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Location
Vicinity to Moscow
Transit location between Moscow and European capitals on the highway “Moscow-Minsk-Warsaw-Paris”
The Region borders on the Republic of Belarus
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Tourism Priorities
Cultural and educational
Religious tourism and pilgrimage
Ecotourism
Active recreation
Health and recreation
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The Main Areas for Tourism Development
Smolensk and its suburbs
The Old Smolensk road
National park “Smolensk Lakeland”
Nature reserve «Gagarinskiy»
The Ugra river basin
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Natural Heritage
National park «Smolensk Lakeland»:
Campsites and resorts Walking paths, water and cycling routes Ecological routes Thematic events «Forest republic» for children
National park «Gagarinskiy»:
The construction of the biggest in Central Russia tourist-recreational complex «Vazuza&Yauza Park» for 500 000 visitors annually
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Archaeological complex «Gnezdovo» - ancient monument of the IX-XI-th centuries.
Нistorical Heritage
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Churches of the XII-th century
Uspenskiy Cathedral - one of the most magnificent churches in Europe
Churches and monasteries of Vyazma
Svyato-Troitskiy Gerasimo-Boldinsky Monastery
Нistorical Heritage
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Нistorical Heritage
Smolensk fortified wall of the XVI-XVII-th centuries - the longest fortification in Europe
Monuments dedicated to numerous wars
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Yuriy Gagarin - the first person of the Earth, flew into space
Alexander Griboedov
Pavel Nakhimov
Nikolay Przhevalsky
Mikhail Glinka
Sergey Konenkov
Prominent Citizens of Smolensk
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Events
Mikhail Glinka international music festival
Military and historical reconstruction of the Battle of Vatutino on August 7, 1812
Historical festival “Gnezdovo burial mounds”
All-Russia Cinema festival “Golden Phoenix” European Truck-racing Cup
«Smolensk ring»
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Industrial tourism
“KRISTALL” PRODUCTION CORPORATION -
one of the largest diamond manufacturers
in the world
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Smolensk is a part of the tourist route “To the roots of Rus”
Smolensk
Vyazma
Talashkino
Novospasskoye
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