This summer we vacationed in the Belgorod region, at the Ulybka recreation center near Stary Oskol. And we planned in advance to get to know this city, visit museums, walk around the center, and see the sights. We share our own rating called “Where to go and what to do with children in Stary Oskol”.
Video review of the sights of Stary Oskol
Stary Oskol will certainly appeal to fans of city tours in Russia.
And after watching the video we specially selected for you, you will be convinced that it is a rather interesting place. Stary Oskol is a small, largely provincial town, in which the hectic modern life still has not managed to fully survive the spirit of antiquity. It greets the traveler with the ringing of bells of numerous temples and the cozy, homely architecture of small mansions. Even the districts here are called settlements in the old fashioned way - Yamskaya Sloboda, Cossack Sloboda, Lamskaya Sloboda. If you want to escape from the dusty and noisy metropolis to the leisurely charm of antiquity, even for a couple of days, come to Stary Oskol, and you will not be disappointed!
House of Crafts in Elderly Oskol
The Stary Oskol House of Crafts can safely be called one of the leading institutions of this profile in Russia. This is an institution with established traditions, which has confidently occupied its niche in the preservation and development of folk culture in the district and regions.
Along with exhibition activities and amateur artistic activities, the institution carries out a lot of educational work to pass on the traditions of folk crafts to the younger generation, to familiarize them with the original culture of the region.
A “come to life” exhibition has been organized, within which children can take excursions into the folk way of life and independently demonstrate their creative abilities in making seasonal traditional Russian crafts and toys. A series of lectures on traditional crafts are always held on the basis of this “living exhibition”. First of all, about the oldest craft - pottery, the development of which was facilitated by local natural conditions - fertile clay deposits. And also traditional weaving, making homemade shoes, rag dolls, traditional and modern patchwork.
Master classes organized at the House of Crafts can interest children of any age. Many visitors with children plan to visit this establishment for literally half an hour, but the guides and folk craftsmen do not let them go for almost two hours! Fascinating stories and stories, master classes do not leave anyone indifferent.
By the way, opposite the House of Crafts is the Ascension Church in Stary Oskol.
Address: st. Mira, 32.
Recreation center "Slavyanka"
Beautiful sights of Stary Oskol
The recreation center “Slavyanka” is a place where you can relax all year round. There is a barbecue area with gazebos, a restaurant, football and tennis courts, a beach and swimming pools.
If you have a large group, you can stay in one of the base cottages. Vacationers can also spend the night in a hotel with standard and luxury rooms. Also on the territory of the base there are three modern banquet halls - for 60, 100 and 250 people. They are perfect for family celebrations and corporate events.
Address
: Stary Oskol, Starooskol reservoir district (coordinates: 51.393848, 37.814294).
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Cost of services:
- rent of a “standard” room (+ breakfast) – 3000 rubles/day;
- rent of a luxury room (+ breakfast) – 4500 rubles/day;
- rent of a four-bed room in a cottage – 5,000 rubles/day;
- rent of a double wooden house – 3,500 rubles/day;
- swimming pool - from 300 rubles;
- bathhouse – 800 rub./hour.
What sights of Stary Oskol can you see in one day?
Stary Oskol: population. population of Stary Oskol
Where to go for a walk in Stary Oskol? The city is conventionally represented by three districts: Central - historical, South-Western, North-Eastern.
All the most popular historical places are concentrated in the center, where we recommend starting your acquaintance. In the Central region there are monuments and merchant houses, one day will be enough to explore them. The churches are located in the southwest side. Those wishing to see other interesting places in Stary Oskol and its surroundings will need to stay here for a couple more days.
If you are interested in entertainment in Stary Oskol, visit the Stary Oskol Theater for Children and Youth, located in the very heart of the city in a two-story red brick building. According to audience reviews, his repertoire includes many entertaining productions. Children will not be bored in the theater, and ticket prices are quite affordable.
