The resort village of Solotcha. Russia, Ryazan region, Solotcha village
Solotcha- urban area as part of the Soviet administrative district of the city of Ryazan.
Geography
It is located 11 kilometers from the left-bank part of Ryazan at the entrance to Meshchera on the banks of the Oka oxbow. Near the territory of the district, the Solotcha River of the same name flows into the oxbow. The area is surrounded on all sides by the Meshchersky National Park; the forests located on the territory of the district are reserved - multi-storey buildings are prohibited here.
Story
Village Solotcha grew up around the male, founded in 1390 by the Ryazan Grand Duke Oleg Ivanovich - according to legend, at the meeting place of the prince and his wife with two hermits, Vasily and Euphemia. The conversation with the hermits sunk deep into the soul of the prince; having founded the monastery, he took tonsure and ruled for the last 12 years, being a prince-monk. At the same time, he lived for a long time in the monastery, on the territory of which he was buried in 1402.
In 1939-1959, the village was the administrative center of the Solotchinsk district of the Ryazan region.
By Decree of the Head of the Administration of the Ryazan Region No. 128 dated March 3, 1994 “On Approval of the Administrative Borders of the City of Ryazan and the Solotchinskiy District”, the Solotchinskiy resort village was included in the Soviet District of the city of Ryazan. By Decree of the Governor of the Ryazan Region No. 799-III dated September 22, 2004, the resort village of Solotcha was excluded from the registration data of the administrative-territorial structure of the Ryazan Region.
Attractions
Solotcha has a lot of old wooden houses with carved porches and colored stained-glass windows. On one of the streets there is a house that belonged at the end of the 19th century to the famous engraver academician I.P. Pozhalostin. V. V. Veresaev, K. G. Paustovsky, A. P. Gaidar, A. A. Fadeev, K. M. Simonov, V. S. Grossman, F. I Panferov, A. I. Solzhenitsyn, V. T. Shalamov and others.
An outstanding architectural monument on the territory of the region is the Church of John the Baptist over the Holy Gates of the Solotchinsky Nativity of the Mother of God Monastery, built in 1696-1698 by the supposedly famous Russian architect Ya. G. Bukhvostov.
The Ryazan-Vladimir narrow-gauge railway, sung by K. G. Paustovsky, passed through the territory of the region. Here was the Solodcha station, which retained its ancient spelling through "d".
On the territory of the district there is a specially protected natural area - a natural monument of regional significance "Solotchinskaya Staritsa".
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Panorama of the Solotchinsky Monastery
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Kazan church
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House of I. P. Pozhalostin
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An excerpt characterizing Solotch
“That is not the point, my soul.- This is your protegee, [favorite,] your dear Princess Drubetskaya, Anna Mikhailovna, whom I would not want to have a maid, this vile, vile woman.
– Ne perdons point de temps. [Let's not waste time.]
- Oh, don't talk! Last winter she rubbed herself in here and said such nasty things, such nasty things to the count about all of us, especially Sophie - I can’t repeat it - that the count became ill and did not want to see us for two weeks. At this time, I know that he wrote this nasty, vile paper; but I thought this paper meant nothing.
– Nous y voila, [That's the point.] Why didn't you tell me before?
“In the mosaic briefcase he keeps under his pillow. Now I know,” said the princess, without answering. “Yes, if there is a sin for me, a big sin, then it is hatred for this bastard,” the princess almost shouted, completely changed. “And why is she rubbing herself here?” But I will tell her everything, everything. The time will come!
While such conversations were taking place in the waiting room and in the princess's rooms, the carriage with Pierre (for whom it was sent) and Anna Mikhailovna (who found it necessary to go with him) drove into the courtyard of Count Bezukhoy. When the wheels of the carriage sounded softly on the straw laid under the windows, Anna Mikhailovna, turning to her companion with comforting words, convinced herself that he was sleeping in the corner of the carriage, and woke him up. Waking up, Pierre got out of the carriage after Anna Mikhailovna, and then only thought of that meeting with his dying father that awaited him. He noticed that they did not drive up to the front, but to the back entrance. While he was getting off the footboard, two men in bourgeois clothes hurriedly ran away from the entrance into the shadow of the wall. Pausing, Pierre saw in the shadow of the house on both sides several more of the same people. But neither Anna Mikhailovna, nor the footman, nor the coachman, who could not but see these people, paid no attention to them. Therefore, this is so necessary, Pierre decided with himself, and followed Anna Mikhailovna. Anna Mikhailovna with hasty steps walked up the dimly lit narrow stone stairs, calling Pierre, who was lagging behind her, who, although he did not understand why he had to go to the count at all, and still less why he had to go along the back stairs, but , judging by the confidence and haste of Anna Mikhailovna, he decided to himself that this was necessary. Halfway down the stairs they were almost knocked down by some people with buckets, who, clattering with their boots, ran towards them. These people pressed against the wall to let Pierre and Anna Mikhailovna through, and did not show the slightest surprise at the sight of them.
