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Kirov

Country:
Russian Federation
State:
Kirov Oblast
City:
Kirov
Type of Location:
Multiple
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How to Reach

By Air

In Kirov, 22 km from the main urban area is a civilian airport Pobedilovo Class 2, based at the airport service company Kirovavia.Airport has three runways of length 600, 685 and 2700 meters and is capable of receiving aircraft Tu-154 Class and equivalent Boeing-737 and Airbus A310, IL-76 and lighter.regular transport connection is carried out with Moscow, St. Petersburg, Anapa, Sochi, and Naryan-Marom.In 2012, the scheduled arrival of large air carriers with an extension of the federal network of scheduled flights (including abroad).Since 2006 is the reconstruction of the runway and related equipment worth 350 million rubles.As of March 2011, the runway is lengthened to 2,700 feet, but her entry into service to replace Lighting equipment install fencing and build a sewage treatment plant.Completion of work planned for 2011-2012.

By Train

Kirov is the center of Kirov branch of Gorky Railway.The city has 8 railway reed (closed) and 3 stopping the platform (Lomovskaya, Garden, vp 9 km) at three stations work stations the largest of which is the station Kirov plant, built in 1902.It serves passenger trains traveling along the Trans-Siberian railway, and commuter trains.From the station go corporate train no. 31/32 Vyatka, passenger trains as far as Kazan, Nizhny Novgorod, Kotlas, in the summer to Adler, Anapa, Simferopol.For 2011-2013 plans to reconstruct the station.Train Station Station Kirov-Kotlas (previously - Station "Vyatka"), built in 1897, serves trains Kotlas (north) direction.The railway station serves the district station Lyangasovo Lyangasovo, which is an enclave within the city limits of the municipality.The total length of the double-track electrified railway in Kirov city is 60 km.

By Ferry

River traffic in Kirov by the company "Vyatka River Shipping" in charge of river station located near the landing stage, Alexander Garden and port in the area of Big Mountain ("New Bridge").Passenger traffic from other localities there is no river trips are made.The volume of cargo in 2008 was 277 500 tons.

By Bus

Kirov Bus Terminal serves routes to Yoshkar-Ola, Kazan, Naberezhnye Chelny, Syktyvkar, Ufa, Cheboksary, Izhevsk and Ulyanovsk as well as many settlements in Kirov Oblast.

Key places to visit
Kirov regional art museum, Kirov planetarium, Theatre of the Spassky, Kirov Drama Theatre, Alexander Garden

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Kirov regional art museum

the first art-historical museum in the North and North-East of Russia.The museum was opened in Vyatka, 5 (18) December 1910 efforts Vyatka Art Circle at the initiative of brothers Victor Vasnetsov and Apolinario.Initially, the museum has art-historical direction.The exhibition shows the work of high artistic level, well-known artists who make the history not only domestic but also world art.Gems of the collection are pictures of great masters of XVIII - first half XIX centuries.Portraits of K. Briullov, B. Borovikovsky, S. Shchukin, VA Tropinin, A. Venetsianov, landscapes, S. Shchedrin, F. Matveev, M. Vorobyov.Originally the museum was located in the house of the merchant Ilya Repin (architect Mikhail Anisimov, 1815 ) in Corn (then of the Constitution, now Theatre) Square Vyatka.In 1992 near the old building erected new (architect V. Fighters, V. Kropachev), in place of the demolished wooden cinema "Colosseum.Between the two buildings is a monument to the brothers Vasnetsov,"from grateful countrymen" created by National Artist of Russia Yuri G. Nut (Moscow).

Kirov planetarium

Located in the Southwest residential area in the building of the current average urban school No. 27.In the planetarium lectures for children older than 5 years, which are told fundamentals of astronomy.Also lectures on subjects unrelated to astronomy for example the life and disappearance of the dinosaurs, wildlife, ancient civilizations, etc.The device is manufactured by German company planetarium Carl Zeiss.In addition it also has a projector and a few telescopes, which are used in various astronomical events eclipses, the observations of meteor showers, etc. access is available to any interested visitor.In November 1959 the executive committee of the Board of Deputies of the Kirov decided to adopt a proposal to organize a planetarium in the building of St. Nicholas Church Gate (street Gorbachev, 1).December 20 1960 in the planetarium was read the first lecture. In January 1969 moved to the planetarium at the address. Liberty 54/D in building the church of John the Baptist.Finally in July 1993 moved to the planetarium school No.27 g Kirov.

Theatre of the Spassky

In 1935, in the garden "Apollo" gathered a group of creatively minded young people.Rehearsals began and June 22, 1936 premiere of "Sergei Streltsov," the play by V. Lyubimov.This event marked the beginning of a professional children's theater in the Kirov.The director of the play and the first artistic director of the theater was Mikhail Sergeyevich Shohov.And when in 1936 there was a question of providing facilities to the newly established Youth Theatre, part of the building at the corner of Lenin and to address the City Council Drelevskogo was transferred to the theater.Since then, the address of the theater st. Drelevskogo, 17.Over the years the theater was rebuilt several times.For example, in 1964 1966 GG initiated by the director of the theater, ON Chalov was carried out total reconstruction of the building.Were rebuilt stage, auditorium, foyer, bay area, dressing rooms, manufacturing and administrative facilities.Last reconstruction Arbuzov the 50th anniversary of the Young People's Theatre (1985-1986) gave the theater its own unique face.Today "Theatre in the Saviour" has a beautiful auditorium, spacious equipped stage, a cozy lobby viewers, artistic facilities, manufacturing plants and other facilities.However the theater is first of all people.They create a wonderful story of the theater.

Kirov Drama Theatre

is a drama theatre the largest theater of the Kirov region.Located at Theater Square Kirov.Since 1815 in Vyatka theatergoers amateur staged plays for citizens.As a rule, they were representatives of the intelligentsia and the Vyatka exiles among them Alexander Herzen.Functions auditorium at these times playing different rooms: rooms Zemsky Court, Vyatka noble assembly, home of the Vyatka merchant Prozorov.In the late seventies in an intellectual environment, the question arose of the need for special theatrical space.Zemstvo allocated to the construction of its $ 1000.Another 18 000 were collected from subscription list and by staging amateur theatricals.Construction was carried out for two years and in October 1877 a new wooden theater building designed by architect Nefed'yev was built.In the first year of performances in it were given its own then began to take visitors touring company.

Alexander Garden

the central and one of the oldest parks in the administrative center of Kirov region of Kirov, Russia.Entrance porch and iron fence were developed in 1838-1840.Moscow architect on the project Vitberg, who was in exile in Vyatka, the central pavilion and the coast rotunda from drawings of the Vyatka province architect Alexander Timofeev Zhukovsky in 1835.Urban public garden was set up in autumn 1825 at the Governor AI Ryhlevskom after a visit to the Emperor Alexander I. Vyatka To begin with defined land area of ​​10,906 square yards and planted trees - birch, linden, mountain ash and bird cherry. The place chosen for breeding the garden very well. It took a cape formed by the river bank slope and Vyatka Razderihinskogo ravine. In XVII century it was the northern part of Khlynovsky tenements, and on the edge of the log fit with chopped fence walls. The garden was a significant architectural environment. Covering a semicircle of the provincial housing government offices, it comes close to the waterfront to the fence Pyatnitskiy temple and ended at the walls of Holy Transfiguration nunnery.The magnificent ensemble Alexander Gardens is considered one of the best works of landscape architecture provincial classicism.

Right Time to Visit

May - September
December - March

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