On Druzhby Boulevard there is a small park called Solnechny. Rather, it resembles a square with several benches and a small amount of green space where mothers with strollers walk.
Sunny Park
Sport
Fans of a sports lifestyle will certainly pay attention to the Arcade swimming pool, located on Molodezhny Prospekt. The pool has swimming lanes, a spacious Jacuzzi
The complex also has an ice skating rink, hammam, and sauna. Those wishing to have a snack can visit the cozy cafe. All services are provided to the highest standard, so the sports establishment does not suffer from a lack of clients.
Anyone who likes to play sports in the open air is welcome to the free-to-visit Promagro stadium on Molodezhny Prospekt
For such a small town, it has an impressive size and attracts attention from a distance with its bright stands. Competitions and entertainment events are often held here
Residents and guests of the city can play tennis, roller skate, jog or do other exercises at the stadium.
City Stadium
Beautiful places in the city
Do you want to choose beautiful places in Stary Oskol for a photo shoot? Although the city is quite small, for photography we recommend choosing the Stary Oskol Arboretum, the embankment of the Oskol River, Pushkin Square in the Korolev microdistrict or the square near the Byl cinema in the Zhukov microdistrict, a clearing near the Ublya River, a monument in the Ataman Forest, etc.
Stary Oskol Theater for Children and Youth named after B.I. Ravenskikh
The basis of today's troupe at the Stary Oskol Arena for children and youth is the theater group of Victor and Lyudmila Orshansky from Sevastopol. In the 1990s they came on tour to Prestarely Oskol. They received an offer from the city administration to stay, and eventually settled in this city in the Belgorod region. The official chronicle of the Stary Oskol Arena for children and youth has been kept since February 1, 1996. In the current repertoire of this cultural institution you can always find a large number of productions designed for all age categories.
Address: st. Revolutionary, 15.
Sports and fitness complex "Belogorye"
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The Belogorye complex is located 10 kilometers from Stary Oskol. This is a great place for a relaxing and active holiday. There is a ski lodge, a dormitory building, a children's playground, gazebos with a barbecue area, a sauna with a swimming pool, billiards, a physical therapy room and a tennis court. Vacationers can eat in the dining room or cafe.
For lovers of active winter recreation, the base has a ski track with snow rolling for skating and classic skating. Here you can also practice Nordic walking and train on roller skis.
Address
: Stary Oskolsky district, village. Bocharovka (coordinates: 51.337383, 38.001956).
Telephone
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Cost of services:
- accommodation in a hotel room – 1050–3200 rubles;
- rent of a gazebo with barbecue area (4 hours) – 400 rubles;
- sauna – 700 rub./hour.
Picnic Park "Zarechny"
“Zarechny” is a cozy family picnic park on the banks of the Oskol River. It is connected to Zarechnaya Street by a pedestrian bridge. This park is good for walking, playing, and boat riding. There is a comfortable barbecue area and gazebos with sun loungers.
Children's playgrounds are equipped with all kinds of swings, slides, metal, rope and wooden loopholes, hammocks and sandboxes. In the park you can easily and happily play football, basketball and volleyball. In winter, skating rinks are installed on its sites, and walking paths are used as ski lines.
Address: st. Zarechnaya.
Cuisine and restaurants of Stary Oskol
There are many restaurants and cafes in the city, European, especially French cuisine is widely represented. There are also establishments specializing in Chinese and Japanese dishes, Middle Eastern exotics with the obligatory hookah. There are few places to eat with Russian cuisine, and those that exist have not yet reached a high status. But recently, local culinary traditions have begun to revive.
Guests try with interest a special type of casserole - noodles, “randoliki”, reminiscent of tiny dumplings with different fillings, plum porridge, which is made from millet with lard and onions, and loose buckwheat porridge with mushrooms.
Dinner with a glass of wine in a good restaurant costs RUB 1,500 per person. For a light snack on the go, pizza from the local fast food “Zhar-Pizza” is suitable.
