largest Orthodox churches in Russia; find out where, legend has it, the great Prince Oleg of Ryazan hid his sword, which square in the city was called “Red,” and how the Diveevo convent is connected with the Ryazan Kremlin; take a photo at the city's most “iconic” selfie spot; and sip fragrant cardamom coffee like the one served on the biblical Via Dolorosa in the Old City of Jerusalem.
The Ryazan Kremlin
📜 Historic site · 🏟️ Architectural landmark
Kremlin Square Garden
🌿 Public garden or park · ⛲ Square
Monument to St. Sergius of Radonezh
🗿 Monument · 🗿 Sculptures
Church of the Prophet Elijah
🕍 Place of worship · 📜 Historic site
Glebovsky Bridge
🌉 Bridge · 📜 Historic site
Cathedral Bell Tower
🏟️ Architectural landmark · 📜 Historic site
Dormition Cathedral
🕍 Place of worship · 🏟️ Architectural landmark · 📜 Historic site
Oleg's Palace
🏟️ Architectural landmark · 📜 Historic site
Church of the Nativity of Christ
🕍 Place of worship · 🏟️ Architectural landmark · 📜 Historic site
Church of the Holy Spirit
🕍 Place of worship · 📜 Historic site
Kremlin Rampart
📜 Historic site · 🔭 Viewpoint
“Island of Broken Dreams”
🕵️ Urban legend
Church of the Transfiguration of the Savior
🕍 Place of worship · 📜 Historic site · 🏟️ Architectural landmark
Monument to Yesenin
🗿 Monument
Point 2
🌿 Public garden or park • ⛲ Square
Where the Kremlin square garden is today there was once Ilyinskaya Square, named after the Church of the Prophet Elijah on its eastern side. Until 1917 “Ilyinka” was the city's central and busiest square. Military parades, big fairs, holiday celebrations, and festivities were held here, and none of it was imaginable without the great crowds on everyone's beloved “Ilyinka.”
After the revolution “Ilyinka” was renamed Sovetskaya (Soviet) Square. And thanks to the journalists of the newspaper Rabochy Klich (“Workers' Call”) of the day, it came to be unofficially called “Red Square” or “Revolution Square.” In the 1950s–60s a linden garden was laid out over most of it, and decades later it became a favorite strolling place for townspeople and was declared a landmark.
The main entrance to the Kremlin park starts from Cathedral Square and is designed in a very ceremonial way, through propylaea with porticoes and columns. In 1895, for Ryazan's 800th anniversary, a Triumphal Arch with double-headed eagles and the Ryazan coat of arms was unveiled on this spot. In Soviet times the arch was replaced with the present propylaea.
Point on route “The Ryazan Kremlin”
Point 2
🌿 Public garden or park • ⛲ Square
Where the Kremlin square garden is today there was once Ilyinskaya Square, named after the Church of the Prophet Elijah on its eastern side. Until 1917 “Ilyinka” was the city's central and busiest square. Military parades, big fairs, holiday celebrations, and festivities were held here, and none of it was imaginable without the great crowds on everyone's beloved “Ilyinka.”
After the revolution “Ilyinka” was renamed Sovetskaya (Soviet) Square. And thanks to the journalists of the newspaper Rabochy Klich (“Workers' Call”) of the day, it came to be unofficially called “Red Square” or “Revolution Square.” In the 1950s–60s a linden garden was laid out over most of it, and decades later it became a favorite strolling place for townspeople and was declared a landmark.
The main entrance to the Kremlin park starts from Cathedral Square and is designed in a very ceremonial way, through propylaea with porticoes and columns. In 1895, for Ryazan's 800th anniversary, a Triumphal Arch with double-headed eagles and the Ryazan coat of arms was unveiled on this spot. In Soviet times the arch was replaced with the present propylaea.
14 points
5 km
4.5 hours