- Are there half princesses here? Anna Mikhailovna asked one of them...
“Here,” the footman answered in a bold, loud voice, as if everything was already possible now, “the door is on the left, mother.”
“Perhaps the count did not call me,” said Pierre, while he went out onto the platform, “I would have gone to my place.
Anna Mikhailovna stopped to catch up with Pierre.
Ah, mon ami! - she said with the same gesture as in the morning with her son, touching his hand: - croyez, que je souffre autant, que vous, mais soyez homme. [Believe me, I suffer no less than you, but be a man.]
- Right, I'll go? asked Pierre, looking affectionately through his spectacles at Anna Mikhailovna.
- Ah, mon ami, oubliez les torts qu "on a pu avoir envers vous, pensez que c" est votre pere ... peut etre a l "agonie." She sighed. - Je vous ai tout de suite aime comme mon fils. Fiez vous a moi, Pierre. Je n "oublirai pas vos interets. [Forget, my friend, what was wrong against you. Remember that this is your father... Maybe in agony. I immediately fell in love with you like a son. Trust me, Pierre. I will not forget your interests.]
Pierre did not understand; again it seemed to him even more strongly that all this must be so, and he obediently followed Anna Mikhaylovna, who had already opened the door.
The door opened into the back entrance. In the corner sat an old servant of the princesses and knitted a stocking. Pierre had never been in this half, did not even imagine the existence of such chambers. Anna Mikhailovna asked the girl who overtook them, with a decanter on a tray (calling her sweetheart and dove) about the health of the princesses and dragged Pierre further along the stone corridor. From the corridor, the first door to the left led to the living rooms of the princesses. The maid, with the decanter, in a hurry (as everything was done in a hurry at that moment in this house) did not close the door, and Pierre and Anna Mikhailovna, passing by, involuntarily looked into the room where, talking, the elder princess and Prince Vasily. Seeing the passersby, Prince Vasily made an impatient movement and leaned back; the princess jumped up and with a desperate gesture slammed the door with all her might, shutting it.
This gesture was so unlike the princess’s usual calmness, the fear expressed on the face of Prince Vasily was so unusual for his importance that Pierre, stopping, inquiringly, through his glasses, looked at his leader.
Anna Mikhailovna did not express surprise, she only smiled slightly and sighed, as if to show that she had expected all this.
- Soyez homme, mon ami, c "est moi qui veillerai a vos interets, [Be a man, my friend, I will look after your interests.] - she said in response to his look and went even faster down the corridor.
Every traveler, going on a trip, creates for himself a list of Solotchi attractions that you definitely need to see. Some develop independent routes for exploring the city, the rest order special sightseeing tours. As a rule, they allow you to visit the main attractions of Solotchi and give an idea of the historical and cultural development of the city.
Art lovers are primarily looking for sculptural sights on the map of Solotchi. On the main city squares, you can often see traditional sculptural compositions with which all tourists take pictures. But in the parks beloved by the local population, you can see exhibitions of conceptual sculptures and installations. They are made from the most unpredictable materials and represent unimaginable variations of various forms that you will need to think about.
Religious buildings play a special role among the main attractions of Solotchi. They are the center of the architectural ensemble of the Russian city, many of them survived significant religious and historical events. In Solotch and beyond, you can go to famous throughout the country monastic cloisters: Kazan Convent, Holy Trinity Monastery, Solotchinsky Pokrovsky Monastery, admire the graceful appearance of large Orthodox churches: the Church of the Savior on Yar, or look into cozy and miniature chapels, so popular with local.
Traveling around the area, you can also see unusual religious sites. These can be national religious sites, ancient cult associations, or generally mystical places of power. Not far from Solotchi there is an opportunity to meet the following: Church of the Savior on Yar, St. John the Theologian Monastery, Nikolo-Radovitsky Monastery, Resurrection Church in Lovtsy, Solotchinsky Pokrovsky Monastery.
Pedestrian promenades along Solotcha have a special romance. You have a choice: get a map of Solotchi with sights and routes in advance, or simply go wherever your heart desires. Then it's even more fun. Let yourself get lost in the old streets or take a walk in the squares. And if you get tired, you can refresh yourself or have a cup of coffee in some pleasant cafeteria. By the way, in Solotch there are several places popular at all times, which every tourist dreams of.
If you plan to gain in-depth knowledge of the history of the city, come on an excursion to the museum complexes of Solotchi. They contain extensive collections of ethnology, artistic skills, folk art and everyday life, from archaeological excavations. Traditionally, these attractions are located in the center.