Every year at the beginning of June in the village of Arkhangelskoye near Stary Oskol, a festival of local folk cuisine “Arkhangelsk Rasypukha” takes place.
Museums of Stary Oskol
- In one of the most beautiful buildings in Stary Oskol, which once belonged to the wealthy merchant Likhushin (who, judging by his surname, managed his affairs dashingly and profited with interest), today there is a local history museum of the city of Stary Oskol. This is a small but very nice building with swallow's nest balconies and a musical windmill on the spire of the bell tower. The museum's collection includes exhibits demonstrating the peculiarities of life and everyday life of Stary Oskol residents in all periods of the city's existence. The museum is open to the public from 10:00 to 18:00 all days of the week except Monday.
- an art museum
in Stary Oskol . True, he does not possess rare ancient paintings, but he fairly widely represents the works of artists of the Soviet and post-Soviet periods, covering such areas as painting, graphics, sculpture and decorative and applied arts. The museum is located in an old mansion with two portals, a pretty courtyard and a garden, which, founded by the first owner, director of the mechanical plant Efimov, is still carefully preserved. - Among the original museums of Stary Oskol is the house-museum of V. Ya. Eroshenko
. A blind writer, teacher, Esperantist, Vasily Yakovlevich Eroshenko has become an iconic personality for blind people around the world. He was a wonderful traveler, spoke twelve languages, taught at Tokyo and Peking Universities, and went down in history as a classic of Japanese children's literature. The house where his life began and ended is now a museum.
Ataman Forest
It is notable for its Memorial Complex, where the remains of 2,000 Soviet soldiers who gave their lives in the Great Patriotic War are buried. The complex is a sacred place for citizens and tourists. Behind the memorial there is a forest in which members of the “Search” club still find the remains of Soviet soldiers. Large-scale bloody battles took place in this place in 1942-43. It was through Stary Oskol that the enemy made its way to Stalingrad. But thanks to the honor and courage of our soldiers, he was repulsed, but thousands of soldiers gave their lives for this. The memorial consists of concrete pylons 25 meters high and a Stella 15 meters high. At the very top of the pylons the Order of the Patriotic War is majestically contemplated. At the foot of the monument the eternal flame never goes out. In front of the pylons there are marble plaques with the names of fallen heroes. Along the edges of the complex there are real military weapons.
Victory Park
It is convenient for guests of Elderly Oskol to begin their acquaintance with the city from Victory Park in the Zhukov microdistrict. It is very spacious, beautiful, free and well-appointed. There are modern children's playgrounds and attractions. There is something to do, somewhere to walk and run. Next to the park there are shopping and entertainment centers with all kinds of shops. While children, under the supervision of one adult, walk and play in the park, another can quickly resolve grocery and household issues.
Victory Park is picturesque green alleys and flower beds, a cafe and a summer amphitheater, fountains and a square - one of the main attractions of the city of Elderly Oskol. On the territory of the park there are monuments dedicated to the Great Patriotic War: the stele “City of Military Glory”, the monument to Marshal Georgy Konstantinovich Zhukov, the sculpture “After the Battle” created by sculptor Anatoly Shishkov.
The Walk of Fame is also located there: a stele in honor of all Stary Oskol residents who received the title of Hero of the Soviet Union in battle, with bronze busts of all holders of this highest military award of our region.
Address: Zhukov microdistrict.
About leisure
There is especially nowhere for young people to relax. In large shopping centers, certain islands of entertainment have been created: bowling alleys, trampolines, game rooms, all sorts of dinosaurs, cafes for every taste and budget. But it gets boring.
Donosaurus - in front of the dinosauria of the Boshe shopping center
Would you like to play sports, please? Several swimming pools, an ice skating rink, workout grounds, football fields, an indoor shady court.
There are a couple of museums with old, dusty curtains. The local theater was recently restored. The artistic director is trying his best to turn Stary Oskol into a city of theatergoers, but I don’t think he succeeds.
