Pedestrian
overview
Pedestrian
overview

The beauty of the Yuhotsky region

1 h
We suggest you take a walk around the Big Village.

The large Village is located on the banks of the Yukhot River in the very center of the Yaroslavl region. The first documentary mention of the village dates back to 1629.

A walk through the streets of the village will allow you to immerse yourself in the world of architecture and get acquainted with the unique architecture of the Bolsheselsky houses, see different types of authentic carvings, thanks to which the huts are presented as a real work of art.

You will be lucky enough to plunge into a special atmosphere that evokes the feeling of time travel, to get acquainted with the history of a Large Village of the 19th century.

There are 36 objects of the 19th century in the Big Village, most of them are historical and architectural monuments. You will walk along the central Moscow street (now Chelyuskintsev), see an apartment building of the early 19th century with a small shop, admire the elegance of the milliner Shcherbakova's house, see the almshouse built at the expense of a temporary merchant of the 2nd guild of St. Petersburg, Bespaly, a native of D. Tupaytsevo of Bolsheselskaya volost in 1896, look into the shop of merchant I. A. Kapranov and the tavern of merchant Subbotin, admire a real work of art – the house of a wealthy peasant Bagrov.

Большесельский историко-художественный музейЯрославская обл., Большесельский р-н., с. Большое Село, ул. Челюскинцев, д. 25The museum's expositions are devoted to the history of the Yukhotsky region, the culture and life of the village, as well as its famous natives (poet I.Z. Surikov, stratonaut I.D. Usyskin, actress P.I. Kovaleva-Zhemchugova, etc.). Its collection contains about 3,600 items. The most valuable exhibits are furniture and complete sets of clothes from the 19th century.

waypoints

The main attraction of the Yaroslavl region is a constellation of 12 ancient cities: Yaroslavl, Gavrilov-Yam, Danilov, Lyubim, Myshkin, Pereslavl-Zalessky, Poshekhonye, Rostov the Great, Rybinsk, Tutaev, Uglich and the flooded Mologa. Each of them has its own unique appearance and atmosphere.