Sizran. Sights on the map, photos with descriptions, route, what to see in one day

We are starting a project in which we will talk about the cities and villages of the Samara region. Talk in great detail - about history and buildings, significant events and how people live.

The task is not easy, and therefore we will have assistants. In each city we will look for a local resident who knows a lot and is willing to spend hours to guide DG journalists to the most important places. And each time the partner of the trip will be the MTS company, which willingly supported this idea and provided us with communications and gadgets. We will test the speed of MTS mobile Internet in the places we visit and share the results.

We will show you the city through the eyes of very picky tourists who ask a lot of questions, poke their noses everywhere and who care about where to eat, stay and what to do with themselves besides wandering the streets.

The first story is about Syzran.

City of Syzran

Its favorable geographical location at the crossroads of trade routes made the city a regional trading center. Grain was brought to Syzran for sale and herds of animals were brought in. In 1780, Empress Catherine II established the coat of arms of the city of Syzran - a black bull on a golden background. After the banks of the Volga were connected by the Alexander Bridge, Syzran became a major railway junction on the way from Europe to Asia.

Federal and intermunicipal highways pass through Syzran:

Distance to cities:

• Moscow —890 km;
• Samara - 169 km;
• Ulyanovsk —148 km;
• Volgograd —684 km.

In the 20s of the last century, extensive oil and oil shale deposits were discovered around Syzran, which made the city a second Baku. Modern Syzran is inhabited by 174,000 inhabitants; it is a large industrial and cultural center of the Samara region.

The Syzran Higher Military Aviation School is the only center in Russia for training flight personnel of helicopter units of the Russian Aerospace Forces. Not only Russians, but also citizens of other countries are trained within its walls. The Syzran school of icon painting, restored in 1999, was known back in the 19th century, thanks to the artist A. A. Bochkarev (1866-1934).

There is an icon-painting workshop at the school; orders for icons of the “Syzran letter” are accepted. Within the city there are a lot of green parks, boulevards and a large number of public gardens.

Four small rivers flow through the territory of the Syzran urban district:

• Syzranka;
• Kubra;
• Casing;
• Crimea.

The total area of ​​the waterways is 505 hectares. City water supply provides citizens with high quality drinking water. Every year at the end of summer, the “Silver Trumpets of the Volga Region” music festival is held in Syzran, in which brass bands and soloists from all over Russia, as well as countries near and far abroad, take part.

Syzran, whose attractions are not only of an architectural and historical nature, presents in the park, on the central street of the city, a monument to the main character of another local festival. The second significant event that takes place in August every year is the Syzran Tomato gastronomic festival.

Climatic conditions and fertile soil contribute to a rich tomato harvest in this region. The tomato has long become a kind of calling card of Syzran. The city is famous for its confectionery products. The “Cobweb” cake was invented by local chefs back in 1927; its recipe is still kept secret.

What else to do in Syzran

Among the places where you can take a walk, Dima names the hotel complex behind the railway bridge (drive to the left of the Kremlin). More precisely, not the complex itself, but an alley near it - with benches and lanterns. It seems that they are going to open a water park here - something the Syzran residents, deprived of entertainment, will rejoice at.

Speaking of entertainment. You are unlikely to go to the cinema, but know that there is only one here - in entertainment.

But you can very well get to the main Syzran holiday - the annual Syzran Tomato . It is celebrated at the end of August on a grand scale: people dress up in red, tomatoes of various shapes and sizes are sold everywhere, and many, many tomato dishes - from cake to Pomodorovka tincture.

Also in Syzran at the end of September there is a youth festival “Rock over Kubra”. Dmitry grins when he talks about him. The idea is simple: enthusiastic musicians gather on the banks of the Kubra River, build a stage and play rock. And they drink a lot, no matter what.

And so, in general, there are no big cultural events happening in the city. It’s been a year now that you can’t even go to the theater – it’s closed for renovations. The troupe gives performances somewhere, but it’s not the same.

There are concerts, but rarely good ones. The discos are purely provincial... However, few people know that in Syzran at 178 Internatsionalnaya there is a private gallery with paintings by local artists. Not only tourists, but also local people can visit here.

Private gallery

The gallery was opened and filled by local businessman Alexander Makarov, a lover of painting and all things beautiful. A variety of paintings by a variety of Syzran artists are collected here. Sergei Zatsarinny praises many of them and says that Syzran artists are better than Samara ones.

To get into the gallery, you need to tell the guard at the entrance that you are there. Go up to the second floor and meet... with the artists. The peculiarity of the gallery is that on Saturday , from 10 to 16 hours , the authors of their paintings are on duty here, who will gladly and completely free of charge give you a tour and tell you everything they know about the paintings and artists. At the same time, they will be very modest when you get to their work.

The paintings are very different, painted in different styles. From the Volga region nature to the view of rainy Prague. It is worth highlighting the artist David Brook - on the walls hang his sketches of the performances that the Syzran Drama Theater staged 40 years ago. Impressive.

Alexander Makarov literally collected some paintings from basements and attics - they would just gather dust, no one needed. The main exhibition is not for sale, but there is a room on the third floor from which you can take home your favorite masterpiece.

Now, next to the local history museum, Makarov is building a real gallery where paintings will beautifully hang and exhibitions will be held. He says it will open next year. And it will also be free.

Top 10 most interesting sights of Syzran

The Alexander Bridge across the Volga, built in 1880, was for a long time the longest in Europe (1436 m). After the revolution, the Alexander Bridge was renamed Syzransky. The Moscow-Syzran-Samara railway line runs along it.