Thanks to the efforts of ex-mayor Pavel Shishkin, a real zoo appeared in the city. There is even a real giraffe, a huge lion, several rhinoceroses and a bunch of other exotic creatures living there. In the summer, many people go there with their children; it’s really interesting there.
Celebrity of the Stary Oskol Zoo - Josephine
Museums of Stary Oskol
- In one of the most beautiful buildings in Stary Oskol, which once belonged to the wealthy merchant Likhushin (who, judging by his surname, managed his affairs dashingly and profited with interest), today there is a local history museum of the city of Stary Oskol. This is a small but very nice building with swallow's nest balconies and a musical windmill on the spire of the bell tower. The museum's collection includes exhibits demonstrating the peculiarities of life and everyday life of Stary Oskol residents in all periods of the city's existence. The museum is open to the public from 10:00 to 18:00 all days of the week except Monday.
- an art museum
in Stary Oskol . True, he does not possess rare ancient paintings, but he fairly widely represents the works of artists of the Soviet and post-Soviet periods, covering such areas as painting, graphics, sculpture and decorative and applied arts. The museum is located in an old mansion with two portals, a pretty courtyard and a garden, which, founded by the first owner, director of the mechanical plant Efimov, is still carefully preserved. - Among the original museums of Stary Oskol is the house-museum of V. Ya. Eroshenko
. A blind writer, teacher, Esperantist, Vasily Yakovlevich Eroshenko has become an iconic personality for blind people around the world. He was a wonderful traveler, spoke twelve languages, taught at Tokyo and Peking Universities, and went down in history as a classic of Japanese children's literature. The house where his life began and ended is now a museum.
Stary Oskol Zoo
The zoo of the city of Stary Oskol can be called a real museum of living nature, which has a huge collection of fauna from different continents of our planet. This zoo was opened on September 12, 2008 in the Chumaki farmstead, next to the city, next to a river and water meadows bordered by forest and hillsides. About nine hectares were initially allocated for the zoo's collections, but the development of the zoo continued.
In it you can see African rhinoceroses, zebras, tigers, leopards, lions, pumas, hyenas, caracals and servals, brown, Himalayan and white-clawed bears, sika deer, bison, yaks, camels, raccoons, guanacos, chimpanzees and other monkeys, porcupines, peacocks, storks, ostriches, pheasants, golden eagles. Zoo animals live in comfortable conditions, so they regularly give birth to offspring.
The zoo has excellent conditions for children - you can communicate with animals, feed many of them with your own hands, ride a pony, sit in the Glade of Fairy Tales, surrounded by figures of animals carved from wood by local craftsmen. The zoo has a cafe and souvenir shop, a pond and an apiary. There are playgrounds and an amusement park. Sightseeing tours are organized for visitors.
Historical information about Stary Oskol
After learning the history of the city, walking around it becomes more interesting. Looking at the landmark, you can’t help but imagine the events of ancient times.
Stary Oskol at the beginning of the twentieth century
In 1593, Tsar Fyodor Ioannovich created a decree on the establishment of military settlements. The purpose of their creation was to protect the southern borders from Tatar raids. This year is considered the creation of Stary Oskol, since then an ancient fortress was erected on a hill, surrounded by the Oskol and Oskolets rivers.
However, the roots of the history of the region were laid much earlier. In the Middle Ages, these lands belonged to the Khazar Kaganate. Next to them were settlements of ancient Slavic tribes, who have long been engaged in iron ore mining and metal smelting. These places remained far from the cities of ancient Rus' and were sparsely populated. Next to them was an area called the Wild Field.
Historians have established that in 1300 the village of Ugly was located there (now it is included within the city). And in those days it was subordinate to the Grand Duchy of Lithuania and bordered on the Golden Horde.
The territory of the current city was under different subordination: the North-Eastern region belonged to the Golden Horde, and the Central and South-Western regions were subject to the Grand Duchy of Lithuania.