At the same time, open thematic museums can often be found in the countryside. They present entertaining expositions dedicated to national life and folk crafts. In addition, it can be a museum reconstruction of historical settlements or defensive forts. Such sights of Solotchi will be very informative for children: the Museum of the Poshchupov Toy, the Museum-Reserve of S. Yesenin, the Museum of Academician I.P. Pavlova.
For family tourists, the question is always relevant: where to go with children. The most popular option is to go to one of the Solotchi aqua complexes. There are often discounted fares when buying a family ticket for the whole day.
If you are planning a trip in the winter or spring season, we recommend that you consider Solotchi ski resorts for active leisure. There is a lot of entertainment for children and adults: various slopes for skiers and snowboarders, cheesecakes, interesting fun parks for experts. Typically, such complexes are located a few tens of kilometers from the city, for example: Chulkovo Ski Resort, Borovskoye Kurgan, Alpatyevo. So it is more convenient to arrive at the place by personal transport or rent a car.
An excellent prospect for a family weekend is active nature tourism. These attractions are located near Solotcha. It can be rivers, gorges, famous nature reserves. Where better to go, you always choose: Meshchersky National Park. It is possible to get here both on your own and by public transport. Look in advance for the schedule of intercity buses running from suburban bus stations in the direction you need. In such an adventure, you will get a lot of unforgettable emotions from being outdoors, replenish your health and good spirits.
If you visit the city on business, then you do not have enough free time for long excursion programs. In such a situation, we advise you to find for yourself a concise index of Solotchi sights with a photo and description.
Such a guide can always be found after arriving in the city at railway stations or at the airport. There is a list of the most interesting places to go in Solotch, with names and photos of attractions. Agree, this greatly simplifies the question of what to see in Solotch, in case you are limited in time.
However, if the guide describes the most popular places in Solotchi, then on the net you can find the top “not hyped”, but no less interesting sights with reviews from experienced travelers. Abandoned adits, mysterious quarries, old narrow-gauge railways, bridges - such sights attract adventure lovers.
When planning a trip to Solotcha, we advise you to get information not only about the sights, but also about other significant infrastructure facilities of the city. To move around the city, it is worth understanding the scheme of urban transport, the localization of railway and bus stations or ports, metro stations. At the same time, these important public buildings of Solotchi can become objects of tourist interest. Often they become the hallmark of the city.
P walk around the village of Solotcha, Ryazan region ...
The Staritsa sanatorium is located here, so we walked along it almost every day))) there is something to see in the aftermath. and a monastery and a blue temple and a monument to Nikolai Ugodnik on a ball ... Earthly ...
Beautiful temple, but more on that later...
Invite a rat to the holiday))) guys are creative!
The village of Solotcha belongs to Ryazan (here Ryazan and not regional registration), but is located 25 kilometers from it, on the other side of the Oka.
The village is famous primarily for the ancient Solotchinsky Monastery, which I already wrote about. It was founded in 1390 by Prince Oleg of Ryazan himself.
There is also the house of the famous engraver Pozhalostin in Ryazan.
Amusing place))) cafe what you need!
Yesenin is here at every step. Near the place where he was born.
You can see where the wind is blowing from.
The cherry flavored cider was great))
Probably the fireman's house.
Strange street for Russia - "Order".
Solotcha has a lot of old wooden houses with carved porches and colored stained-glass windows. On one of the streets there is a house that belonged at the end of the 19th century to the famous engraver academician I.P. Pozhalostin. V. V. Veresaev, K. G. Paustovsky, A. P. Gaidar, A. A. Fadeev, K. M. Simonov, V. S. Grossman, F. I Panferov, A. I. Solzhenitsyn, V. T. Shalamov and others.
st. Order 76 (Latitude 54°47′55″N (54.798527) Longitude 39°50′18″E (39.838346))
Blue Temple. That's what they call him in Solotchi. This is the Church of the Kazan Icon of the Mother of God, painted in sky blue.
At this place, at the end of the 14th and beginning of the 15th century, the wife of Prince Oleg of Ryazan, Princess Euphrasinia (Evpraksia), founded the female Zachatievsky Monastery. In 1682, the monastery was abolished, the old women were transferred to the Agrafenin desert, which was located nearby. Over time, the temple of the monastery fell into disrepair, and in its place in 1843 the construction of a stone Kazan temple with Nikolsky and Alekseevsky aisles began.
In Soviet times, the temple was closed, and then it was reopened. And already modern parishioners built this monument to St. Nicholas in front of the temple, as a copy of one of the most remarkable sculptures of this saint in Demre (Turkey). A saint was born there (there was an ancient city of Lycian Myra). Initially, St. Nicholas was buried in a church in Myra, now Demre in Turkey. In 1087, the relics of the saint were stolen from the temple and transported to Italy to the Basilica of St. Nicholas in the city of Bari, on the way the bones were crushed, because when they stole, they trampled on it with their feet, but that's another story.