List of the most interesting attractions:

1. Syzran, whose sights can tell about the harsh past of the fortress city, invites you to explore its main historical monument, Spasskaya Tower of the local Kremlin. This is the only fortification structure of the 17th century preserved in the Samara region. Near it is located the no less ancient Church of the Nativity of Christ. Together, the two architectural landmarks form a single composition on the Kremlin Hill.

2. Once upon a time, the Syzran fortress, in addition to the stone tower still standing, had four wooden watchtowers . The stone citadel was originally a gatehouse, then its design was changed, and a church was built inside in honor of the Savior Not Made by Hands. Nowadays, the Spasskaya Tower is a cultural and historical object protected by federal legislation. A historical museum is open in the Syzran Kremlin, and at the top of the tower there is a belfry; every morning at 11 o’clock the bell ringer performs a bell concert.
3. The Church of the Nativity of Christ was built in 1717 instead of a burnt wooden church; it successfully survived all the hardships and has been preserved in its original form to this day. A flower alley has been planted on the Kremlin Hill. A memorial was built near the Spasskaya Tower in honor of the fallen soldiers.
4. Kazan Cathedral in the center of Syzran built in eclectic style. The double-altar church was consecrated in honor of the Kazan Icon of the Mother of God and the blessed prince Alexander Nevsky. The main shrines: the Kazan Icon of the Mother of God, the miraculous icon of the Mother of God, called Fedorovskaya, and the image of St. Nicholas. Address: st. Dostoevsky, 17.

5. The Ascension Monastery was founded in 1685. In the Church of the Ascension of the Lord, particles of the relics of ancient and newly glorified saints are kept. The Fedorovskaya church of the monastery houses the main shrine of the monastery - the Fedorovsky image of the Mother of God. On the territory that once belonged to the Ascension Monastery, there is a large residential area of ​​Syzran known as “Mongora”.
6. Sovetskaya Street was formerly called Bolshoi Street, and was an unpaved road with wooden sidewalks. At the turn of the 19th and 20th centuries, Bolshaya became the central street of Syzran. The architectural ensemble of the main artery of the city includes a variety of styles: Classical - the First Women's Gymnasium and the Zemstvo Assembly; Eclecticism - a public bank and merchant houses of S. I. Myasnikov and Syromyatnikov; Modern - Sterlyadkin's mansion. Most of the buildings on Sovetskaya Street are included in the list of architectural monuments of the last century.
7. In the 19th century, on the site of the current drama theater, the Hermitage summer theater was located. The modern drama theater was officially opened in 1918. In those days, the main part of the repertoire was Russian classics, and performances based on the works of A.N. Tolstoy were often staged. The theater is rightfully considered a cultural symbol of Syzran. Address: st. Sovetskaya, 92.
8. Syzran, whose attractions correspond to its geographical location, begins to demonstrate its monuments directly from the platform. The Syzran-1 railway station was restored, after major repairs and reconstruction, in the same form as it was at the time of commissioning in 1874.
9. An architectural monument built in the Art Nouveau style of the first half of the 20th century is the mansion of the owner of the first Syzran pawnshop, Pyotr Vasilyevich Revyakin. The house was built in 1908. The unique stucco molding and the girl’s mask on the façade of the building have still been preserved. Address: st. Sovetskaya, 100.
10. On Sovetskaya Street there is an unusually colored building with a high spire; this is the former trading house of Permyakova. During its construction, elements of reinforced concrete structures were used for the first time in the city of Syzran. The facade of the house is made in an eclectic style with horseshoes and a wide interfloor belt for advertising signs. The building is an L-shaped building connected by a corner tower with a dome. In the alley there is an entrance arch, and under the building there are large cellars, previously used as storage rooms. Now the city post office and bank branch operate in the former trading building. Address: Sovetskaya, 26.

Where to go, what to see

Sergei Zatsarinny, a local historian and blogger who knows everything and a little more about Syzran, agreed to be our guide around Syzran. Having lived in the “Petrine city” his entire adult life, Zatsarinny, with his eyes closed, will point out which house has a paneled door, and where it is better to stand in order to see the monument from the most attractive angle.

It is best, according to Sergei, to start getting acquainted with the city from the Samarskaya Luka, an observation deck where the monument to the first Komsomol May Day stands. While we are driving to the place, the guide says that today Syzran is no longer the same - everything that was built beautifully after the fire was demolished. And what remains is in shabby condition.

The road runs past the Zasyzran district, the tomato mecca of Syzran. Among the different tomatoes for which the city is famous, it is worth highlighting a special variety - “Syzran rose”. Syzran rose is a delicious tomato (locals call the variety tomato - in the feminine gender), but alas, due to its thin skin it is poorly transportable and therefore less and less popular. Therefore, today in the markets you can easily run into fakes - they sell similar-looking tomatoes, passing them off as “roses”.

First May Day sign

“This is the best place to view Syzran,” says our guide as we climb onto the observation deck. — At the end of the 18th century, he was chosen by the poet Ivan Dmitriev - now he is known mainly to literary scholars, but in those days he claimed to be the Russian poet No. 1 (the song “The Blue Dove Moans” broke all records, remaining in the songbooks for almost two centuries). This is while Derzhavin is alive!

