Kustodievsky Boulevard

It is a favorite vacation spot for residents and visitors of the city, as well as a filming location for many feature films and documentaries.

The territory of the Volga embankment from house No. 25a to house No. 35 inclusive was named Kustodievsky Boulevard, named after the artist Boris Mikhailovich Kustodiev, who visited our city and glorified the Volga city in his paintings. The beauty of the left-bank part of the city captivated the famous Russian artist Boris Kustodiev. His works are the best guide to ancient Romanovo-Borisoglebsk. Kustodievsky Boulevard offers an unforgettable view of the Volga River and the right-bank part of the city with the Resurrection Cathedral. Currently, the famous Kustodiev festivities are taking place on the boulevard.

It is difficult to say when and how this beautiful corner of nature was created as a place of rest for the residents of the city. Along the embankment, the boulevard consisted of three rows of birch trees. Benches for relaxation were set up between the trees. Birch trees were regularly sheared and had a spherical shape. There are very few old birches left, most of the birches were planted in Soviet times in the 40s of the XX century.

For some time before 1917, entrance to the boulevard in the evenings and on weekends, when the brass band was playing, was paid. The payment was purely symbolic, the money was dipped into mugs. And there was a policeman's booth nearby, so vacationers tried not to violate the established order and paid for their passage to the boulevard.

Four wooden ladders led up the steep Volga slope to the 4th berths. There was a summer restaurant opposite No. 25a. A little further down the boulevard there was a snack bar and a food stall, which were closed in 1942. Initially, the fence along the Volga slope was wooden. In the 70s of the XX century, a modern fence was made. It was carried out by employees of the Tutaevsky Motor Plant.

Currently, the boulevard hosts the famous Kustodiev festivities, when the entire boulevard area is filled with strolling residents and guests of the city in early 20th century clothes, drinking tea from samovars with Romanov bagels and participating in a wide variety of contests, fashion demonstrations or being spectators of an amateur performance.