Strange things also happened to the Turkish monument. The monument was presented to Turkey by the Moscow Southern District and erected in 2000 near the ruins of the church where the saint once served. Then he was transferred to the Basilica of St. Nicholas, but without a globe. And in his place put a plastic Santa Claus.
Santa Claus, however, was also unlucky, and was later removed. And they erected a monument to St. Nicholas, but different, in a Turkish cap. Perhaps the Orthodox symbolism irritates Turkish Muslims.
Probably this story with the monument upset the locals so much that they installed a copy of the full version of the monument here in Solotch and now it adorns the square in front of the Church of the Kazan Icon of the Mother of God.
There are a lot of cats here
The evergreen essence of the Solotchi forest lures crowds of locals in order to curb the need for leisure. Traditional summer barbecues, winter skiing in Monastyrsky Bor, sledding from Lysa Gora, spring and autumn contemplation of unobtrusive living creatures are almost within walking distance for Ryazan residents, if you think in terms of personal vehicles. Because here they are - the gate to Meshchera, just twenty kilometers from Ryazan. The resort theme is relevant for both metropolitan and provincial cities. Peredelkino in the Moscow region, the village of Chertovitskoye near Voronezh, Krivets near Lipetsk, as well as Solotcha near Ryazan residents - perhaps, places that for many cause an irresistible desire to get a house here at all costs, and for the rest - envy that Someone already owns a house like this. Geographically, Solotcha is the Ryazan region, although the administrative resort village is a remote part of Ryazan and is formally included in its Soviet region.
Here, under the canopy of gigantic pines or among fragrant hayfields, you can look for the way to your personal nirvana. This is a historical place in every possible sense of the word, where Grand Duke Oleg Ryazansky found rest within the walls of the Solotchinsky Monastery. Here, in Central Russia, in the land of long-dead forests, for unknown reasons, an untouched island of nature has survived, where the age of pines exceeds two hundred years.
narrow gauge railway
Not so long ago, Ryazan and Solotcha were connected by a railway with closely set rails. The narrow-gauge railway was the only means of reliable delivery of tourists and free-walkers to the Meshchera lowland. The writer Konstantin Paustovsky called the narrow gauge railway in the Meshchera forests the slowest railway in the Soviet Union. "Stephenson's train" reminded him at the first meeting of a samovar, which "whistles like a child's falsetto." The locomotive, as it turned out, already had an offensive nickname - “gelding”. And the little engine was also called the "cuckoo".
They started building a piece of iron in 1892 - the country demanded timber and lumber. The idea of straightening the channel of Pra for rafting remained on paper. Only the railroad could provide a reliable supply of the required volumes of wood. It was laid from the coast of the Oka to the Penkino cordon on the outskirts of Solotchi. For the year managed and began to operate. Four years later, the Moscow Society of Access Roads got hold of a permit to extend the iron tracks from Solotcha through Spas-Klepiki to Tuma and allow them to carry not only timber, but also people. Temporary traffic to Klepiki was opened in December 1897, and on October 31, 1899, trains from Ryazan to Tuma itself were officially launched. While the Tumskaya part was being built, they also took care of extending the tracks - so, by the beginning of the 20th century, it became possible to leave Ryazan for Vladimir. A little later, the Vladimir part was changed into a wide one, but the narrow one worked stably for the benefit of timber transportation. Moving slowly, the locomotives dragged wood, peat and cotton wool.
1972 was the first blow for the Ryazan narrow-gauge railway - an automobile bridge was erected across the Oka. A decade was enough to completely abandon the leisurely train, exchanging a piece of iron for asphalt. The remains of the rails were dismantled back in the 1990s for metal, only a sand embankment has survived, which stretches to the right of the asphalt in the section from Davydovo to Solotcha. And yet, a small fragment of the Meshchera highway survived: when laying the road to the Solotchi bypass, ten meters of the iron sheet were rolled into asphalt. Over time, the wheels of cars have soaked the stone and every motorist, choosing the right turn at the Solotchinsky intersection, slows down, and then hears a characteristic “boo-boo” under the wheels.
Solodcha
Another modern one, inherited by us for reflection and search for truths, is the very origin of the name of the village. We know him as Solotcha. Only the railway station and the settlement on the maps of Mende, compiled in the middle of the 19th century, are called Solodcha. Either the cartographers overlooked, or for the sake of ease of pronunciation, the voiced was replaced by a deaf and completely unpronounceable. They also tried to unravel the mystery through salt: supposedly historical documents mention salt springs in the area. But geologists have proven that there are no salts in the local sands. So toponymic research is just a guess.