It was while walking in the place where the Komsomol May Day monument now stands and admiring the panorama that Dmitriev wrote his best works, for example, the famous poem “To the Volga.” What he told about in his memoirs.

From the observation point, which locals call the Sign of the First May Day in honor of the monument erected here, you can clearly see the famous Ascension Monastery and the Fedorov Church of the Icon of the Mother of God located in it. One of the oldest buildings in Syzran, built in 1738, it is now under restoration - some money has been allocated. They say that many people are buried there, and every now and then builders come across crypts. A few years ago, for example, the burial place of the first Simbirsk bishop was discovered.

Foreigners who were lucky enough to visit the Syzran hydroelectric power station are astonished: they don’t even have such old instruments in their museums, but in Syzran people still work on them!

If you turn around, you can see the famous Syzran hydroelectric power station, born in 1929. Its beauty is that since then not a single bolt has been changed inside - the same appliances (working!), the same tiles on the floor, furniture, leaflets and posters on the walls. The most natural museum. Those few foreigners who were lucky enough to visit inside are astonished: they don’t even have such old devices in museums, but in Syzran people still work on them.

Unfortunately, getting to the hydroelectric power station is not easy. You need to make an agreement in advance and not for an individual visit, but for a whole group.

Interiors of the Syzran hydroelectric power station, photo by Vadim Kondratyev

The feeling of what you see is spoiled only by the broken bottles crunching under your feet. Syzran is not famous for its cleanliness anyway, but locals still like to hang out here, and some newlyweds break glass for good luck.

There is a project for the reconstruction of this beautiful place, and it is hoped that it will one day be realized. In the meantime, condoms and used syringes are removed from the site every year.

Posting a “selfie” from the observation deck is not difficult. The mobile Internet speed here is quite sufficient for this: about 30 Mbit/s in 4G and about 3 Mbit/s in 3G.

"Peter"

Today, “Syzran Peter” (the western part of Syzran) has almost completely lost its beauty - there is not a single block where once beautiful pieces of wood have not been demolished and block houses have been built, violating the unique historical buildings. I can’t even believe that just 10 years ago it was possible to calmly shoot a movie here about the beginning of the 20th century without additional scenery. However, something interesting, for the sake of which it is worth forgetting about fear (the area is not the calmest), remains here.

For example, there are several interesting buildings next to the Timiryazevsky Garden on the side of Plekhanov Street. Red brick house built in 1914, former Higher Primary School . Later there was a music school in the building, and even later it was simply abandoned. Local authorities don’t know what to do with it and how to use it. So it stands, to the delight of the homeless.

Behind the music school on Razrezny Lane, a very beautiful carved residential building is growing out of the ground. We highly recommend photographing it - it's worth it. But very close to it is another house, also made of wood, but the carvings and so on were “sewn” into the siding.

In general, plastic windows decorate almost every second old house in Syzran - they spoil the beauty. But what can you do? The owner is a gentleman.

All that remains of the gorgeous Timiryazevsky Garden is its name. A dilapidated abandoned cinema, the remains of a fountain and unkempt greenery indicate that this was once a very beautiful place. Now it’s scary to come here - it’s all overgrown and desolate. The city planned to develop a garden, but they abandoned this idea due to lack of communications.

Uritsky Street - just take a walk, turning onto neighboring Plekhanov and Internatsionalnaya. Here and there you come across houses with carvings, which are nice to look at.

The pre-revolutionary newspaper “Syzran Courier” described a case of a poltergeist in one of the houses on what is now Vatutina Street . Like, there was noise and commotion in the apartment, things started flying. The neighbors called the police, the police got scared and retreated. Then, it seems, everything just calmed down. This house still stands today.

At the intersection of Internatsionalnaya and Uritsky streets stands the famous Belov House - the mansion of the fishing merchant Konstantin Belov. After the Great Patriotic War, a children's hospital was located here, and now it is a sanitary and bacteriological laboratory. The house is notable for its facade with Rococo style decoration, part of which has been lost today. Among other decorations there were also angels that fell off.

Internatsionalnaya itself you can gaze at the abandoned mill of the merchant Tsvetkov. More precisely, what was left of it - many buildings managed to be demolished. This is a rare and therefore valuable example of industrial architecture. Rumor has it that when the buildings were being demolished, they came across an underground passage and treasure. Many Old Believers lived in this area, and underground passages and secret cellars are constantly encountered.

Right next to the mill there is a house with buildings of Prokopiy Bezvodin, a famous Old Believer printer who ran an underground printing house. And nearby there is a well-known pharmacy in the city. A few years ago, the interior of 1908 was preserved; people went there as if they were going to a museum. Inside there was an old clock hanging, there were wooden boxes with porcelain tablets and inscriptions in Latin, tiles on the floor... Now the pharmacy is being restored, and for some reason the entire interior has been removed. So, alas, there is nothing to see.

Only in 1917 were the “priestesses of love” expelled from brothels, with the courtesy of free treatment in the city hospital.

If you have a lot of time and want to look not only at houses of architectural value, you can walk along International Street to Emelyanovskaya . There are brothels there, which after the fire of 1906 were “evicted” out of sight, out of mind, onto what was then Vsekhvyatskaya Street. Needless to say, local residents were not happy about this turn of events and regularly wrote complaints, vividly describing the everyday life of the Red Light District.

Only in 1917 were the “priestesses of love” expelled from brothels, with the courtesy of free treatment in the city hospital. The street was renamed, and the houses were inhabited by ordinary people - they still stand to this day.

