Tarusa is located at the intersection of the rivers Oka and Tarusa, in honor of which it received its name. The settlement has been removed almost 40 kilometers from Serpukhov and is located seventy kilometers from Kaluga. Despite the fact that, in fact, Tarusa is a provincial town with a population of ten thousand people, it is this settlement that represents a unique reserve of urban culture of the past in the open air.

If we believe numerous researchers of social processes, then, if not for Stalinist industrialization, the overwhelming majority of cities of modern Russia today would look exactly like Tarusa today

The paragraph of history

In Tarusa, for nine thousand inhabitants it costs about four with a half of one-story stone and wooden houses that occupy their seats strictly according to the city plan approved in the 19th century. Surely even many prim and conservative Englishmen can not boast such a deep respect for traditions.

The virgin cleanliness of the air above Tarusa was preserved due to the fact that local residents about a hundred years ago seriously opposed the construction of railway intersections in Tarusa and in general the laying of railways : this was the only and key argument to the fact that since then there has not appeared a single enterprise of heavy industry. Moreover, the city has never even tried to rename, although the name of the river clearly goes back to the languages ​​of the not-so-fraternal peoples of Eastern Europe.

Nevertheless, since the town was not so far from Moscow, at some point, the creative intelligentsia of the early 20th century, it was during this period that the fashion for peasant poetry, landscapes and other searches for the notorious "Russian soul" began. . The first to discover Tarus was Vasily Polenov, who extended his enthusiasm for local landscapes among the representatives the bohemians of Moscow and St. Petersburg, in this connection in Tarusa for the shortest time moved Tsvetaeva, Borisov-Musatov, Vinogradov and many other authoritative creative personalities .

After the repressions of the 1930s, ironically, Tarusa, the beloved of all, turned out to be just behind the famous "one hundred and first" kilometer, in connection with which all "political", dissidents and other enemies of the totalitarian system moved to live in this small town of the Kaluga region.

Entertainment, excursions and attractions Tarusa

Tarusa is an obligatory point of the excursion program for those who are interested in the Russian culture of modern times . The unique architecture of the sample of the 19th century is supplemented here with a huge number of buildings that are given the status of architectural and historical heritage . @ There are a lot of memorable places in which almost all the authors of materials to study at the lessons of literature, Russian language and art history of the 20th century managed to "inherit" . In addition Moreover, local museums have a rich collection of numerous testimonies of the life and work of artists, directors, musicians and writers of world renown who not only "visited", but also lived for a long time in Tarusa . For example, it is worth visiting the museum of the Tsvetaeva family (and also find a monument to the poet herself in one of the main squares of the city) . The second most popular museum - Historical and Regional History . Was opened in December 1988 in the former house of merchants Poznyakov, a 19th-century architectural monument . The present exposition was openedin 1995 .

In addition, the excursion around Tarusa would be incomplete without a visit to the cathedral of Peter and Paul, which was built with the funds of Catherine II in 1790 on the site of the wooden fire damaged in 1779 Nikolsky Cathedral . Attractive attention is the graceful Church of the Resurrection of Christ on the Resurrection Mountain, the oldest building of the city (1628-1654, rebuilt in 1900 - stylized in the "Russian style"), as well as the St. Nicholas Church of the 18th century . Pleasant pleasure will bring a walk through the central streets Tarusa with an urban urban area e 19 to ., in particular, the former building of the salt barn (the end of the 18th - early 19th century .), the tannery, the living room, the house of Svyatoslav Richter and Paustovsky's house .

Events

Twice a year in Tarusa there is a music festival dedicated to one of the city's honorable people - Svyatoslav Richter - with the participation of the best musicians of the country and the world.

In the first days of October, Tsvetaeva readings with the participation of famous poets and contemporary writers are held

In the summer months the exposition of the local gallery is occupied by the works of talented artists "Moscow-Tarusa."