From the elderly villagers it was possible to hear a legend from the time of the Tatar-Mongol yoke. As if Batu, having defeated Ryazan and moving up the Oka, noticed a forest turning blue in the distance. The Horde, ready for battle, sent their horses there: “The Tatar horses ran for a long time until they were stopped by the banks of an unfamiliar river. An boundless expanse stretched around, and beyond the river rose a steep, precipitous bank, overgrown with copper-trunked pines. And this forest was so beautiful in winter attire that even the Tatars could not resist the involuntarily erupted cries of delight. The centurion, who led the detachment, expressing the general opinion, exclaimed: “Oh, solodcha!”, Which in Tatar supposedly meant a beautiful, beautiful place.
Solotchinskiy monastery
Be that as it may, but the high steep bank, from where the Oka floodplain is visible at a glance, prompted the founding of a fortress. This fortress was the Solotchinsky Monastery, built at the end of the 14th century. The monastery was founded by Ryazan prince Oleg Ivanovich. It is not known exactly, of course, but according to legend, Oleg, together with his wife Euphrosyne, once found himself at the Solotcha River. They talked on the other side with two hermits Vasily and Efimy, and they inspired the prince with the idea of a monastery. Oleg founded it in 1390, perhaps conceived as a country residence. In that period, after the Battle of Kulikovo, relations between Ryazan and Moscow sharply escalated. Probably, Prince Oleg, behind the monastery walls, sought to hide from the possible retribution of the Moscow princes, who considered him a traitor for not participating in the battle on the Kulikovo field. There is a legend that a certain underground passage led from the monastery to the Palace of Prince Oleg in the Kremlin of Pereyaslavl-Ryazansky. Perhaps the monastery more than once helped the prince, who accepted the schema under the name Jokim, and ruled Ryazan for another 12 years in the monastic rank. Probably, having not survived the imprisonment of his son Rodoslav by the Lithuanians at the beginning of 1402, on July 5 of that year in the Solotchinsky Monastery they buried the schema-monk Jokim - in the world of Grand Duke Oleg Ivanovich Ryazansky. His wife did not survive much either. The prince and princess were buried in the Church of the Intercession, which stood at the very slope.
In subsequent years, the monastery was involved in some important historical events. In 1552, the troops of Ivan the Terrible were in a hurry to take Kazan: the monastery army also did not stand aside and took part in the campaign. In memory of that event, a tented Alekseevskaya church was built in Solotch. The monastery experienced a complete reorganization of the economy under Archimandrite Ignatius. He became rector in 1688: through his efforts, the appearance of the Solotchinsk monastery was created such as we see it today. Then the Church of the Holy Spirit and the refectory were erected. In 1768, during the reign of Empress Catherine II, a natural disaster occurred in Solotch. The unstable slope stretching from the Solotchinsky Monastery to the Bald Mountain, apparently, after a snowy winter and a high flood, set off. A powerful landslide brought down the wall of the monastery and dragged the Intercession Church into the abyss, where the relics of probably the most far-sighted and successful of Ryazan rulers of the ancient era rested. It is known that while sorting through the rubble, the people of Ryazan found the relics of Prince Oleg and his wife and carefully transferred them to a new place. Today they rest in the cathedral church of the Nativity of the Blessed Virgin Mary of the Solotchinsk monastery.
Before the October Revolution of 1917, a special relic was kept in the Solotchinsky Monastery - the chain mail of Oleg Ryazansky. It is woven from iron rings and weighs almost half a pood. Oleg wore this armor for 12 years under his clothes instead of chains. After the death of the prince, the armor began to serve other people - believers reached out to the relics. Laying chain mail on themselves, the sick asked for help from epilepsy, drunkards - from drunkenness. Now the chain mail is in the Ryazan Kremlin.
The monastery itself was closed after the revolution, and soon a colony for juvenile delinquents was located within its walls, a warehouse in the Church of the Nativity of the Virgin, and a club with a cinema hall in the Church of the Holy Spirit. And only in 1993 the Solotchinsky monastery was revived, but already as a female one. And Lenin Square in the center of Solotchi was renamed Monastyrskaya. There are always a lot of parishioners and tourists in the monastery. The patronal feast - the Nativity of the Blessed Virgin Mary - is celebrated on September 21. Here you can always buy monastic bread and honey, and go down to the base of the Oka slope and move a kilometer to the south, taking to the left of the branchy century-old willow, draw spring water from the source at the groundwater discharge site on the banks of the Staritsa. Continuing the path to the south along the base of the slope, after another half a kilometer the foot of the Bald Mountain will appear.
