Welcome to Samara! The hospitable city is situated in the centre of the endless plain, on the high bank of the Volga River facing the majestic Zhighuly Mountains.
Guests can reach the Samara Region easily and with comfort from more or less anywhere in the world. Such international airlines as Lufthansa, Czech Airlines and Aeroflot offer regular flight from European cities to Samara. Each day there are more than 10 flights that connect Samara and Moscow.
The region’s silhouette on the map looks like a heart, symbolizing the world-famous hospitality of the people living along the Volga. Up to this day this land is associated with various legends, mystical theories and scientific controversy.
The Samara Region offers accommodation options for every taste and budget. Enthusiasts of world famous international hotel brands can stay at the Renaissance Samara (a Marriott brand) or Holiday Inn Hotel (InterContinental Group). Authentic local hotels meet European standards as well. Vacation homes along the Volga outside of the city are another accommodation alternative that allows tourists to enjoy the comfort typical of hotels combined with active sports, fishing, outdoor activities and picturesque views.
Лучшие рестораны, кафе и другие съедобные местаместной кухни доступны для вас прямо сейчас.
The Samara Region is the capital of Russian festivals. More than 400 great events take place here every year.
14, Sovetskaya Street, Zhigulevsk, Shiryaevo, 443000
Tel: (848 62) 33-7712
In 1870 I.E. Repin, his brother Vasiliy, F.A. Vasiliev and E.K. Makarov made their unforgettable journey along the Volga. Having traveled hundreds of kilometers along the river they chose the Shiryaev Dully (Shiryaevo).
They spent the whole summer in Shiryaevo and Repin made sketches for his famous picture “The Burlaks on the Volga” there.
The museum of the great Russian artist Ilya Efimovich Repin was opened in the village of Shiryaevo after 120 years had passed. In the restored homestead buildings typical of the village of the 19th century there is an exhibition presenting facsimiles of numerous materials exercised by the artists during that memorable summer. Some copies of paintings which nowadays are exhibited in The Russian Museum, in the Tretyakov Gallery and in many other art collections of the country are also presented there.
A special place is given to the history of creation of the painting “The Burlaks on the Volga”. The sketches presented there give us an opportunity of tracing the birth of the canvas from the initial idea up to the final variant.
Every year on August, 5 (Repin’s birthday) a merry celebration is held right in the village street in front of the museum. Amateur drama actors and young musicians perform episodes from the hundred year’s old history of the village and Ilya Efimovich himself suddenly appears together with the band of burlaks…
Shiryaev Dully (Buerak) like a treasure of the Zhiguly Mountains has become a favorite place for the rest and excursions for tourists. And it is “The Zhiguly Barbizon” – a superb school of painting for young artists.
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© Tourist Guide, 2013