Lipetsk Pump Room

Post treatment can be from the Lipetsk - the regional capital. Here, on the edge of the Central Russian Upland in the historic downtown hit the keys with curative mineral water. The most famous Pump Room is located in the Lower Park. To him frequently visited by citizens, and everyone who visits the city on business, will certainly slow to drop to a live Vodice of Lipetsk pump-room. " Ferruginous water Lipetsk in its composition close to Baden (Austria). Close to the source, the river Voronezh, located sanatorium Corps.

Shrine Transdoniad

During the holy water is best to go to Zadonsk. Blue towers and golden domes of the monastery churches of this city are clearly visible from the federal highway M-4 "Don". Those who are sent to the Black Sea in this way, it is worth briefly curtail the highway to enjoy the beauty of Russian forests, babbling brooks and monastic peace, the holy dip in icy springs and dial with a water healing body and spirit.
City Zadonsk Lipetsk region - a major center of Orthodox culture. Pilgrims called Zadonsky district "Russian Jerusalem". Relic - the four monasteries and dozens of churches - for more than two centuries, attract thousands of tourists and pilgrims from all over the country from abroad.
History of the town began in 1610 with the founding of the Mother of God Monastery. He stood at the main road on the border of the forest and wilderness, crossing the Don. Going south in a dangerous way over the steppes, the travelers can relax here and pray on the road.
Glory of these places connected with the name Tikhon Zadonsky miracle worker. St. Tikhon, Bishop of Voronezh and Yeletsky, spent his last years in retirement at Zadonsk Mother of God Monastery. After the death in 1783, Tikhon Zadonsky venerated as a saint, and the relics of its vertices healing miracles. Followed by Tikhon, hundreds of devotees chose Zadonsk place of his spiritual exploits. Venerate the relics of the saint came here many of his admirers. In 1861, Tikhon canonised. In that year the feast of gaining his relics in a small town with a population of five thousandth 300,000 pilgrims had gathered. In XX century the monastery suffered heavy damage, and in 1990 with the restoration of the main temple - Vladimir Cathedral - began its restoration. Vladimir's Cathedral - a monument of architecture of XIX century, designed by famous Russian architect Konstantin Ton.
Main sanctuary of the monastery - the relics of St. Tikhon and "Life-giving" power of God the Mother. At the convent of the square stands a monument Tikhon. The Holy Monastery restored by the federal and regional target programs, as well as equity of the monastery, in which the donations of people - not the main source. The monastery owns farmland around Zadonsk. This area is rich black soil, and hence - the harvest. In Zadonsk Monastery employs more than 300 inhabitants, they cultivate 500 hectares of arable land, helping to restore the temples. Zadonsk In the area there are three monastic houses. Discovered they were in the late XIX century. Contemporaries revered them as "monuments of St. Tikhon". This Tikhon Monastery, popularly known as Skeet, and two female - Virgin Tikhon in the village Tyunina and Holy Trinity in the Zadonsk known as All Who Sorrow. Theotokos Tikhon (Tyuninsky) Monastery glorified holy spring, personally cleared and equipped Tikhon miracle worker. Chapel and baptismal font - modern buildings. The main decoration of the monastery - the Church of the Ascension.
Former men's monastery, the monastery SvyatoTihonovsky, rose from the ruins of deeds and prayers of the monastic community of women gathered here in the 90's. Then, for the restoration of Holy Trinity Cathedral - the main temple of the monastery - the two women sold their apartments to buy marble. Now all the monastic buildings restored, the area improved. At Trinity Cathedral kept a piece of the relics of St. Tikhon, a holy spring no less revered than Zadonsky Virgin. After healing the key on the river bank receipts have arranged their own hands Tikhon, who liked to visit the hermitage in the wilderness for prayer. Here alone with nature, indulging in contemplation of God, he wrote a work of his life "The Treasure of the spiritual, from the world gather." Many pilgrims come here to, prayed, and swim in icy water and get healing from mental and bodily ailments. The sisters have continued obedience - monitor compliance with the order in the font and around her, offering tours for many guests. The monastery provides gratuitous food and accommodation for pilgrims and pilgrim groups. Daily in the dining room in the winter fed about 80 people, and in summer - more than 200. In the XIX century the pilgrimage was the basis of the urban economy Zadonsk, the entire infrastructure of the area focused on taking many pilgrims and visitors who want to be healed. In 2007, given the large pilgrimage and tourist potential of the territory Zadonsky district has established a special economic zone of regional tourism and recreation "Zadonschina».

