Danilov is a city at a crossroads. The federal highway from Yaroslavl to Vologda and local highways pass through it, the Trans-Siberian Railway and railway tracks from the center of Russia to the north and Far east of our homeland converge in it.

The fates of three famous personalities from the theater and cinema are connected with little Danilov: director, creator of the Taganka Theater Yuri Lyubimov, actress and head of the Moscow Art Theater named after Gorky Tatyana Doronina and actor Alexei Smirnov (he played the aircraft mechanic Makarych from the movie "Only old Men go into battle", the parasite Fedya from Leonid Gaidai's comedy "The Adventures of Shurik", etc.). You have the opportunity to see the houses where these wonderful people spent their childhood.

Should an inquisitive tourist drive off the highway and explore this city? Definitely worth it!

Peter the Great stopped in Danilovo more than once on his way from Moscow to Arkhangelsk. There is a version that during one of these visits, the Danilovites presented chess to the emperor so that he would change his anger to mercy.

Today, this story is recalled by an object in the center of the city – a giant chess set, which embodies the images of the inhabitants of Danilovo of the XIX century. Having solved the chess puzzle, take a walk along the Danilovsky Promenade and enter the Summer Garden. You will walk through the quiet streets where the childhood of director Yuri Lyubimov and actor Alexei Smirnov, beloved by many generations of Makarych, as well as Oleg Masainov– the puppeteer, creator of Cheburashka, crocodile Gena and other characters, passed.

Take away the local gastrobrands with you – a special red Danilovsky onion, fragrant gingerbread or the products of the dairy (cheeses, butter and delicious Danilovsky ice cream).

WHAT MUST BE DONE IN DANILOVO:

• If you arrived by train, appreciate the building of the railway station, an architectural monument of 1930 in the style of constructivism. And next to it, find water towers and wooden houses of pre-revolutionary construction with obvious imitation of Gothic.

• Take a walk through the historical center, where shopping malls and merchant houses of the XIX – early XX centuries have been preserved, where temples are being revived. Feel the atmosphere of a quiet patriarchal town.

• Inspect the now empty old prison castle, which was a prison until 1964. Both in the pre-revolutionary era and during the Stalinist repressions, many famous figures of Russia passed through the Danilovskaya prison. For example, Alexander Solzhenitsyn. The atmosphere of the former prison is unusual – silence, emptiness... There have been legends for a long time that ghosts are found on the castle grounds...

• Visit the current Kazan Convent in the town of Gorushka, founded in the 1890s with the blessing of John of Kronstadt. Explore the city and its surroundings from the viewing platform under the dome of the Kazan Cathedral.

• Enjoy local cakes and gingerbread, cheese and butter.

DANILOV MUSEUMS:

• The Danilovsky P.K. Sharapov Museum of Local Lore includes several expositions on the nature, history, and culture of Danilovs. Here you will learn about the famous natives of Danilov, and that Danilov was one of the "samovar capitals" of Russia.

• The exhibition halls of the Danilovskaya Art Gallery introduce modern fine art of various types, styles and trends. In the periodically updated expositions, viewers have the opportunity to get acquainted with the works of artists from Danilov, Yaroslavl, Uglich, Vologda, Kostroma, Moscow and other regions of Russia.