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Cultural tourism in Russia
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Kirov region
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Kotelnich is a town of regional subordination and administrative center
of the Kotelnich area. The town is a large railway station. It stands
on the right bank of the Vyatka River. Kotelnich is included into the
list of Russia's historical sites. Kotelnich is known in Russia and in
some foreign countries for the site of fossil vertebrate - pareiasaurs
located not far from the town. Pareiasaurs are big pangolin with spurs
in the buccal region. These 3 meters long animals lived in Europe, South
Africa, and Asia 250-260 million years ago.
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Sovetsk , the center of the Sovetsk are of the Kirov region, is located in the south part of the region on the Pizhma River. The distance to Kirov is 140 km. The population is about 18 thousand persons.
The town was known as a village of Kukarka before 1918. Sovetsk is included into the list of Russia's historical sites.
The village of Kukarka was founded in the 16th century at the site of a Mari settlement. A lot of crafts and mechanical arts were developed here. |
 It is said that there are few unexplored places left in the
world. From this, point of view the Kirov region has ? great advantage: our
old land with its rich history, unique crafts and nature is of interest not
only among Russians, but also among people from other countries.
Vyatka is worthy of its status of ? tourists' goldmine. Twelve ancient towns
and settlements in the region are of the historical value, among them are
Lalsk, Ryabovo and Velikoretskoye. There are 806 government-protected historical
and cultural relics and monuments on the territory of our region, and 192
of them - of federal importance. We are proud of our world-famous fellow-townsmen;
among them are the artists Ivan Shishkin and brothers Viktor and Appolinariy
Vasnetsov, the composer Peter Tchaikovsky and the writer Alexander Grin.
Such folk art crafts as lace-making and osier-weaving, producing articles
of excrescences on the roots of leaf-bearing trees and straw are still existing
and flourishing in our land.
It is possible to enjoy the process of making clay Dymkovo toys. This craft
is more than 400 years old.
188 nature monuments are situated on the territory ?f the Kirov region. Well-known
are the nature reserves "Nurgush", "Pizhemsky" and "Bylina"
with dozens of r?r? species of wildlife.
Another attraction of the Kirov region is ? large filed of diggings vertebrata
who lived 250 million ?f years ago. It is located near the town of ?ot?lnich.
The tourists coming to the Vyatka land can visit Shaitan Lake (Devil Lake)
with its floating islands and water kicks. Mineral waters and peloids, hunting
for fur-bearing animals, canoeing, cliff-climbing and excursions to the caves'
labyrinths, spring boarding and diving tours... The locals have the reason
for pride and the places of interest to show.
The development ?f tourism is ? very promising brunch of the region's economy.
We are aimed at creating the most favorable conditions for it; in particular,
we are forming the appropriate legal foundation. Tourism should become an
effective, profitable sector and ? reliable source ?f the budget revenue for
the Kirov region. Besides, tourism also presupposes active rest, therefore
useful and exiting recreation.
That is why we state our intention to keep supporting the tourism activity
in the Kirov region and to assist the realization of the prospective investment
projects in this sphere.
Welcome to Vyatka!
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Kotelnich
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