A walking tour of the historical centre of the city with an audio guide featuring Dostoyevsky's wife Anna Grigoryevna. Memories, family stories, reminiscences about favourite places and excerpts from letters – the audio will immerse you in the atmosphere of the 19th century provincial town the Dostoyevskys loved so much. The route will take you to iconic places associated with Dostoyevsky – Torgovaya Square, the embankments of the Pererytitsa and Polist rivers, St George's Church, the Mineral Waters Institution, and the author’s dacha where he came for “moral and physical relaxation” in his own words. Original text by writer Kristina Gepting, winner of the Lyceum literary award. Voice of Anna Grigorievna: Anastasia Solopenko, actress with the Dostoyevsky Novgorod Drama Theatre.
Highlights
- Voskresenskaya street
- Sobornaya Square
- Trinity Church
- Dostoyevsky Mural
- Staraya Russa Resort (an extra excursion for an additional fee, 40 minutes)
- Fyodor Dostoyevsky Monument
- Malashka River
- St George’s Church
- Church of St Menas
- Fyodor Dostoyevsky House Museum (for an additional fee, 40 minutes);
- Dostoyevskogo Embankment (Pererytitsa);
- Dostoyevskogo Embankment (from the Cathedral Bridge to the Living Bridge)
- Living (Aleksandrovsky) Bridge
Estimated cost of the city tour 450 roubles per person
+150 roubles for the Resort
+150 roubles for the House Museum