There is also something to see on Frunze - a lot of houses with beautiful, in some places even fully intact, carvings. Just walk here carefully - the sidewalk is full of holes and potholes, it’s easy to trip if you stare at the platband.

In the area of ​​Syzran "Peter", according to MTS reports, there is the highest network load and the highest traffic consumption. For local residents, mobile Internet is a complete replacement for wired Internet. In the evening hours, the load on the network is especially high, which affects speed. However, the Internet speed is quite enough to post your impressions of the “one-story” Syzran on Facebook online.

Kremlin

It’s worth noting right away that there is no Kremlin as such in Syzran; this is a toponymic concept. Today there are two buildings here - the Spasskaya Tower , which was first a gate tower, and then turned into the belfry of the Nativity Cathedral , which, in fact, is the second building.

In general, here, on the Kremlin hill, is the main city square. From here there is a beautiful view of the Volga and the Syzranka River flowing into it. And in the evening, when the sunset, the views are very stunning.

There is a curious story connected with the cathedral: it was consecrated under Emperor John Antonovich at the end of 1741. Almost immediately the emperor was overthrown and forbidden to be mentioned. We had to redo the temple cross, where it is written that the cathedral was consecrated during the reign of John Antonovich. As a result, the cross was “made” in the name of Empress Elizabeth Petrovna.

In 2007, archaeologists worked near the altar of the cathedral. They found a crypt with the burial of a priest, and under it - an earlier burial, about which, alas, they could not say anything meaningful.

Here, near the Kremlin, there is a memorial to those who died in the Great Patriotic War - the remains of soldiers who died in Syzran hospitals were transferred here 30 years ago from the city cemetery. A few months ago, an obelisk appeared here in memory of those killed in undeclared wars and conflicts.

Locals say that for many years there was a boulder stone on which it was written that “a monument to a woman-mother will be erected here.” It has long become local folklore: everyone knew that there would never be a monument to Mother here, and they called the stone “dinosaur shit.” Then the boulder was removed, but the promised monument still did not exist.

The same stone

Below the Kremlin hill you can see several tacky concrete structures - a “monument” to the budget billions allocated several years ago for the improvement of the embankment. Which, it seems, does not exist to this day.

As for the bell tower, it is interesting because the bells ring whenever they want. The belfry belongs to the local history museum, not the church, and workers ring bells in honor of the newlyweds. Some uninformed people scold the local priest for this, but the priest is not to blame.

In 2000, Putin came to Syzran and, of course, went to see the Kremlin. Knowledgeable locals remember his visit with a chuckle.

— August, evening, drunken youth are running around in the bushes. And Putin goes like this. They saw the president and thought it was crazy. And then they started shouting: “Manka, uh, Putin is here, come here, let’s take a photo!”

— President Putin is here with me! “Now I’ll call the police and they’ll take you and your Putin away!”

Descending from the Kremlin to the Kazan Cathedral, Vladimir Vladimirovich smelled a nearby bakery (and today the smell of sweet bakery haunts everyone who passes by). I wanted to see what was there and how. We approached the gate with our retinue and the Syzran mayor. The mayor knocks: “Open up!” And the watchman didn’t believe in anything - he didn’t believe in Putin.

— President Putin is here with me! - the mayor shouts.

“Now I’ll call the police and they’ll take you and your Putin away!” - answers the irritated watchman.

- Well, at least look out the window!

The watchman looked out the window, was stunned and opened all the doors.

The President liked everything at the bakery, especially the “vanilla twist.” These delicious buns were then called “Putin’s” for a long time.

If the president decides to visit the Syzran Kremlin again, and some lucky passer-by captures him on his phone, then the photo will appear on the Internet in just a couple of minutes. The speed of the MTS mobile Internet near the Spasskaya Tower is about 10 Mbit/s in 4G and about 5 Mbit/s in 3G.

Kazan Cathedral and Sovetskaya Street

Kazan Cathedral , built in 1872 and located below the Spasskaya Tower, is very, simply very beautiful - both inside and outside. We won’t bore you with its history – just be sure to visit it.

If you go around the cathedral and go along Dostoevsky Lane, you will come to the Museum of Local Lore , it is on the right. Entrance – 50 rubles per nose.

Not farther along, on the left, there will be a very nice new building - the building of the Passage shopping center. Even the sign of the fruit and vegetable store located there is beautifully stylized to match the overall look.

After walking around the area, it makes sense to walk to the main street of Syzran - Sovetskaya . There are a lot of merchant mansions here in the Art Nouveau style, each more beautiful than the other.

Sovetskaya Street is three kilometers long, and all these kilometers you will be looking up at the architecture. Among the many elegant houses with interesting details, the Lednev guest yard, the house of the Volgushev brothers, the Syromyatnikov house, and the trading house of the merchant Permyakova stand out.

Particular attention should be paid to the estate of the merchant Sterlyadkin (Sovetskaya, 66). The author of the Art Nouveau masterpiece with a very curious shell-shaped balcony supported by sculpted youthful figures is not known for certain, but some local historians attribute it to Fyodor Shekhtel.

Let us allow ourselves to be moved and declare to the entire Soviet Union: it is not a sin to come to this registry office from Samara to get married.

Today the registry office is located here, and if you look inside, you will see partially preserved interiors. Let us allow ourselves to be moved and declare to the entire Soviet Union: it is not a sin to come to this registry office from Samara to get married.

