Sights of Krasnogorsk: what to see

Where to go with a child in Krasnogorsk

In the small village of Ilinskoye there is an estate with the same name. It was built in 1666 for the family of boyar Streshnev from Moscow. At the beginning of the 19th century, the estate began to belong to the Osterman-Tolstoy family. Under him, a mansion with 2 floors was built here, and a park was laid out in the British style. By the end of the century, the emperor's family began to own the estate. Today there is a rest house here.

Natural attractions and reserve

Krasnogorsk

Citizens and tourists come to uninhabited and uninhabited places, of which there are not so many left, to touch the world of living nature. A visit to the reserve is interesting for adults and children, as there is an opportunity to see animals and birds in their natural habitat without spending many hours wandering through the windfall. There are also natural attractions in the Moscow region. Everyone is curious to look at their beauty.

Prioksko-Terrasny Reserve

Prioksko-Terrasny Reserve A specially protected area of almost 5,000 hectares on the left bank of the Oka River includes another 12 hectares of river water area. In the Moscow region, this is the only state reserve where you can come and see wild animals not in enclosures. The nearest city from here is Serpukhov (12 km), and the territory is surrounded on all sides by small villages. Since the 70s Under the auspices of UNESCO, environmental monitoring of air and precipitation purity is carried out here.

More than 90% of the territory is forests, which are home to 153 species of birds and rare animals such as bison.
The population of foxes, hares and squirrels is the largest, but there is a chance to see rarer mammals: ermine, roe deer, deer, wild boar, beaver, marten.
An eco-trail is laid through the reserve at a height of 8 m above the ground. Using special bridges you can move from one observation deck to another without disturbing the local inhabitants at all.
Excursions to see bison are conducted along a special path with a durable wooden fence.

You can find out more about the reserve’s opening hours and choose an excursion on the website: pt-zapovednik.ru. Typically, excursion groups are formed three times a day on weekdays and every hour on weekends. The last one leaves at 15.00.

Gremyachiy Key waterfall

Waterfall in the Moscow region The most famous waterfall in the Moscow region is located in the Sergiev Posad district near the village of Vzglyadnevo. Near the Vondigi River, three streams run down a steep slope. They are often called: “Faith. Hope. Love". They become fullest during the snow melting season.

According to legend, the source gushed where Sergius of Radonezh himself once struck the ground with a staff after prayer. The nearest village from here is 4 km away. Walking is quite tiring, so most pilgrims come by car. GPS coordinates: 56.2688096559219, 38.3431582152843.

FAQ

Is the water from Gremyachey Falls safe to drink?

It is known that local residents drink water from the source and bathe in it

But it is important to consider that the purity of water largely depends on the season (the cleanest in spring)

Romantsevskie Mountains

Romantsevskie Mountains The distance to this man-made object from the capital is 200 km, it is located in the Tula region, but most guidebooks still classify it as the Moscow region. The place is notable for the fact that coal was mined here using an open pit method. Giant quarries remain as a souvenir of the development. Externally, the area is very similar to the Martian landscape, if grass and trees grew on Mars, with which the slopes are covered here.

The man-made Romantsevsky Mountains have other names - Ushakovsky quarries, Konduki. Tourists come here in search of stunning views, unusual photo shoots and outdoor recreation. Fish are caught in local lakes, so it’s worth taking a spinning rod with you.

Syanovskie caves

Syanovskie Caves A system of artificial quarry caves with a length of about 27 km is the fifth largest in Russia. It is fraught with a lot of mysteries. Local historians disagree on exactly when stone mining began here - 4 centuries ago or 10. The descent underground from Domodedovo to a depth of 30 m leads through several concrete wells, equipped by enthusiasts.

You should stay on course in Domodedovo. South of the Lenin Hills, almost on the banks of the Pakhra River, is the most famous descent. In fact, there are many more passages, but not all of them are safe. During the descent you need to dress warmly: all year round the temperature in the caves fluctuates around +8...+10°C.

FAQ

They say that people live in the Syanovsky caves?

Yes, indeed, it’s easy to meet “old-timers” in the Syanovsky Caves. In winter it is much warmer here than on the surface, so people even come down here specifically to warm up.