1571 - the beginning of the construction of protective fortifications against the invasion of the Tatars. This is the time of the foundation of the Ust-Ublinsky fort (on the site of the modern village of Bor-Anpilovka) by order of Ivan IV the Terrible. And only 22 years later the military settlement of Oskol was built. The fortress consisted of two fortification belts:
- The first belt (outer) was called the “big fort”. Inside it were buildings of serfs.
- In the inner part (the “small fort”) there was a church, a governor’s courtyard, and a barn for storing bread.
The fortifications were the main point of defense on the southern border of the state. They were subjected to increased attacks by the Tatars. In 1616, the fortress was burned by a Polish-Lithuanian detachment. Within a year the fortification was rebuilt. Settlements appeared nearby.
The middle of the 17th century is the period of construction of the Belgorod defensive line. It included several fortified cities with all kinds of engineering structures. Natural barriers were also used, such as forests, rivers, and swamps. From this time on, the settlement of this area began with the rapid development of animal husbandry, agriculture, and trade. In 1655 it was renamed Stary Oskol, since the city of Tsarev Alekseev was called Novy Oskol. At that time, approximately 1,500 people lived there. The population was dominated by Cossacks, gunners, archers, and traders.
Gradually, the borders of Russia expanded. Stary Oskol is becoming a region in the outback, and not a border fortress. Economic development begins with the construction of the Yelets-Valuiki railway at the beginning of the 19th century. The extraction and processing of iron ore occupies a central place in economic activity. And with the advent of the Oskol Metallurgical Plant, another leap in the economy is observed.
Now Stary Oskol is one of the cities with the fastest development. The population is constantly growing. Over the past 10 years it has grown by 15 thousand people.
Interesting facts about the city:
- Residents of the city participated in the construction work to create the first Russian fleet near Voronezh and the travels of Peter I across the Sea of Azov.
- Almost 20 thousand people work at the metallurgical plant.
- The urban zone includes areas with ancient names - settlements: Gumny, Ezdotskaya, Kazatskaya, Streletskaya and villages: Ugly, Fedoseeva, Neznamovo and others.
- Famous personalities: Vasily Eroshenko - writer, Mikhail Alisov - creator of the typewriter, Pyotr Fomin - artist, Mikhail Erdenko - violinist.
- Awarded the title of City of Military Glory.
The central district of Stary Oskol is home to important historical attractions.
Lovers of the oldest temples are showing interest in the Southwestern part. The Church of the Exaltation of the Holy Cross and the Alexander Nevsky Cathedral are located there.
The northeastern part is otherwise called the new city. Its peculiarity is its architecture, created in a modern style. It attracts sports fans. Those who want to visit go there:
- at the Alexander Nevsky Sports Palace or Ice Palace;
- at the PromAgro stadium;
- at the tennis center.
The city fair “Yubileinaya” is located near the bus station.
So, let's start getting acquainted with ancient objects with churches and temples.
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Olympic Park
The main part of this park is occupied by a green area with beautifully landscaped lawns, trees and shrubs. There are new and modern children's playgrounds with various types of surfaces, sports areas for all outdoor sports, children's swings and other attractions.
The main object of the park is a stele in the form of an Olympic torch with photographs of Stary Oskol residents - winners of the Olympic Games.
Address: Central microdistrict, next to the Sanctuary of the Nativity.
Culture and recreation
"Fire show"
A fire show or fire show is one of the types of circus performances (performances of the original genre), which consists of performing various tricks with fire, as well as using fire to realize a creative idea. The fire show is popular as entertainment for guests at the holiday.
Festivals and competitions
- Oscoldance
- Rap battle
- Oskol lira
- Oskol bear
- Rock BATTLE
- Oskol fisherman
- Photo tournament
- Oskol beauty
In Stary Oskol there is a cinema chain of the Parnassus network - the Byl cinema (since 1981) and the Komsomolsky and Boshe cinema halls.