Photo: https://ruzovdmitry.livejournal.com

From Sovetskaya Street you can turn into back streets, for example, along Dostoevsky Lane to Ulyanovskaya . Church of the Exaltation of the Cross , built in 1909 and now abandoned, is worth a look here

From Ulyanovskaya it is easy to go to Babushkina Street, 10 . This is not a residential building, as it might seem, but a Synagogue built in 1911. Of course, in its heyday the building looked different - today the broken glass, the built-on top and knocked down symbols bear little resemblance to a shrine. The house nearby is the house of a Jewish school teacher. It is distinguished by carvings that are noticeably different from those decorating the rest of the houses.

Nearby is the Kristalinsky house - Ostrovsky’s family lived here and the great composer spent his childhood years. The once beautiful two-story house is now deprived of its protective status and seems to be falling apart right before our eyes. The first floor is “moving”, the plastic windows in the old carved frames look ridiculous. The picture is sad, but worth seeing - in Syzran everything valuable somehow quickly disappears, you have to be in time.

The speed of the MTS mobile Internet on Sovetskaya in 4G is about 50 Mbit/s - quite enough to download a movie in HD quality in a couple of minutes (if you suddenly get bored) or conduct a video report of your walk online. 3G speed is 8 Mbit/s.

Architectural objects and monuments of Syzran

Syzran (the sights of the city are its entire historical part) is unthinkable without wooden houses decorated with skillful carvings. One of the monuments of wooden architecture is the house of the bourgeois Pozhilova.

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The untreated wood, dark from time to time, looks like antique silver, the very beautiful openwork carvings, combined with the geometric frame of the windows, make this building an example of a traditional Russian hut. The house was built in 1905, now an ordinary Syzran family lives there. Address: st. Embankment, 55.

Another architectural monument is a wooden building in the Art Nouveau style, which once belonged to the honorary citizen of Syzran E. P. Markushina. The house, painted green with gold trim, is visible from afar. Address: st. Sovetskaya, 87. Syzran hydroelectric power station is another historical and architectural monument. The station on the Syzranka River is the first hydropower facility in the Volga region.

It was launched on November 7, 1929, and is the only dam built as part of the GOELRO plan that has been preserved in its original form from those times. The healing Kashpirovsky spring, located near Syzran, is one of the main places of pilgrimage in the Samara region.

The life-giving power of the holy key has been known for 3 centuries. On the territory around the spring, belonging to the Holy Ascension Monastery, a chapel, an indoor bathhouse and a church in honor of the image of the Most Holy Theotokos “Life-Giving Spring” were built. An ancient well with healing water has been restored and deepened.

Where to stay and eat

You can stop and have lunch at the Kremlin, on Sovetskaya Street, 1a. A small cozy cafe “At the Kremlin” is attached directly to the hotel of the same name - here, despite the fact that the area is touristic, the prices for food are very reasonable. Solyanka, for example, - 65 rubles, puree with pork (very tasty) - 90 rubles.

The hotel "At the Kremlin" is designed for those who are richer. One night here will cost from 1950 rubles per day . A distinctive feature is that the rooms are decorated with paintings by local artists.

For those who do not want to spend a lot of money for accommodation, there is a hostel in Syzran. It’s called “Golden Fish” and is located on Gagarin Ave., 8 . A room for 4 people with breakfast will cost 3,200 rubles, for one person – 1,300 rubles.

Just below the hotel, in the same building, there is the Molotov Grill Bar, where you can sit next to the life-size Lenin monument and eat and drink craft or unfiltered beer.

Local residents unanimously declare that this is one of the best drinking and eating places in the city. And we understand what they mean – it’s really nice inside and very good service. However, you won’t find Syzran prices here - they are closer to Samara. So, mushroom borscht costs 140 rubles, carbonara pasta - 300, salmon in dough 310 rubles, Guinness beer - 250 rubles for 0.5.

By the way, if you just want to have a snack on the run, find in the stalls of the Oktyabrsky Bakery (that’s what it says on them) vanilla vitushka, the same “Putin” one - not expensive, tasty and special.

A resident of Syzran, Dmitry Sorokin , whom we asked about “where to go to eat,” disappointed him, saying that there are not so many decent places in the city.

— As premium-class establishments, it should be noted “Soho” (although the interior here is in the best traditions of the IKEA catalogue), “Province” restaurants (for people with the habits of barons and countesses), “Trattoria” (with excellent, but sometimes indecently expensive cuisine) , “Panorama” (with excellent views of the Syzranka River).

According to Dima, the “Tabasco” restaurant (11 Sovetskaya St.) and “Glavbar” stand out for their interior and good cuisine. This also includes the Irish-style pub “Greenwich” with “burgher” cuisine and a wide selection of good beer (Sovetskaya St., 80). There is also a family cafe “Veranda” on Ulyanovskaya, 108 - you can eat and drink (the menu includes dumplings and dumplings, pasta, pizza and rolls).

Locals, with a hint of nostalgia, remember the once-operating bar “in the garages,” which was a complex of four garages—one had a bar, another could play video games, and so on. People were leaving one garage and going into another, going in and out. And it was good for people. Today this miracle is closed, but they say it will work one day in a new form.

Historical monuments of Syzran

In 2015, in Syzran, near the Spasskaya Tower of the ancient Kremlin, a monument to the founder of the city, G.A. Kozlovsky, was inaugurated. A little further, along Sovetskaya Street, there is the Square of Glory, where a monument to the citizens of Syzran who became Heroes of the Soviet Union during the Second World War was erected. In Kuznetsky Park in the city center there is a monument dedicated to the heroes of the Civil War.