bald mountain
Krucha Lysaya Gora is a mute witness to the disturbance of the ancient slope of the Oka valley, the landslide of which destroyed the ancient temple. According to geologists, the sand that makes up the loose body of Bald Mountain was once brought by a glacier, and then repeatedly washed and redeposited by the Praoka streams. The water washed and carried particles of dust and clay downstream, leaving heavier sand in place. And where today, on a peak along the cliff of Bald Mountain, Ryazan people fry shish kebabs, there was once the bottom of the harbinger of the modern Oka. That was over 100 thousand years ago. And then the river, biting into its deposits, washing away the sands, went down, creating the steep sides of the trough of its valley. The steep left side is the very place above which rises the St. John the Theologian Monastery in Poshchupovo, the steep right side is Bald Mountain. And her bald head was caused by poor sand, on which no one grows except for pine, and also the love of Ryazan for winter recreation. Sledges and sleds over the years have done their job, creating a sandy bald patch.
A steep slope and currently continues to bare its teeth. The steep bank holds a dangerous degree of its steepness due to the flow of water and the action of the wind. It recedes parallel to itself at a speed of up to two meters per century, as indicated by the bare roots of centuries-old pines hanging over the edge of a steep slope. The collapse sometimes takes an unexpected turn. In April 2012, meltwater washed a deep ravine on the right side of Bald Mountain for two weeks. To date, its steep slopes have barely managed to drag on. Today, for many Ryazans, Bald Mountain near Solotcha is the largest natural hill in Ryazan.
Kazan church
To the north of the monastery, almost on the border of Solotcha and Zaborye, there is a sky-blue temple. In the square near the temple - the figure of St. Nicholas. Under the feet of Nicholas of Mirlikiy the Wonderworker is a globe of exorbitantly small size. At this place, at one time, the wife of Oleg Ryazansky founded the Zachatievsky convent, which served no more than two hundred years. The reason for the closure was the same slope of the Oka washed away by the river. The nuns were transferred to Agrafenina Hermitage (now - Agro-Pustyn), and on the site of the monastery there was the Church of the Conception, which subsequently fell into disrepair. In its place, in 1843, a stone church was built in the name of the Kazan Icon of the Mother of God. In Soviet times, a wooden extension to the abandoned church was the local secondary school No. 32, which moved to a new standard building in 1982. In the temple there was a warehouse and a diesel engine was huddled with which the school was heated. The church was restored in the early 2000s.
Now it is closely adjacent to the overgrown cemetery, on the site of which thirty years ago there was a full-fledged school yard, where rulers were held, and local children played bast shoes and towns.
monastery forest
The resort village lies on the outskirts of a sandy plateau, which, with a twenty-meter ledge, abruptly breaks off to the water meadows of the Oka. Solotcha horseshoe covers the monastery pine forest, perhaps the oldest forest in Ryazan. The local pines celebrated their bicentennial anniversary in 2011-2012 - they grew from seeds that sprouted in the year of the Battle of Borodino. It is noteworthy that in the Ryazan forests, individual trees may be older, but a whole forest of two hundred year old giants - this is only in Solotch. Perhaps the monastery forest is much older, and it was never completely cut down, which means that it has existed for not two hundred, but maybe five hundred or even a thousand years. Perhaps individual trunks were sawn for a construction site, but the entire forest as an ecosystem was never completely destroyed. Monastyrsky Bor today is the first contender in the list of expanding the nature protection zone in the Ryazan region.
By the way, with regard to the Oksky Biosphere Reserve, we recall that it was created in 1935 to protect the muskrat that lives on the Pre and in its floodplain oxbow lakes. In the prewar years, according to eyewitnesses, the entire space of the reserve from the hills near Brykin Bor to the north was an extensive clearing, so that one could see the domes of the church in the distant village of Lubyaniki. Therefore, the forest of the Oksky Reserve is much younger than the forests of Solotcha. Biologists have established that the ancient pine forest, growing for centuries on poor river sands, gradually enriched the soil, bringing valuable minerals from deep layers to the surface. And today, on this sand, under the canopy of two-century-old pines, a carpet of lily-of-the-valley, which is demanding on the soil, is spreading, and oaks are even trying to grow.
There is no power in their appearance, but rather the seal of a long struggle for life with an attempt to grow on sands barely enriched with pines is felt. In the clumsy and bent squat trunks of crooked Solotchi oaks, hollows multiply to the delight of those species of birds that do not know how to build hanging nests. Also colonies of bats. Due to the unusually high flow of tourists, the vegetation cover of the monastery forest is cut by the crossroads of paths and trampled down to bare ground. The decrepit pines had big problems. Tourists break up the soil and destroy the undergrowth, depriving the forest of a chance for a normal shift.