For pregnant women and young mothers
Center 40 weeks - school for pregnant women, breastfeeding support group, gymnastics for pregnant women, massage
Zoo and arboretum
Stary Oskol Zoo
Since September 12, 2008, a municipal zoo has been operating in Stary Oskol. It is located in the Chumaki farm, near the city, you can get there by shuttle bus No. 333. The zoo occupies almost 19 hectares and is larger in area than similar zoos, for example, in Belgorod, Penza, Lipetsk, Tambov... It is home to peacocks, guinea fowl, bears, lions , tigers, monkeys, wolves, camels, ostriches, snakes, and other species of animals and birds. Currently (2010) the Stary Oskol Zoo contains about 470 animals and over 1,500 birds. A special pride is pheasants; of the 40 species of these birds that exist in the world, half are presented in the Stary Oskol Zoo.
Stary Oskol Dendrological Park
The arboretum in the Ilyina farmstead was founded in 1975 in the 75th quarter of the Zaublya tract. The area of the arboretum is 2.3 hectares. More than 70 different species of trees and shrubs grow in the arboretum, including exotic ones for this area, brought from other climatic zones. More than 60 species of flowers and herbs grow in the arboretum, all of which are visual aids for students. A bus has been organized that takes visitors to the arboretum. On the territory of the arboretum, specialists and students of the Children's Ecological and Biological Center created the ecological trail “The Eighth Wonder of the World”. Its length is 800 meters and has eight thematic parking lots.
Palaces of culture
- Palace of Culture and Technology "Komsomolets"
- Palace of Culture "Molodezhny"
- Palace of Culture "Zheleznodorozhnik"
- Center for Culture and Arts
Green Log Park
This park is very young. It appeared in 2022, when the abandoned territory was turned into an excellent modern city park. On an area of more than 11 hectares, the bed of the Rudka stream was cleared, an embankment was made, thousands of trees and shrubs were planted, pedestrian paths were laid along which lanterns and benches were installed.
Children in this park have plenty to do: there is a skate park, grounds for playing football, volleyball, basketball, for workout classes, as well as all kinds of strength and gaming equipment. Play belts are designed for children of all ages. There is also an inclusive children's playground, comfortable and cute cafes.
About work
Work is hard. No, if you take more and throw it further, you can get settled. But, again, it depends where. If, for example, it’s difficult to get into OEMK or GOK. My former employee was able to find a job as a simple electrician on Stoilensky through tenths of hands. At large enterprises there is a waiting list of children of employees. As you understand, office workers have their own turn, and workers have theirs.
Salaries are also not very encouraging. Just recently, metallurgists became a little indignant, and their wages were raised by 11 percent. The main workshops receive from 40 to 60 thousand, auxiliary from 25. At the plant, the average salary is about 100 thousand rubles, but this is like the average temperature in a hospital. The management there doesn’t complain, just like everywhere else.
Small and medium-sized businesses don’t pay much either. In trading you can’t scrape together more than 20-25. There are plenty of vacancies on the labor exchange, but there are not enough people willing to work for pennies.
The city is, by and large, just a residential area, living in two shifts. Almost all enterprises have a continuous cycle and therefore always work without a break on weekends and holidays.
City center - crossroads on Lenin
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Temples and churches
Temple of St. Sergei of Radonezh
The Temple of Sergei of Radonezh was built quite recently. The foundation stone was consecrated in 2007, and the built shrine began to fully function in 2016. At each stage, more and more new parts of the temple were consecrated. On July 21, 2010, bells cast specifically for this shrine were installed.
Inside the temple is decorated with paintings, mosaics and icons, which seemed to come to life after the consecration. The lower church was consecrated in honor of the Feodorovskaya Icon of the Mother of God, which was especially revered in the family of Alexander Nevsky, the heavenly patron of Stary Oskol.