St. Nicholas Church

St. Nicholas Church is considered an excellent example of the architectural style of classicism. It was first mentioned in records in the 2nd half of the 15th century. In 1817, a new stone cathedral was erected on the site of the church. A bell tower and a refectory were added to the main building. The facade of the building has a bright burgundy color and is decorated with light decorative components. During the Soviet era, the building was closed. They began to restore it only in 2002, after it was returned to believers.

Vadim Zadorozhny Museum of Technology

Vadim Zadorozhny Museum of Technology
This is the largest Russian museum of ancient technology
Here you can see military equipment, motorcycles, weapons

One of the largest museums in Europe and the largest Russian museum of ancient technology was founded by the head of the Russian Guild of Antiquaries, Vadim Zadorozhny, in 2008. Having begun the story with an exhibition of ten military vehicles displayed in the open air, the museum collection has grown to more than a thousand exhibits, located both on the street and on three floors of the museum building. Here you can see military equipment, motorcycles, weapons, air vehicles and a unique collection of vintage cars.

Temple of the Archangel Michael

The sights of Krasnogorsk, Moscow region, cannot be imagined without numerous temples and churches. On the territory of the Arkhangelskoye estate there is a temple of the Archangel Michael. It was built in 1660. The famous mason Potekhin worked on its construction. In the 19th century, a bell tower with 3 tiers was added to the main building.

In 1919, the temple was closed, and its premises were transferred to the history museum. In the 2nd half of the 20th century, the building underwent a major restoration, restoring its original appearance. It was decided to demolish the bell tower, since it was erected much later than the main building.

Today it is a white stone church, the interior of which is divided into 2 chapels. The decoration of the temple is quite modest - there are white walls and brick floors. Currently, religious services are held in the church every day.

Art galleries of Krasnogorsk

Not all modern Russian cities can boast of having art galleries. There are currently two of them in Krasnogorsk and each is unique in the composition of the exhibition.

Gridchinhall

Address: Tsentralnaya, 23, Dmitrovskoe.

We are talking about a modern art center that successfully combines the features of an ordinary museum and an art workshop. It was opened back in 2009 according to the idea of Sergei Gridchin, whose surname formed the basis for the name of the project.

Here, any modern artist has the opportunity to realize his new ideas, living here while working on his idea.

In addition to traditional exhibitions, the art gallery has become a venue for a variety of master classes and creative events, which involve famous contemporary artists. She participated several times in various exhibitions and international competitions.

Gallery "Feast of the Soul"

Address: Kostrovo village, 24.

This gallery is home to the collection of most of the works of one of the most famous masters of Russia working in the technique of artistic forging - Valentin Vorobyov (pseudonym - Metalissimo).

The artist has already received the title of Honored Artist, and in recent years he has also begun to delight admirers as a writer. He is already a laureate of many Russian awards, and has participated more than once in competitions held both at the All-Russian and international levels.

The art gallery was initially given the name of one of the master’s works, which is recognized today as the best in terms of execution and the philosophical meaning embedded in it. Currently, more than fifty of his works are presented here.

Zverev Enterprise Museum

A museum was opened on the basis of Zverev’s enterprise, which was dedicated to the history of the formation of the plant and the equipment produced. The museum was opened in 1965 - it occupied an area of 285 square meters. In 2022, the museum was moved to a new building with renovations, and its area was increased to 500 square meters. On the 1st floor there are 2 halls with exhibitions.

One of them is dedicated to the manufacture of cameras, the other to optics in general. Among the objects on display you can notice different models of cameras and objects for satellites. Of particular interest is the 2nd floor of the museum, where it is possible to check the factory optics. Anyone can use a scope with optics, binoculars, night vision goggles.

Krasnogorsk museums

Like any other city with a rich history, Krasnogorsk is home to several quite interesting museums. Any of them is worthy of a visit.

State Archive of Film and Photo Documents

Address – Rechnaya, 1.

The archive was established in 1926 after the corresponding decision of the Centrarchiv board on the need to create the first archive at that time with illustrations, as well as photographs and various films.