It is easy to see the monastery forest. It starts from the public transport stop "Davydovo" and stretches through the central square of Solotchi to the north to Grachina Roshcha. From the road, the landscape of the same type that Shishkin captured on the canvas with three bears is especially clearly visible. Pine trees fly up to 35 meters high, their trunks are devoid of branches, and only on the tops bent under the influence of the prevailing wind direction are preserved shocks of living branches covered with needles. But if Shishkin's ship forest fell under the ax a long time ago, then Solotchi's forest is still holding on.
The state of the monastery forest causes concern among both foresters and scientists. Squall winds in summer and snow breakers in winter knock down multi-ton trunks on their backs. At the Department of Physical Geography of the Yesenin Ryazan State University, a weighty pancake is stored - a saw cut of a pine tree that fell in 2010. In the intricacies of annual rings, which, as if in the archive of the Hydrometeorological Center, contains a record of the climate of the hot and dry years of the pre-war era, 1936-1940, the great drought of 1891, the ringlet of the year of the abolition of serfdom and the capture of Paris by Russian troops in 1814.
Paustovsky
Many people know Konstantin Paustovsky as a writer who visited the vicinity of Solotcha and left a series of stories, which were subsequently brought down into the story “Meshcherskaya side”. He really was here in the second half of the 1930s of the XX century. He fished in the Oka channels and oxbows, and together with the writer Arkady Gaidar - the author of "Timur and his team" - wandered in the forests in search of Poganoe Lake, caught a golden tench, made friends with village children, one of whom managed to catch the legendary red thief - cat, captured a story about a grandfather nicknamed "Ten Percent".
Artistic works of the writer today serve as the subject of scientific research. So, in the story "Hare's Paws", the Nobel Prize nominee (who lost the fight for the title to the author of "Quiet Flows the Don") reflected the details of the events of 1936, the hot and dry summer of which turned into fires in the Red Swamp. According to the book, grandfather Larion went to the forest to hunt and almost burned out, falling under a flurry of forest fire. Getting out of the thicket, the grandfather tried to run after the hare, believing that the forest dweller would lead him to the lake. And so it happened. Later, the old man will take the hare with burned paws to Ryazan to the children's doctor on Pochtovaya Street, and he will beg the retired doctor to cure the hare as his savior. The story of the Solotchi hare will fly to Moscow, and the metropolitan journalist will want to buy the long-eared poor fellow, to which Larion Malyavin will answer: “The hare is not corrupt, a living soul, let it not live by will.”
In the stories of Paustovsky Solotch and its inhabitants - the whole world. Here is a boy who comes from a neighboring village to leaf through the binder of magazines "Around the World" and stare at pictures of outlandish countries. Here are the girls on the hayfields of the Oka fields, who diligently ridicule the unlucky fishermen. And the same grandfather, nicknamed "Ten Percent", who was almost killed by a pig, later killed by an explosive bullet ("the other did not take it"), suddenly appears as the keeper of village wisdom. According to the old man, the birch brought into the hut dropped its leaves after her forest companions only because friendship was given not only to people. “And with what eyes will she look into the eyes of her friends in the spring, who froze all winter on the street, and she warmed herself by the stove?”
Paustovsky noticed the subtleties of the Solotchi toponymy. Especially in the names of rivers and lakes. He writes that Meshchera is “a remnant of the forest ocean”, that the local forests are “majestic, like cathedrals”. I noticed that each body of water has its own nature. There is “always a calm” in Lake Tish, in Bobrovka there were once beavers, “The wash is a deep lake with such capricious fish that only a person with very good nerves can catch it”, in the Kanava “there are amazing golden lines: each such line pecks for half an hour” . Paustovsky also writes about Solotch as the birthplace of talents: “There is almost no hut in Solotch where there would be no paintings”, “Pozhalostin was born here - one of the best Russian engravers, whose work was worthy of appreciation from the mouths of Western Europeans spoiled by art ". It is believed that Paustovsky lived in the house of Ivan Pozhalostin, located on Revolutsii Street (now Order Street), where writers were visited by his friends in writing - Arkady Gaidar and Reuben Fraerman, who actively used a small yard bathhouse for recreation and creativity. In the last Soviet years, the Pozhalostina estate was a collapsed burnt building with an abandoned cherry orchard - here the surrounding children liked to hide from annoying parents. But the authentic bathhouse lived longer at home, because it moved to the neighboring site, however, it was not used for its intended purpose, but as a barn. The current museum-estate of Pozhalostina is a complete reconstruction, carried out already in the recent post-Soviet years.
