Things to do with kids in Staraya Russa

Things to do with kids in Staraya Russa

1. 
   SeeMuseum

   Dostoevsky's House Museum

   Дом-музей Ф.М.Достоевского

   The Dostoevsky family spent their summers in the healthy country climate of Staraya Russa from 1872 through 1914—well past the writer's death in 1881. His time here saw some of his most prolific work, most importantly his masterpiece The Brothers Karamazov. The large, green, wooden dacha on the riverbank is today a carefully curated shrine to the great nineteenth century writer, having survived the revolutions and wars of the twentieth century unscathed. The first floor hosts exhibits, while the second floor is arranged and recreated in the same way as the Dostoevsky family kept it.

   10:00-18:00 daily·RUB 70
2. Eat

   Cafe Tortuga

   Кафе «Тортуга»

   Launched as a café for children, this eatery eventually transformed into a cheap bar colloquially known as ryumochnaya. It is not the best place to eat unless you are deeply interested in local drinking traditions, or simply want to taste savoury pirozhki that are on sale here.

   Closed · opens 10 am tomorrow

3. 
   See

   Saint George and Annunciation Church

   Георгиевская церковь

   Dating back to 1410, this stone church was the family church for the Dostoevskys during their summers here. In their first summer at Staraya Russa, the Dostoevsky family actually stayed at the house of the senior priest, Father Rumyantsev, and it was in his house that the writer finished his work Demons. While not a shining example of old Russian architecture, it has a good deal of country charm.
4. DoWater park

   Аквацентр

   62В Минеральная улица

   Closed · opens 9 am tomorrow

5. DoTheme park

   Верёвочный парк

6. DoZoo

   Крестьянское подворье

   Closed · opens 9 am tomorrow

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