A new separate building was specially erected for it, where all special storage regimes had to be strictly observed. There were also film and photo laboratories, a special office where it was possible to view the necessary materials.

It was during the period of its creation that specialists developed a documentary base from scratch, from which they began to master the intricacies of technology for working with audiovisual documents.

Vadim Zadorozhny Museum of Technology

Address – Arkhangelskoye village, Ilyinskoye highway, 4th km, s8.

The largest museum of technology in the Russian Federation today and one of the largest in all of Europe was founded by the head of the Russian antique guild, Vadim Zadorozhny, only in 2008.

Its history began with a street exhibition that included only ten military vehicles. Today, his collection has already grown to a volume of more than a thousand exhibits and occupies not only a large area on the street, but also its own three-story building.

Here you can examine not only military equipment, but also weapons, motorcycles, airplanes and one of the few collections of retro cars that exist in Russia.

Museum on the territory of the Zverev plant

Address – Rechnaya, 8.

The museum, located on the square of this plant, has been operating in Krasnogorsk since 1964. Its creation was initiated by the then production director Egorov. The entire exhibition is located in two halls.

The first tells about what areas the plant is developing today. In it you can also get acquainted with the innovative technologies used to manufacture products, as well as with their samples.

The second hall reveals the history of how the industrial production of optics was born in Russia. The past of the immediate creation of the enterprise is also shown. Some of the local exhibits are unique.

Museum-Memorial of German Anti-Fascists

Address: People's Militia, 15.

The opening of the Krasnogorsk museum attraction took place in 1985 on the site where a camp for German prisoners of war was once located. Until 1950, the same building belonged to the anti-fascist central school.

The exhibition contains German orders and medals, drawings and creative works of the prisoners of war themselves, their photographs, as well as footage from other camps and mass graves. Particularly impressive are the photographs depicting moments of punitive campaigns.

Uniforms (German and Soviet) of that time and samples of various bladed weapons are also on display in the halls. There are also selections of various newspapers published by the Germans, and surviving Soviet leaflets.

Little-known sights of the city of Krasnogorsk

You can get to some attractions in the Moscow region by metro. The Myakinino station is geographically located in the city of Krasnogorsk near Moscow. Its construction was carried out with money from the private investor Crocus Group, who not only built a large shopping and entertainment complex, but also a very interesting pedestrian bridge. It stretches across the Moscow River towards the Pavshinskaya floodplain.

In addition, not far from the metro are the futuristic building of the year-round ski complex “Snezh.Kom” and the government of the Moscow region.

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Solnechnogorsk

Where it is located: 46 km from Moscow.

Travel time: 1 hour.

Why go: for active recreation and beautiful places in the near Moscow region.

What to see: many people go to Solnechnogorsk for the weekend to see Lake Senezh, on the banks of which the city stands. Many activities are available near the water: relaxing on the beach, swimming, fishing, windsurfing, kitesurfing, banana boat rides.

In the village of Gudino (20 km from Solnechnogorsk) there is a Blok museum-reserve. In his youth, the poet spent a lot of time at the Shakhmatovo estate. The exhibition in the main manor house can be viewed for 150 rubles. We recommend taking a walk in the nearby park with lilacs, acacias, lilies and other plants that were planted back in Blok times.

If you are looking for a place to go in the Moscow region and want something unusual, you can go to the Serednikovo estate in Solnechnogorsk district. The film city "Pilgrim Porto" is located there. This is the scenery of a 17th century city: once a TV series was filmed there, but now you can just walk around (adult ticket 150 rubles, children 50 rubles).

Population of Krasnogorsk for 2021. Number of residents of Krasnogorsk

Links to official documents and resources on the census are marked with a sign; when you hover your mouse, you will see the name of the document.

Number of residents of Krasnogorsk	Years
99,475 people	2006
98,900 people	2007
99,500 people	2008
100,871 people	year 2009
116,896 people	2010
116,900 people	2011
122,790 people	year 2012
127,600 people	year 2013
132,036 people	year 2014
137,587 people	2015
144,614 people	2016
153,393 people	2017
161,525 people	2018
171,793 people	2019
175,554 people	2020
175,812 people	2021

Graph of population changes in Krasnogorsk:

In 2014, 132,036 people lived in Krasnogorsk.

