Western recreational region

• Consists of Kalilingrad, Pskov, Novgorod areas

Kaliningrad area

• Not bordering other parts of Russia. Borders Lithuania and Poland.140 кm of the Baltic sea line

• Population about 1 mln

History• 16th century: part of East Prussia

state,

• Since 1945 part of Soviet Union, people from Russia and Ukraine were settled here,

• In 1946 renamed to Kaliningrad area,

• After the war only 9% of buildings in Kaliningrad remained intact; the town started being rebuilt.

Nature and climate

• Climate mild, pretty rainy,

• July average t: + 17°C, January - 3°C,

• Strong winds from the sea,

• August – best month for tourism,

• Sand beaches, dunes, plains and forests,

• Curonean spit – a unique natural object.

Types of tourism

• Recreational. Beaches of the Baltic sea.

• Ecological. The national park Curonean spit.

• Cultural. Kaliningrad, others.

• Business. The area contains Free economic areas.

Amber, 90% of world resources are here

Curonean spit

• The national park Curonean spit is a natural UNESCO heritage site.

• A long but narrow peninsular, the width is 400 m - 3,5 кm, length – 98 кm.

Curonean spit

Curonean spit

Curonean spit

Curonean spit

Beaches at Curonean spit, 200-300 m wide

Cities and towns of the area

• Kaliningrad,

• Svetlogorsk,

• Zelenogradsk,

• Оtradnoye,

• Baltiysk.

Svetlogorsk (Raushen)

Kaliningrad’s tourist sites

• Immanuil Kant’s museum and graveyard,

• Zoo, Botanic garden (since 19th century),

• The cathedral, destroyed in 1945, rebuilt in 1992. The cathedral’s museum.

Kaliningrad

Kaliningrad, the royal gates

Kaliningrad, the cathedral

Immanuil Kant’s graveyard

The town of Sovetsk (Tilsit)

• Queen Luisa’s bridge

over the river Neman.

The village Klukvennoye, the former mansion Kluken

The 14th century church in the town of Zheleznodorozhny (Guerdauen)

Part of pre-war Instenburg, nowadays - Chernyahovsk

The town of Baltiisk (Pillau)

• Big port, Baltic sea military fleet base

Baltiisk, Peter I monument, lighthouse

Novgorod area

• Population 0,6 million.

• Capital Veliky Novgorod (Novgorod the Great)

Natural features

• Ilmen, Valdai lakes; Lovat, Volhov rivers,

• plains with Valdai and Tikhvin hills,

• more than 60% of territory covered with forests,

• Valdai national park, 111 natural memorials.

Types of tourism

• Cultural. Novgorod, F. Dostoyevsky’s museum at Staraya Russa, Vitoslavitsy wooden craft open air museum, N.A. Nekrasov’s museum in Chudovo.

• Religious. Iversky Valdai monastery.• Ecological. Valdai national park. • Medical. S. Russa mineral waters.

The city of Novgorod

• Known since the year 862, was the second in the Kiev Rus state. Kremlin with Sofia temple, churches and monasteries, the monument to 1000th anniversary of Russia, others.

• The center of Novgorod is in UNESCO heritage list.

Kremlin with Sofia temple in Novgorod

Kremlin (left), Yuriyev monastery (right)

The monument to 1000th anniversary of Russia

N. Nekrasov’s museum in Chudovo

Iversky Valdai monastery

• Monastery founded by patriarch Nikon in 17th century. Located on an island at Valdai lake.

Pskov area

Capital - Pskov

Population 0,7 millionHistoric towns – Pskov, Nevel, Оpochka, Veliky Luky, Izborsk

Pskov area bordering Estonia, Latvia, Belarus

Nature and climate

Plains and hills, forests occupying 45% of the territory.

• 3 thousand lakes, including Pskovskoye and Chudskoye.

• The river Narva.

• January avarage t - 7,8 °; July average t +17,3°

Natural resorces

• Polistovo sanctuary – swamps are preserved,

• Sebezh national park – southern taiga coniferous forests under protection,

• Hilovo mineral water and medical muds

Types of tourism

• Same at those in Novgorod area

Pskov Kremlin

Davmontov settlement

Historic and art museums exibits

• There are icons of 12-16 centuries, pictures, ancient books, garments, utensils on display

Pskov

Pskov

Mirozhsky monastery on outskirts of Pskov

Caves at Pskovo-Pechorian monastery

Museum Izborsk fortress, the town established in 9th century.

A. Pushkin’s memorial museum «Mikhailovskoye»

Mikhailovskoye

Mikhailovskoye

A.Pushkin’s graveyard in the monastery at Pushkinskiye gory

M. Musorgsky mansion

Memorial estate of S. Kovalevskaya, at Polibino village

N. Rimsky-Korsakov’s country-house estate

Balneo-mud resort Khilovo, since the year 1865

Chudskoye lake

Snetok fish

Military theatrical performance