No modern Russian city can do without a monument to V.I. Lenin. The statue of the leader of the world proletariat rises on Lenin Square, near the drama theater.

Which museums in Syzran are worth visiting?

The city museum of local lore is located on Dostoevsky Street. In 1924, the territory of the Kremlin and the Cathedral of the Nativity of Christ were included in the museum's funds. Among the exhibits there is a collection of ancient coins and photographs from the time of the October Revolution, a collection of icons and rare volumes. An exhibition dedicated to the history of the Earth has been assembled.

Address: Dostoevsky st., 34

A branch of the local history museum of the city of Syzran is an exhibition hall located in the house of the merchant Chernukhin. There is an art gallery and an exhibition of arts and crafts. The mansion preserves the interior of merchant houses from the beginning of the last century.

The house of the merchant Chernukhin is located on Sverdlov Street, not far from the main historical attraction of the city - the Kremlin Hill.

Syzran Kremlin

Address: Kremlin Hill

This is one of the main city attractions, which is located at the confluence of the Volga, Syzranka and Crimea rivers. It is the only building of its kind in the Samara region.

The first mention of Syzran dates back to 1683, when Prince Grigory Afanasyevich Kozlovsky began to build a fortress here by order of Tsar Peter Alekseevich (Peter I). The Kremlin was built to strengthen the southern limb of the Samara Luka. In the old days there were five towers here, but the wooden ones were not preserved, only the stone Spasskaya Tower remained.

In 1774, Syzran and its Kremlin were taken by storm by the troops of Emelyan Pugachev. The building was not seriously damaged in the battle.

On the territory of the Kremlin there is another example of ancient Russian architecture - the Church of the Nativity of Christ, and nearby there is a war memorial erected in honor of soldiers who died in local wars.

Cathedrals, churches, temples of Syzran

The temple, consecrated in honor of the Prophet Elijah, is a unique architectural monument of the second half of the 18th century. The Assumption Church is another ancient monument, rebuilt in 2004, with a worship cross installed near it. At the foot of the cross, the names of victims of religious repression are carved on granite slabs.

The Church of St. George the Victorious is located on Lazo Street, in the historical district of Syzran Obraztsovoye. This is a one-domed wooden church built in the ancient Russian architectural style.

Parks, gardens and squares of Syzran

On Pobeda Street in the city of Syzran there is a cultural park named after. Gorky. In summer, there are many attractions and rental shops where you can rent rollerblades, a bicycle or an electric car. In winter, an outdoor skating rink is built, ice slides are built, and ATV rentals are available.

Near the drama theater there is a park named after. Lenin with wide alleys and flower beds. Further along Sovetskaya towards the Syzranka River there is a cozy square named after. Ostrovsky. And if you cross the Krymza River bridge and go further along the International, you can get to Timiryazevsky Park. Even further along Internatsionalnaya Street, near the Pyaterochka shopping center, is the Cossack Park.

There is a functioning Chapel of All Saints in the park. The arboretum named after the 60th anniversary of the All-Russian Society for Nature Conservation occupies an area of ​​8 hectares on the territory. It has many rare plant species and a large orchard. The arboretum is located on the outskirts of Syzran, along the Saratov highway.

Modern objects of Syzran, interesting to visit

When talking about the modern attractions of Syzran, first of all it is worth mentioning the cultural and entertainment center on Sovetskaya.

In the three-story building guests will find:

• cozy cinema hall;
• bowling Club;
• Pub;
• restaurant;
• children's

The four-story trading house Passage is located in an old mansion on Dostoevsky Street.

Buyers have access to a wide range of trading services, including:

• 4 cafes;
• beauty saloon;
• workshop for making baguettes;
• travel agency.

Trampoline center Cosmos is located on the street. Sovetskaya 132, this is an excellent vacation spot for children and adults.

Guests are offered:

• show program;
• 4 large trampolines;
• 2 inclined trampolines;
• slides;
• dry pools;
• slot machines.

At the Rosneft Arena ice palace, on Chapaeva Street, 56, you can skate on ice at any time of the year. You can rent skates or bring your own. There is a fitness club in the building, and the Crystal sports center is located nearby. The palace is located opposite the local history museum, on the other side of the Krymza River.

You can dance, have fun and eat delicious food at the Syzran nightclub Music Hall.

Waiting for guests:

• delicious menu;
• the longest bar counter in the city;
• disco.

The Music Hall is located in the 1st microdistrict on Kosmonavtov Avenue 11, not far from the Monastyrskaya Mountain tract. Open on weekends from 17:00 to 5:00.

For nature lovers

Racian Alps

This is a completely unique natural monument, where unique pre-glacial flora and “stone trees” have been preserved. The most suitable type of transport for getting to your destination is a bicycle. The best route: from Syzran - to Rameno - to Maiorovsky - to Vice-Smiltene - to Druzhba - to Racheika - to Smolkino - to Gremyachiy - to Krasnoye Polye - to Peredovoy - to Troitskoye - and back to Syzran. Actually, behind Smolkin there is a large field in the middle of the forest, and along it there is an asphalt path right up to the Rachey Alps monument.

Arboretum

Southern outskirts of Syzran, near Saratov highway. About 110 species of a wide variety of plants are collected on an area of ​​8 hectares. Many local residents collect medicinal raw materials in the park: from linden blossoms and birch buds to currants, barberries, rowan and rose hips.