For almost the entire 20th century, the city was among the fastest growing in the region. Only in the 90s there was some decline, but from the beginning of the next century the population began to increase rapidly again. The main reasons for this are the annexation of a number of settlements to the city in 2004 and the active construction of housing, which is why Muscovites and residents of other regions of Russia began to move to the city.

Ethnic burial name: Krasnogorets, Krasnogorsk people

Historical excursion

In the 19th century, large industrial enterprises emerged in these villages, most of them related to textiles. The Volokolamsk highway and the railway to Riga were built. The village of Banki is turning into a manufacturing village. In 1926, the Podolsk Mechanical Plant was moved here. In the current circumstances, the country's leadership is considering the possibility of creating the city of Optikogorsk on the site of the villages. The close location of the city to the capital is one of the opportunities to get away from the everyday bustle of the big city and visit Krasnogorsk on weekends. Moreover, the sights of Krasnogorsk are of interest. You can look at them with pleasure.

Krasnogorsk is located only 2 km from the Moscow Ring Road and 23 kilometers northwest of the center of the capital. Previously, villages were located on this territory - Pavshinskaya patrimony; the first mention of it was in the 15th century. The heirs of Prince Vasily the Dark, who left them lands, learned about this place.

The revolution of 1917 changed the usual way of life. All factories and manufactories were nationalized. In 1923, all weaving and dyeing industries closed. The workers were sent to Moscow. Pavshino received the status of an urban-type settlement; it included the village of Banki and the Znamenskoye-Gubailovo estate. The population gradually declined as many were forced to leave for big cities.

In 1926, the Podolsk Mechanical Plant was moved to Banki. In 1931, it was decided to build the largest optics production plant in the USSR. The city was supposed to be called Optigorsk, but this idea was abandoned.

The name Krasnogorsk was given in honor of Krasnaya Gorka, a housing cooperative settlement created by opticians and railway workers of Pavshin. The urban settlement received city status only in 1940.

During the Great Patriotic War the following were formed:

labor groups;
militia battalions;
fighter battalion.

Heavy fighting took place near the outskirts of the city. In February 1942, the revival of the optical plant began. After the victory over the Germans near Moscow, a camp for prisoners of war was organized in Krasnogorsk. Field Marshal Paulus was a prisoner there. The Bruschatiy settlement microdistrict was built with the help of prisoners.

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Children's town "Fairytale"

A children's playground “Fairy Tale” was created especially for the little residents of Krasnogorsk and guests of the city.
This unusual place is called so because a large number of sculptures of heroes of Russian folk tales are installed here. There are winding walking paths among the tall pines. Walking along them, you can see Emelya sitting on a slab, Koshchei with a sword in his hand, the Hunchback, Baba Yaga, Gulliver, Robot and many others. Children's playgrounds have been prepared especially for active recreation, where you can climb the stairs and slide down the slides to your heart's content.

Fairytale city for children

The local fountain is especially impressive. There are huge stones there, and in the center there are two dolphins jumping out of the water.

Address: Lenina Street, 11a.

What to bring as a souvenir

There are several souvenir shops in Krasnogorsk where you can pick up an original gift for your loved ones. For example, on the street. Rechnoy, 8 there is a store “Shine of the North”, specializing in pottery and products made of birch bark and wood.

Men will be interested in visiting the Imbrium weapons store on the street. Lenina, 30 a, on the shelves of which you can find crossbows, sabers, swords, pneumatic weapons, as well as a variety of medals, historical books and various antiques. Krasnogorsk is a small Moscow, where there are also many expensive shops, hotels and restaurants.

But besides these elite attractions, the city is full of quiet, secluded places that create a cozy village atmosphere, even if you are in the central area.

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Interesting places to relax with children

When visiting the suburbs of Moscow, families with children will be interested in visiting the “Jolly Jungle” - a rope maze with different levels of difficulty. Here you can ride a spiral slide, jump on a trampoline and climb on a climbing wall, competing against the clock. There is an amusement park on the street. Znamenskaya, 5.