Church of the Ascension of the Lord
Address: st. Mira, 24 Telephone Opening hours: 08:00 – 14:00, daily Cost: free
The oldest temple was founded in 1870, and it was consecrated twelve years later in honor of the Archangel Michael and the healer Panteleimon. In the first half of the twentieth century, when the authorities fought against the Orthodox Church, Father Andrei, who served in the church, was arrested. Because of this, the temple suspended its activities; in those days, the church premises were used for storing grain.
In the 1980s, restoration of the temple began, and in 2011 the church was crowned with new bells, purchased with funds from an unknown donor. Currently, the architectural monument has been completely restored and is functioning.
Temple of Princess Olga and Anastasia
Address: st. Tokareva, 4/1
Construction of the small church began in 2007 and ended in August 2008, when it was fully consecrated by Archbishop John of Belgorod and Stary Oskol.
When creating the temple, only wood was used: the building itself was built from larch, and the domes with crosses were made from aspen. Oak was used to make the altar and iconostasis. All trees were brought from Arkhangelsk forests.
The building has a small refectory and a tented bell tower. The church often hosts services, which are attended by students from Orthodox gymnasiums.
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Some children's entertainment centers in Stary Oskol
A large selection of entertainment can be found in children's play centers, which are located in Stary Oskol shopping and entertainment centers. This is, in particular, “Bose-Park” (the “Bose” shopping center in the Olminsky microdistrict); “Childland” (Maskarad shopping center on Molodezhny Prospekt, 10); “Country of Madagascar” (Lenin St., 22); “Treasure Island” (microdistrict Nadezhda, 5).
For example, Boshe Park is proud that it does not have a single electronic attraction, but there is a tall land slide (8 meters high), a tubing track, a giant three-story labyrinth, a “Vulcan” and a large-scale pirate ship located in the center of a large pool made of balloons, with cannons on the deck and various attractions.
"Park Boshe"
The rope park trails are laid above this ship. Nearby there is the region's first sports climbing wall for adults and children. In the depths of Boshe-Park there are cleverly located thematically decorated special rooms for children's parties and entertainment programs. The total area of this largest children's entertainment center in Stary Oskol exceeds five thousand square meters.
This is a superb indoor entertainment center for children of all ages, the likes of which would be hard to find even in much larger cities. But the first positions on the list of places to visit with children in Stary Oskol are rightfully occupied by places for outdoor entertainment - the magnificent parks of this city and, of course, its large zoo with a rich collection of animals and birds. It can be difficult to remove them from these places.
Museum of Military Glory
This museum, dedicated to the events of the Great Patriotic War, arose and developed on the basis of the school museum at school No. 34. A search club of high school students also worked there, collecting materials on the history of the Great Patriotic War.
In 2001, a separate room with an area of 36 m2 was allocated for the Museum of Military Glory. Since 2002, a school-wide action “Let's create a museum with our own hands” was announced. The museum collection began to be increasingly replenished with new acquisitions. High school students - members of the search club - compiled a photo chronicle of the events of the edge in the period 1941-1945.
By September 2004, the museum had completed the creation of the “Front-Line Dugout” exhibition, the “Configuration and Insignia” exhibition had been launched, glazed shelves in the center of the hall were equipped, and the area of the “Great Patriotic War Awards” exhibition had been expanded.
Finally, in 2022, the museum received a spacious room in the house at the address: microdistrict Rudnichny, 14a, on 400 square meters and its richest exhibition was located. The halls display, among other things, samples of weapons and ammunition from the times of the Great Patriotic War, found by participants in the Memory Watch at battle sites; ammunition of various types of troops. Under the glass display cases there are many documents from those distant years: passes, combat leaflets, badges and military awards of the Red Army soldiers, seals and stamps of military units, medical instruments, sapper accessories, personal belongings - from bowlers to pins...
Address: microdistrict Rudnichny, 14a.
Stary Oskol: unusual sights of the city
Stoilensky Mining and Processing Plant Museums and churches are not the only places you can visit in Stary Oskol. A little imagination and curiosity - and the city will open up to you with its atypical facets.