Elec: old man in lace patterns

Converted Elec - one of the few cities in central Russia, to preserve the historic Old Russian look. Churches, public buildings, decorated with tiles and mosaics, wooden houses with carved architraves and cornices create a special flavor. Before the revolution, dace was a major industrial and commercial center, and in the Soviet era became the prime district town. This saved it from complete destruction. Now he was cataloged by UNESCO as a city with a rich historical heritage.
Founded probably in the 968 at the Kiev prince Vladimir Svjatoslavovich, dace was first mentioned in chronicles in 1146. He is one of 115 ancient cities of Russia. In Yelets about 300 cultural heritage sites, including 90 regional and national significance. It is believed that the main value in Yelets represent not only individual monuments as arhitekturnoplanirovochnaya structure of the whole city as a monument to urban XVI-XVIII centuries. With regard to the buildings of the XIX century, the construction and decoration of buildings involved prominent Russian masters: the architect Tone, artists Vasnetsov, Vrubel, Korovin. Before the revolution in the city consists of 31 church, 15 hours and two monasteries - male and female. Were here as church, church and synagogue. But survived, alas, not all. In 2007, dace has been declared a special economic zone of regional tourism and recreation. Now many churches and public buildings Yelets restored and opened to the public. The city has several museums: the house of Ivan Bunin, Home Tikhon Khrennikov, museum, art gallery, museum of folk crafts and others.
Main decoration Yelets - temples. Many of them are distinguished by a special grace. The most famous - Ascension Cathedral is one of the largest churches in Russia. His height, along with the cross reaches 74 meters, length - 84 width - 34. It has two parts - the summer and winter. Winter temple was destroyed and now rebuilt, and the summer has kept its authentic appearance. Elegant mosaic pattern on the floor of the temple is not erased, despite the fact that during the war here lit bonfires and carried guns. Near the temple is a chapel on site communal grave elchan killed in combat with hordes of Tamerlane in 1395. Then dace was completely ruined Khan's troops, but the prince captured. The chapel was built in 1801, when builders Ascension Cathedral stumbled here on the mass graves of those cruel times.
Special attention attracts visitors Velikoknyazheskaya church and hospice at her. They are decorated with magnificent mosaics, both inside and outside. Elegant interior color palette complement the stained glass windows. Paradoxical as it sounds, but the church perfectly preserved to this day because its walls flourished Museum of Atheism. At the time of construction (1910), the world's first church was a crystal cross with night illumination and washing from a special fountain. Today, the restored cross afternoon rainbow sparkles in the sun, and at night illuminated from within by electric lamps.
Favorite place of local residents - Znamensky monastery at Stone Mountain with a steep cliff of the river Elchik, built on the site of the old fort. Hence, a panorama of the city. Under the mountain in full swing, cold water is revered as a saint. Over the source - the font and a chapel.
The historical downtown you can walk along the restored historic bridge on the pedestrian "Arbat Eletskaya" (street trading) and in Red Square. Here, you should definitely look into the shop "Elets lace" to buy gifts or add to your wardrobe. Even before the Revolution fame Elets lace stepped into Europe. Today, local lace gang working for the benefit of restoring its former popularity: craftswomen weave graceful, quite modern gizmos, interweaving them in floral and geometric patterns on old technologies.
Federal Highway Don passes directly through the dace, so now here is the construction of a bypass road . However, lovers of antiques advise you not to go past - through the quiet streets of the old part of town you can wander all day, making for all the new discoveries.

Lebedyan - Museum of merchant life ;

City Memorial Lebedyan located on the shores of the great Russian river Don. City Centre - is a whole architectural complex of the XVII-XVIII centuries, in which are preserved merchant estates with stone entrances and wings, a complex of shopping malls, which are wrapped quarter Piazza on four sides, the City Council building, gymnasium and noble meetings. Concrete bridge over the River Don, which was built in 1910, long remained the best achievement of the technical idea and was the largest reinforced concrete bridges in the region. Now he's a bit older, but still surprised by its beauty and grace.
In the XVII century, the city served as a guard the fortress on the southern border of Russia. Then, thanks to a river path has become a center for trade. Since then, at today's territory Lebedyan preserved about 40 historically valuable monuments. One of the most famous - the Holy Trinity Monastery. According to tradition it was founded in early XVII century on the orders of the Patriarch Filaret - former Boyar Fyodor Nikitich Romanova, in hiding from the wrath of Boris Godunov. Feature of the monastery - an unusually thick walls with loopholes, because in those years he served as an impregnable fortress. To our times the temples of the monastery came from the great destruction. But now restored Holy Trinity Cathedral, where services are held regularly, restored the gates and brick wall.
Symbol of the city - the New Kazan Cathedral, consecrated in 1836. Next - Church of Nativity, built in XVII century Moscow baroque style, the Old Lady of Kazan cathedral XVIII century prison fortress. Original architectural ensembles in the next street side by side with comfortable wooden houses, buried in flowers. Therefore, it is easy to imagine how a provincial Russian town 100 years ago. Lebedyan mentioned in the stories of Ivan Bunin, Tolstoy, Mikhail Prishvin, Ivan Turgenev. Here was finishing the last chapters of the novel "The Master and Margarita" by Mikhail Bulgakov. History Lebedyansky edge of the Stone Age to the present day can be explored in the halls of the local history museum.
Of great interest to tourists is House of crafts in the city center. Here on the exciting master classes tourists get acquainted with the technique of patchwork, pottery, clay toys, hand-weaving, as well as wickerwork and carved wood. Lebedyansky Residents district of Lipetsk region proud of its natural resources areas. In the protected forests and grasslands are more than 200 species of medicinal plants, the region is famous for its abundance of mushrooms and berries, and live here the rare species of birds, fish and animals.

Galichya Mountain

Galichya Stow Hill - Center of the same name of the reserve, which brings together the most valuable natural features of the Upper Don. It is 6 separate sites with unique nature, located in the central part of the Lipetsk region on the banks of the Don and its tributaries at a distance of tens of kilometers apart. Limestone cliffs Galich mountains Vorgol and Voronova Stone oak Plyuschani and feather-grass steppe Bykova Neck, upland birch Morozova mountains are rich in relict species of flora and fauna, at times hitting mystery of its origin. In the reserve "Galichya Mountain" created nursery of rare species of birds of prey in the Red Book of Russia. Here you can see falcons Balabanov, eagles, cemeteries and other birds as well as look falconry. Most curious are waiting at the Museum of Nature of the Lipetsk region.