When we went to meet our new friends in Kaluga, we, honestly, could not even imagine that we would fall into such interesting place called Nikolo-Lenivets. No name way does not speak for itself. On the contrary, in this village lives very active person and enthusiast Nikolai Polissky. Being an artist who decided to escape from the city bustle in the midst of nature, even here he was unable to sit around for a long time and in 2006 he organized on the territory of the natural historical reserve “Ugra” architectural a festival that is now held twice a year in the summer and in the winter.
The content of the article
- 1 Festival Archstoyanie
- 2 Hotels in Nikola-Lenivets
- 3 How to get to Nikola-Lenivets
Festival Archstoyanie
The name of this event is very sonorous – Archstoyanie. Sometime in this place a historic event occurred – Standing on Eel, now there is a huge amount of striking variety of works of art, more precisely – architecture.
Festival Archstoyanie in Nikolo-Lenivets Kaluga region
Festival Archstoyanie in Nikolo-Lenivets
Festival Archstoyanie in Nikolo-Lenivets Kaluga region
Every year in Nikolo-Lenivets the Arkhstoyanie festival gathers various architects and on the territory of natural history Reserve “Ugra” create their extraordinary art objects from environmentally friendly materials that are subsequently harmless dissolve and will not bring any harm to the surrounding nature. Nearly All these masterpieces remain standing in the accessibility for the viewer and after of the festival, and in many of them it is possible anyway penetrate, which we did, walking across the vast territory of this unusual exhibition.
From an unusual angle
A map of the area can be photographed and then viewed at the screen
Lyuba and Vova – our guides guides around Kaluga and her surroundings
That they introduced us to this amazing place!
Leaving “for later” the older part of the exhibits in the field, we decided to first go deep into the forest and learn newer works masters. Not to say that I understood the intent of all the authors, some works left me more than indifferent, one Significantly touched by his undisguised resemblance to the subject, not so ethical, some really touched and delighted the flight of thought their creators, despite the fact that their implementation is not required a large amount of materials and some special preparation. For example, roped earth or wooden “mushrooms” on the birch.
Rope-bound earth, the Archstoyanie festival
Wooden mushrooms on birches
Wooden mushrooms on birches
Unrecognized by us installation, festival Archstoyanie
Something that casts off not quite aesthetic associations
The name of the exhibit, which evokes not quite aesthetic associations
To the “chain” house, we successfully came at the sunset, from which he seemed even more airy and ephemeral, and hanging chain-wall gave a nice sunny “gold”.
Chain house in the rays of sunset, the festival Archstoyanie
Chain house in the sunset light
Magic chain walls of the chain house
Magic chain walls of the chain house
Nature at sunset
And one of the most impressive buildings in our minds a rotunda standing in the field appeared, from the roof of which it opens beautiful view of the river Ugra and the nearby village. In the rotunda itself many different doors, each of which was previously written various important phenomena of life, such as Children, God, Love, Joy, Travel, etc. Now, the truth is, these inscriptions are already worn out, and for some reason, some doors were boarded up and no longer are opening up.
Rotunda, Archstoyanie festival in Nikolo-Lenivets Kaluga areas
At the foot of the rotunda
Doors of the amazing rotunda
Doors of the amazing rotunda
Inside the rotunda, the festival Archstoyanie in Nikolo-Lenivets Kaluga areas
Doors of the amazing rotunda
Doors of the amazing rotunda
And already in the night we reached the old part of the exhibition and in the rays almost hid the sun were able to admire such a powerful force fantasy and impressions of the exhibits, like a huge wooden bull, strange pillars-columns, dome-shaped structure, we called “brains”.
Sunset sky
We called this exhibit – Brains
Festival Archstoyanie in Nikolo-Lenivets Kaluga region
Inside one of the old exhibits
Festival Archstoyanie in Nikolo-Lenivets Kaluga region
Wooden bull
The impressive dignity of the wooden bull
Amazing wooden bull at sunset
In general, we realized that the festival Arhstoyanie is such a place where you need to come for the whole day, and even a few days better tent And the surroundings of the natural history reserve “Ugra” stunningly beautiful, and constantly appearing and updating exhibits stir the imagination and during the festival surely a very interesting audience is going to this place.
Hotels in Nikola-Lenivets
Now around the Nikola-Lenivets Landscape Park with architectural objects and reserve “Ugra” opened several guest houses, hotels and campgrounds (in summer). In the village of Koltsovo, within walking distance from architectural exhibits, there are guest houses with heating, shower and toilet either on the floor or in the room. Near the houses there is a dining room, where breakfasts are included, as well as lunches and dinners. In addition, nearby there is a hostel “Kazarma” on a large number of seats. The building in modern style is also in some kind least is the exhibit of the landscape park. For families in Nikola-Lenivets there are large comfortable houses with heating and amenities are called DoubleDom. Summer accommodation options – stylish wooden houses of modern architecture with characteristic Names: Clover, Tutsan and Tansy. They have no amenities, bathroom common and located in a separate building. Near the houses there modern summer cafes, a pond, gazebos and fireplaces for cooking kebabs. Well, for the greatest lovers of nature there is the easiest accommodation option – you can either pay for place for a tent in the form of a small wooden podium or rent a tent on the spot. In the park there is wi-fi – in guest houses and cafes.
All accommodation options can be viewed and booked through RoomGuru. This is what I advise you to do, because there are few hotels there. and it is better to watch them in the hotel search engine. And already book where he offers. In half the cases it will be familiar to everyone. Booking.com
Search the best on the map near the hotel Complex Park Nikola Sloth. And then immediately immediately it is not clear where all this is located. Can live as in the park itself (where the link leads) or in the neighboring the villages.
How to get to Nikola-Lenivets
Getting to the Nikolo-Lenivets is not difficult, especially if there is navigator. The village is located between the Kaluga and Kiev highway and the nearest village, to which you must first get to – Grebnevo and Unclean (they are near, but for some reason only Google has the second village marked).
The road to Nikolo-Lenivets Kaluga region
Instead of mock up cars in Kaluga there are such masterpieces