Monastyrskaya Mountain tract

A very picturesque place, occupying just under 200 hectares. This landscape monument is located in the southwestern region and is directly adjacent to city buildings. The tract is filled with thousands of deciduous and coniferous trees. After such improvement, local sanatoriums began to open, and the Holy Ascension Monastery was reconstructed.

Civilization in Syzran is closely intertwined with historical memory, giving the modern city a special flavor. Here they are very sensitive to the past, trying to retain all the most valuable things from it. Even the famous “Spider Web” cake, invented by local confectioners at a bakery back in 1972, is still considered the main calling card of the city for just under half a century, keeping its recipe a secret.

Top 5 places suitable for holidays with children

The tract itself is a landscape monument and a wonderful place for recreation for children and adults. In summer you can walk here in the shade of centuries-old oaks and linden trees, and in winter you can go sledding and skiing down the hills. From the isthmus of Syzranskaya Luka there is a view of the old city and the bend of the Syzranka River.

Not far from the Monastyrskaya Mountain tract, in the 3rd microdistrict, there is a shopping mall. On the ground floor of the building there is a children's entertainment room; there is everything for organizing the leisure of young visitors. Address: 50 Let Oktyabrya Avenue 54a, open: from 10:00 to 20:00 daily

At the Bird Dacha petting zoo you can not only see, but also touch and feed different animals and birds. The zoo is located in the Gorshki microdistrict, on Arkhangelskaya Street, and is open to the public from 12:00 to 18:00 on all days except Monday. In the center of Syzran there is a children's park called Gnome.

There are many different attractions and rentals:

• children's electric vehicles;
• bicycles;
• rollers;
• skateboards.

In winter, there is an outdoor skating rink, skate rentals and a warm locker room. Address of the children's park Gnome: st. Sovetskaya, 90, Drama Theater stop. The Parus water park, on the territory of the Cascade hotel complex, in the river port of the city of Syzran, is open to the public all year round.

Guests are welcome:

• waterslides;
• swimming pools;
• Russian bath;
• hydromassage.

There is a separate water town for little visitors. Children under 4 years old have free admission. Address: st. Dambovskaya, 1

Temples and churches

Azan Mosque

Address: st. Zhukovsky Phone: , 8 (927) 022‑88-66 Website: https://azan-syzran.ru Opening hours: 09:00 – 08:00 Mon-Sun

The Azan Mosque (the name comes from the Arabic word meaning a call to prayer), which took more than 10 years to build, opened its doors on December 1, 2006 and became a grandiose religious building for Muslims in the Samara region. The prayer room can accommodate up to 400 people, and the height of the building together with the dome reaches twenty-seven meters. Additionally, there are premises for a women's chapel and a Sunday school for children.

Anyone can visit the mosque, even if they are not a devout Muslim. But tourists must follow a number of strict regulations. This is especially true for women: clothing should completely cover the entire body, except for the face and hands, and be of discreet, calm shades. A headdress that completely covers the hair is required. Trousers and makeup are also prohibited.

If a tourist’s clothing does not fully meet the requirements, before visiting the mosque she must take a long skirt and a scarf, which are given at the entrance to Azan.

Men should also dress as closely as possible, but they do not need a hat. According to the rules, you should enter the mosque with your right foot, and leave the building with your left. Shoes are usually removed and left at the entrance.

The Azan Mosque is famous for its spectacular services during the main Muslim holidays, for example, Ramadan, when people professing Islam come to this place not only from Syzran and the Samara region, but also from other regions. Holidays for children are also organized.

Thus, at the beginning of July, the “Farewell to Ramadan” performance is usually held, including competitions, gifts and treats for children. Children's parties are usually attended by guests of honor. In 2022, it was the Mufti of the Samara region, Talip-hazrat Yarullin, who congratulated the younger generation and gave a farewell speech.

Church of Elijah the Prophet

Address: st. International, 12 Phone: , Website: https://syzran-ilii.cerkov.ru Opening hours: 08:00 – 09:30 daily

Initially, at the end of the 15th century, a wooden church was erected on this site on the initiative of three Syzran merchants - Kuropatkin, Pavlyshin and Vandyshev. At that time, in the Middle Volga region there were many Cossacks and soldiers who arrived from other lands and insisted on building a temple for offering prayers. At their request, Syzran merchants began building a church in honor of the prophet Elijah. Later, the descendants of these same townspeople built a stone church in 1776.

After the revolution, the church did not cease to function, but was robbed several times during the Soviet era. In 1940 the church was closed and rebuilt in its building. In 1993, the building was again returned to the Orthodox Church.

Nowadays it is a functioning church, and there is a Sunday school attached to it.

Excursions

offers two excursion programs around Syzran:

1. A walking tour of the city begins from the Syzran Kremlin; the tour includes an inspection of the Spasskaya Tower, the monument to the founder of the city and the Nativity Church. Further, the route goes along Sovetskaya Street and examines architectural monuments. The tour ends at the railway museum of the Syzran-1 station. The cost of guide services for a group of up to 10 people is 3500 rubles.
2. A mixed walking and bus tour of Syzran, with a visit to the Kashpirovsky healing spring, consecrated in honor of the Fedorovskaya Icon of the Mother of God, begins along the same route as the walking tour. Afterwards, the excursionists, together with the guide, go to the village of Novokashpirovsky to the courtyard of the Ascension Monastery, where they can plunge into the font and collect Holy water.

