Location Vicinity to Moscow Transit location between Moscow and European capitals on the highway...

Location

Vicinity to Moscow

Transit location between Moscow and European capitals on the highway “Moscow-Minsk-Warsaw-Paris”

The Region borders on the Republic of Belarus

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Tourism Priorities

Cultural and educational

Religious tourism and pilgrimage

Ecotourism

Active recreation

Health and recreation

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The Main Areas for Tourism Development

Smolensk and its suburbs

The Old Smolensk road

National park “Smolensk Lakeland”

Nature reserve «Gagarinskiy»

The Ugra river basin

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Natural Heritage

National park «Smolensk Lakeland»:

Campsites and resorts Walking paths, water and cycling routes Ecological routes Thematic events «Forest republic» for children

National park «Gagarinskiy»:

The construction of the biggest in Central Russia tourist-recreational complex «Vazuza&Yauza Park» for 500 000 visitors annually

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Archaeological complex «Gnezdovo» - ancient monument of the IX-XI-th centuries.

Нistorical Heritage

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Churches of the XII-th century

Uspenskiy Cathedral - one of the most magnificent churches in Europe

Churches and monasteries of Vyazma

Svyato-Troitskiy Gerasimo-Boldinsky Monastery

Нistorical Heritage

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Нistorical Heritage

Smolensk fortified wall of the XVI-XVII-th centuries - the longest fortification in Europe

Monuments dedicated to numerous wars

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Yuriy Gagarin - the first person of the Earth, flew into space

Alexander Griboedov

Pavel Nakhimov

Nikolay Przhevalsky

Mikhail Glinka

Sergey Konenkov

Prominent Citizens of Smolensk

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Events

Mikhail Glinka international music festival

Military and historical reconstruction of the Battle of Vatutino on August 7, 1812

Historical festival “Gnezdovo burial mounds”

All-Russia Cinema festival “Golden Phoenix” European Truck-racing Cup

«Smolensk ring»

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Industrial tourism

“KRISTALL” PRODUCTION CORPORATION -

one of the largest diamond manufacturers

in the world

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Smolensk is a part of the tourist route “To the roots of Rus”

Smolensk

Vyazma

Talashkino

Novospasskoye

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