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Kostroma

Country:
Russian Federation
State:
Kostroma Oblast
City:
Kostroma
Type of Location:
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By Air

Kostroma Airport (IATA: KMW, ICAO: UUBA) is an airport in Russia located 6 km northeast of Kostroma.It services propeller-driven transports.

By Train

In 1887 in Kostroma had been placed on the railway from Yaroslavl. Kostroma station, built on the right bank of the Volga (at present for passenger transport is not used), had no communication with the central bridge the left-bank part of the city. In 1932 it completed construction of a railway bridge and station Kostroma New to the station in the style of constructivism .The city has access to the trunk railways: electrified track sections Kostroma - Yaroslavl and single-track sections on diesel -powered Kostroma - Galich ( North Trans-Siberian Railway ).Because of the different electrification systems (3 kV DC in Yaroslavl and Kostroma and 25 kV AC, in Galicia) and the construction of an additional station unprofitable splicing, the movement of transit trains through Kostroma is limited. Most of the trains follow the detour through the regional center of Danilov and Bui.Kostroma is connected daily through service to Moscow ( train company "Kostroma" ) and St. Petersburg (trailed thro cars).Year-round cruising passenger train from Moscow to Khabarovsk Kostroma - Candle; in the summer - Moscow - Vladivostok, Kostroma - Anapa (in Ryazan) and Kostroma - Adler (in Lipetsk).

By Bus

Currently, public transport Kostroma is in deep crisis linked to, inter alia, poor management and a reduction of the number of municipalities large buses. In the late 1990s in the city there were two municipal motor company: PATP-1 (about 150 buses " Ikarus "and" LIAZ ") and PATP-4 (91 bus" Mercedes ").In 2004, the PATP-1 was eliminated 14 buses "Ikarus" was referred to the PATP-4.In March 2011, PATP-4 declared bankrupt, part of the "Mercedes" written off.In August of 2011 was the largest fleet renewal in recent years: in the new municipal transport enterprise "Kostromagortrans" under the Lease acquired 33 bus " PAZ "and" LIAZ "framed system GLONASS.The new buses to be equipped with an external and cabin electronic scoreboards, video recording system and the validator.The price to travel on municipal transport of Kostroma is the same - 10 rubles.

By Ferry

but regular passenger service is limited: the movement of high-speed ships stopped in the late 1990s, local services are provided-boat type "Moscow".In summer, the port takes daily on several cruise ships.

By Road

Kostroma is connected value of A113.Passes through the town being built federal highway, " St. Petersburg - Ekaterinburg "(via Vologda - Kirov - Perm ). A large load of transit and urban traffic accounts for only avtopeshehodny bridge across the Volga River , located near the city center. Perspective Plan envisages the construction of Kostroma and the second bypass road bridge downstream from outside the city limits.

Key places to visit
Kostroma Drama Theatre, Kostroma Puppet Theatre, Kostroma Historical and Architectural Museum, Kostroma Nature Museum

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Kostroma Drama Theatre

one of the oldest theaters in Russia.Kostroma State Drama Theatre.Ostrovsky, founded in 1808.In 1812 in Kostroma was evacuated from Moscow, the Moscow Imperial Theater, which had an enormous impact on the culture of the city and laid the foundation of theatrical traditions. The theater building was built in 1863 , and survived to this day virtually unchanged. The building is a fine example of classical architecture , together with such buildings as Kostroma Fire Tower and Borshchov house.For many years in the theater, attended by many famous actors: Michael Shchepkin , Maria Ermolov , Valentina Fedotova . Beginning in 1854 at the theater, one of the first in the country, were put play by Alexander Ostrovsky . Largely because of this theater in 1923 was named after a famous playwright. In 1967 opposite the main entrance to the theater was the bust of the playwright's work of sculptor NE Sarkisov, transferred from the Museum-Estate Ostrovsky Shchelykovo.In 1983 the Kostroma Oblast Drama Theater named after AN Ostrovsky was awarded the Order of Red Banner of Labor, in 1999 the theater received the status of the state.In 2010 was opened season with 202.

Kostroma Puppet Theatre

The theater building is located in a descent from the Great bakery shopping malls to street Schemilovka . It was built in 1896 on the initiative of the inspector of public schools , Kostroma Province M. E. Mikiforova by architect I. Bryukhanova.Originally it housed a reading room named after A. Ostrovsky , then in 1920 worked here Kostroma drama studio under the direction of A. D. Popov , later became the Theatre for Young People . In this theater Alexey Popov created a number of performances followed the principles of creative MAT : "Flood" YU.-H. Berger, "The Cricket on the Hearth" C. Dickens 'evening devoted to the Paris Commune ".The date of opening of the theater is November 8 1936 . On this day, was shown to show "Fox-sister." In the arrangement involving a total of six people who had no experience of staging puppet shows .For many years the theater it was played a lot performances, the level of performance which is much increased compared with the first performances, both on the skill of managing the puppets and decoration of the theater.

Kostroma Historical and Architectural Museum

The base of the museum in Kostroma applies to 1891 and linked to the activities of the Kostroma province Scientific Archive Commission. In 1913, the Commission is housed in the museum Romanovsky , built to celebrate the 300th anniversary of the Romanov dynasty city architect on the project. The new building at the beginning of the Pavlov Street (now Mira) was opened in the presence of the imperial family. The first collection of the museum had to do with the history of the Romanov dynasty.Since 1913, the museum has repeatedly reorganized. Throughout the twentieth century, the museum fund replenished unique items: art and graphics EV Chestnyakova, collection of arms Cherevin nobles, oriental collection Ladyzhenskaya, GA, etc.Date of the latest restructuring - in August 2005. The structure of a single museum includes two major museums of the city and region: Kostroma State United Museum of Art and the Kostroma State United Historical and Architectural Museum-Reserve "Ipatiev monastery."

Kostroma Nature Museum

The history of education on the nature of Kostroma region is closely linked with the general rise in the industrial and social life in the early XX century. In particular, exposure, reflecting the natural resources of the province was represented at the provincial agricultural, handicraft and industrial exhibition with the socio-cultural department, open during the celebrations in Kostroma, the 300th anniversary of the Romanov dynasty . A large contribution to shaping the future of collections made ​​by members of Kostroma Society for the Study of the local region . Society that emerged in 1912 , had a biological, geophysical and ethnological station, geological laboratory, led active in publishing research results. There was an extensive network of county and township of cells. After the October Revolution of 1917 included a public meeting in their collections museum, created on the basis of the museum Romanowski.In 1926 the museum added a unique collection bequeathed by entomologist -lover, a former member of the Kostroma district court, active member of Society for the Study of the local edge of Ivan Mikhailovich Rubinsky . Collection Rubinsky has more than four thousand species of insects that live in Europe, Asia, Africa, America, and has a great informative, educational and aesthetic value.

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