The cost for one person or a group of up to 10 people is 4,500 rubles, rental of transport is paid separately.

To make an order at the travel agency “Guides in the City”, you need:

1. Dial the toll-free number 8-800-350-42-80 or create a request by leaving your contact number on the company’s website.
2. Agree with the manager on the date of the excursion and method of payment.
3. Arrive in Syzran on the appointed date.

Self-guided itinerary in 1 day

To independently explore the historical part of Syzran in 1 day, you should arrive at the Syzran-Gorod railway station. On the station square there is a remarkable sculptural composition of a guy and a girl hailing a taxi. Having walked along the Pobeda descent, past Pionersky Park, you need to go out onto Pobeda Street, and after one block the pedestrian ends up at the intersection of Sovetskaya Street.

Turning right past the Rusfinance Bank building and the Gnomik children's park, the pedestrian comes out to the drama theater, opposite it there is a park named after. Lenin. Walking forward, past the District Administration, you can see the house of the merchant Revyakin, and a little further, on the opposite side, the Merkushina mansion.

Near it you should turn left and walk along Volodarskaya Street to Sportivnaya Street. Turning left again and walking one block, you can get to Gorky Park. Turning left again along Dzerzhinsky, you need to get to Sverdlova Street, and turning right to go to the Museum of Local Lore. Next, go out onto Smolina Street and turn left towards Sovetskaya.

Sizran. House of merchant Sterlyadkin.

Thus, the pedestrian comes to the house of the merchant Sterlyadkin. Here you need to turn right and move towards the Kremlin Hill. One block before it, Sovetskaya Street is crossed by Internatsionalnaya Street. Turning right at the intersection, in a few minutes you can go to the house of the merchant Chernukhin, and on the left, behind the shopping mall, is the Kazan Cathedral.

After visiting these sights, you can go to the Kremlin Hill. If, after visiting the Kremlin Hill, you walk along Lodochnaya Street in the direction of the railway bridge over Syzranka, then after crossing the tracks, the pedestrian comes to the River Station, on the territory of which there is a local water park.

If you go in the opposite direction and return to the house of the merchant Chernukhin, and then moving along the Internationalnaya River to cross the Krymza River, you will soon see the Temple of the Prophet Elijah. By turning left at the intersection and walking along Naberezhnaya Street, you can walk to Monastyrskaya Street and, moving along it, cross the Syzranka River.

Further, along Okhotnaya Street, there is the Ascension Monastery. Not far from it begins the Monastyrskoe tract landscape park. It is best to return along the same route, towards Sovetskaya Street, and then to the Pobeda descent, to the Syzran-Gorod station.

Museum of Local Lore

Address: per. Dostoevskogo, 34 Phone: 8 (8464) 98‑45-92, 8 (8464) 98‑52-19 Opening hours: Tue-Fri 10:00–18:00; Sat, Sun 10:00–17:00 Cost: entrance ticket - 100 rubles, discount ticket - 50 rubles

Not far from the Kremlin Hill, if you turn left from the main street, you can immerse yourself in the study of the customs and mores of the Syzran people, the cultural life and chronicles of the city, as well as the ancient history of this area, its flora and fauna. All this information is provided within the walls of the Syzran Museum of Local Lore, the exhibitions of which are stored in an ancient building built in the spirit of the Middle Ages - the house with the store of the merchant N. A. Lednev.

The museum has an extensive collection of Russian samovars and national costumes of the Volga peoples who lived in the Samara region. It hosts traveling exhibitions of paintings and decorative arts throughout the year.

Interesting Facts

A few facts about Syzran:

1. In the vicinity of Syzran there is a unique natural monument, the analogues of which there are no more than 10 in the world. This is an underground cemetery of water lizards who lived in the Mesozoic era.
2. In the second half of the 19th century, Syzran was the largest county town in Russia with a population of over 30,000 people.
3. Asphalt production in the Russian Empire was first established at the Syzran plant, which was located 20 kilometers from the city, on the right bank of the Volga.
4. In 2010, a native of Syzran, cosmonaut Mikhail Borisovich Kornienko, took the symbols of the city with him into orbit for subsequent transfer to the museum of his small homeland.

Syzran, an ancient merchant city of the Middle Volga region, personifies the history of Russia from the times of Peter the Great to the present day. It is worth visiting at least once in your life to see with your own eyes all its natural and man-made attractions.

Article design: Ilchenko Oksana

History and symbols of the city

Syzran was founded in 1683. Although archaeologists have established that the local lands were inhabited 3-3.5 thousand years ago. This was facilitated by a favorable climate and the presence of a large river nearby.

The city was built on the banks of the Volga in order to protect Russian trade routes to the east. However, already in the 18th century, the favorable geographical location turned Syzran into a major center of trade and crafts. In the next century, the flour milling industry also developed in the city. At one time, Syzran was one of the three leaders of the empire in grain processing.

At the beginning of the twentieth century, Syzran experienced an industrial revolution, and during the years of Soviet power, the city, thanks to the oil deposits found here, was called the “second Baku.” A plant for processing oil shale was also built in Syzran, the products of which were popular in many countries of Europe and Asia.

The modern coat of arms of Syzran was approved back in 1780 by Tsarina Catherine. On a golden shield, a black bull proudly walks along a green hill, personifying wisdom, prudence and honesty. The city also has its own flag with an identical image.