- For metallurgists, fans of industrial tourism, or simply those who are greedy for everything extraordinary, the Stoilensky Mining and Processing Plant
. Having previously agreed with the management, you can explore the quarry, the depth of which reaches 370 meters, get acquainted with a three-ton walking excavator, and also learn a lot of interesting things about the production of raw materials for ferrous metallurgy. - If the churches in Stary Oskol are quite ancient, then the Stary Oskol Zoo
is one of the youngest in Russia. It began its work in 2008, but has already managed to become a member of the Euro-Asian Association of Zoos and Aquariums, which unites the best zoological gardens of two continents. 9 hectares are home to lions, leopards, bears, ostriches, Indian elephants and more than 80 species of animals. The pheasant is considered the most revered animal, one might say, the old-timer and elder here, since the zoo opened at one time on the site of a pheasant farm. - In the Ilyina farmstead, not far from Stary Oskol, the Stary Oskol Arboretum
. This is a real find for those who are tired of the urban kingdom of asphalt and concrete. More than 70 plant species grow in the arboretum, including many exotic specimens. For those who like not only to wander among the greenery, but also to learn in more detail about botanical subtleties, there is an open lecture hall.
Architectural monuments
Several ancient buildings have been preserved in Stary Oskol, but some of them can only be viewed from the outside. At the address st. Oktyabrskaya, 20 stands a beautifully restored two-story mansion in an Art Nouveau style that is uncharacteristic for the city. This is the former oil mill of the merchant Dyakov, where the Slavyanka confectionery factory now operates.
Turminsky Pharmacy on the street. Lenina, 3, although recognized as an architectural monument, is not in very good condition. This white one-story building in the eclectic style with elements of Russian architecture was built in 1912 by pharmacist Turminsky. The pharmacy did not operate for long, after which the building was occupied by the editorial office of the Izvestia newspaper.
On the street Volodarsky, 14 there is a two-story red brick City School. The semicircular portico, arched windows and decorated facade make it attractive and bright. Currently there is restoration going on there.
Quest club "Quest machine"
This gaming club has several themed rooms, decorated according to different thematic themes. To complete each of them you are given 90 minutes - an hour and a half of game time. It is filled with secrets, puzzles, vivid emotions and impressions.
The goal of each game is to escape the room within 90 minutes. Everything here is set up like in a computer game, only for real: you can touch and pick up furnishings, open cabinets and doors, discover locks, solve codes and crack safes.
This is ideal entertainment for a cheerful company, where everything is logical, each object leads to a clue, the solution to each riddle provides a key, the key opens the next door with a new unusual object, and so on. And the administrator watches all the actions of visitors on a video camera, and can always help or give a hint if the need arises.
Kholkovsky Monastery
The Holy Trinity Kholkovsky Monastery is located near the village of Kholki. This is one of the most ancient shrines in the country. Legend has it that it was founded at the meeting place of Prince Igor Svyatoslavovich and his brother Vsevolod before the epic campaign against the Polovtsians in 1185. In the so-called Gesto Mountains there are caves of the monastery. In order to shelter from Tatar raids in time, the Gesture Gatehouse was built on the highest hill. From it, observations were made of the steppe, from where unkind horsemen could appear at any moment. In the mid-eighteenth century, a wooden chapel was erected in front of the entrance to the cave. The monastery was persecuted in the eighteenth century and was closed. In the thirties of the nineteenth century, Prince Golitsyn tried to resume the activities of the holy monastery, sparing no expense of his own, but, unfortunately, he never succeeded.
Nowadays, among the picturesque green hills, you can see the white stone chapel, at some distance from it, the Transfiguration Church. The churches amaze with their amazing, modest beauty. Snow-white walls, not blue, but somewhat gray roofs and magnificent golden domes that you can admire endlessly. There are stone paths from hill to hill, flanked by lanterns. The paths picturesquely run from the temple to the chapel, and then further to the caves.