Another interesting place for families with children is the Family Game amusement park, located in the Vegas shopping center on the street. Mezhdunarodnaya, 12. Children will be invited to go through various quests on the theme “Charlie and the Chocolate Factory”, “The Fixies”, and compete in resourcefulness and intelligence with each other. For adults, there is a colorful cafeteria in the park.

Infrastructure of Krasogorsk

The infrastructure of Krasnogorsk is a topic that is constantly discussed, because if there is a reason (and, believe me, there are plenty of them), then you definitely need to take advantage of it in order to somehow improve your life.

First, utilities occupy a place in discussions among Krasnogorsk residents. True, no matter how much you talk about them and don’t file so many complaints to higher authorities, there is little use; utility workers are probably immune to them. The only strange thing is that local residents have not yet developed immunity to constant interruptions in heat transfer, muddy water with a strange aftertaste, periodic accidents at wastewater treatment plants, huge snowdrifts near the entrances in winter, scary elevators (especially in the dark), and unrepaired residential buildings. houses, the amount for which constantly appears in the fat, the lack of storm sewerage and much more.

People complain, but they tolerate it, and utility workers, instead of fulfilling their direct duties, always find some excuse, for example, “this yard is no longer included in the service of our organization” or “this type of service is provided for an additional fee.”

In general, the service is noticeably lame, but at the same time it costs at least 4.5 thousand rubles per month.

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There are also problems with the transport system. The most important of them is the metro. It is, of course, not far off, but the path to it is not the easiest. The fact is that the Myakinino station is located just opposite the Pavshinskaya floodplain microdistrict, but the separator between them is the Moscow River. There is no bridge, or rather, they plan to build it only in 10 years. In the meantime, this problem is solved in the summer by ferry, and in the winter by walking on the ice, as they say, at the risk of life. In addition, at one time there was information that they could build a rope bridge, but something didn’t work out there either.

As for ground transport, there are a lot of buses and minibuses in Krasnogorsk that can take you to the desired microdistrict of the city, to the neighboring village, and to the nearest metro station. Here you cannot complain about a lack, but you can complain about the constant traffic jams that form at the exit and entrance to the city. The situation was aggravated by the expansion of the Novorizhskoe highway, due to which the entire traffic flow moved to Volokolamka and finally stopped it.

In such a situation, the only remaining option is the so-called fallback option, which is rail transport. Having safely reached one of the stopping points (Pavshino station, Krasnogorskaya square or Opalikha square), you can get to Moscow-Rizhskaya without any problems. You only have to be patient for half an hour - this is an ordinary train, not your own car.

On Volokolamka (Volokolamsk highway)

If we talk about the provision of social institutions in Krasnogorsk, then in the old microdistricts there is no shortage of schools, kindergartens and clinics, but you can always see a queue, for example, to see a local doctor. In the new microdistricts, there are queues not only for appointments with doctors, but also for reserving places in nurseries. There are so many of them that expectant mothers joke that in order to enroll their baby in kindergarten, they need to register in advance - somewhere around the 4th month of pregnancy. And this is very sad, because this fact immediately indicates the slow pace of development of microdistricts with social facilities and bribery of the type “if you want to enroll your child in a kindergarten, help the manager financially.” No love for children - money decides everything.

Children's fairy tale – Otrada Zoo

In Krasnogorsk there is an amusement park and zoo “Otrada”, in which for young guests there is a rope park, an equestrian club, a zoo, a playground with a sandbox, slides and carousels, and an ice skating rink. The cafe offers a special menu.

It can host excursions and stage performances, fishing trips, themed parties, classes, special programs and horse-drawn carriage rides. The zoo is home to a large number of animals: Vietnamese mini-pigs, porcupines, raccoons, sika deer, hedgehogs, squirrels, rabbits of various breeds, Nubian goats, ponies, mini-goats, llamas and noses. The zoo is also home to more than 30 species of birds.

If you come to this city, visit the sights of Krasnogorsk, because this is not all that the city can boast of.