In the stories of Paustovsky, Meshchera appears in a long-forgotten appearance of the era before the start of drainage reclamation. The laying of canals began under Alexander II, but large-scale work was carried out only in the post-war years. The writer in his works of 1936-1939 reflected the moment when the forests and marshes around Solotcha had not yet undergone large-scale drainage. And today, landscape geographers use the texts of the Meshcherskaya side as a guide to identify changes in nature. And it turns out that Meshchera Paustovsky is not at all the same as now. Around the Black Lake there was an impenetrable forest, and on its banks the wolves brought out wolf cubs. And the path to Black Lake was woven from trials, where only an experienced guide, jumping from bump to bump, could lead the traveler through the quagmire.
The Tale of Paustovsky is a good guide for the modern tourist. It is today that modern tents are put up in just a few minutes. The writer, in the pre-war years, apparently not even suspecting how terrible the time was coming for the country, spent every autumn on the Prorva, the former canal of the Oka. At a sharp turn he set up a heavy canvas tent. He pulled it so that it hummed like a drum, otherwise it would get wet in the rain. I dug around the ring with a shovel and tightened the loops tighter - from mosquitoes. And here he fished. Exactly the way the locals do it now, driving through the Oka meadows. Here he cursed the boys who can stand behind their backs all day, looking at the treacherously motionless float. And here I learned a cruel lesson of fate, when an expensive English fishing line without proper skill and good luck in chasing a pike can lose miserably to an ordinary rope with an iron hook at the end.
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The unique nature of the environs of Solotchi requires all-round protection, which formed the basis for the project to create a new specially protected area - the Solotchi Natural Park. The project was developed at the Yesenin Russian State University in 2009 by order of the government of the Ryazan region. If the idea succeeds, then the old-growth pine forest, mshara swamps, oxbow lakes and water meadows of the Oka will be permanently withdrawn from trade in favor of nature protection and tourism development.
To the north of Ryazan, about 20 km along the road to Kasimov and Vladimir, there is the resort village of Solotcha. This is a favorite vacation spot for most Ryazan residents. The thing is that this place has everything you need in order to breathe clean air and improve your health: a relic pine forest, sometimes turning into a mixed forest.
Solotcha is located almost on the banks of the Staritsa (this is the name of the river flowing here). In fact, Staritsa is one of the borders separating two different natural massifs - on one bank of the river there is a Meshchera forest, and on the other, the floodplain of the Oka, and then the Oka will mainly be followed by fields, the forest will come across only in islands, there will be no large continuous array. In addition, there are many lakes in relative proximity to the village.
They say that the convenience and beauty of Solotchi was appreciated by the great Ryazan prince Oleg. In any case, the foundation of the local monastery, which you will definitely see, since it is located on the main and only square of the village, is attributed to him. This, by the way, is one of the few attractions of the village. Still, people go to Solotcha for clean air and beautiful nature, and not for architectural beauties.
Where to relax in Solotcha
Everyone chooses the way of rest for himself. Personally, in spring and autumn I just go to Staritsa, lakes or forests, depending on the weather, mood, the presence or absence of mushrooms. In the summer I rent a dacha in one of the villages that are part of the village. It is called Davydovo. For those who will be looking for where to rent a summer cottage for the summer, I recommend this particular place, since it is located at a small distance from the central highway, the forest begins behind the houses, and it takes 15-20 minutes to the river with a leisurely stroll through the forest.
You can rent a house or a room in Solotcha itself. But in the village, for the most part, houses are rented along Order and Vladimirskaya streets, and a lot of cars drive along them. Not exactly pleasant. It is better to look for a house away from these streets.
Those who are accustomed to organized recreation and three meals a day will also find a place to relax and, at the same time, receive treatment. There are three large sanatoriums: Sosnovy Bor, Solotcha ( prices and reviews here) and "Staritsa".
Sosnovy Bor is located at the entrance to the village, about a couple of kilometers from the highway. The sanatorium is located on the outskirts of the main residential area, which, in principle, is good in terms of recreation - there are relatively few people. The resort has its own beach.
"Solotcha" - practically on the main square, next to the monastery. There is no beach of your own, you have to go to the city beach, which is about half a kilometer along a forest path along the coast. On the other hand, the path is very beautiful, you can walk. In addition, there is a spring along the road, which is considered "holy".
"Staritsa" is located on the outskirts of the village, between Solotcha and Fence. The resort itself is located in a clearing near the river, has its own small beach. Connoisseurs believe that this particular resort is the best in the top three. There is one thing - not far from the "Staritsa" there is active construction.
In addition, in the forest around the village there are many departmental rest houses, as well as pioneer camps. There will be an opportunity to relax in them - do not miss it, it will be useful. There are also guest houses and hotels. Good "Land House" in Davydovo. On weekends, all the rooms in it are usually full.
All holiday options with online booking here.
What to see in Solotch
Mostly people go to Solotcha for nature. In holiday homes, of course, there are restaurants, billiards, table tennis, spas and baths. But first of all, they still come here for clean water in the river and lakes and the air of a pine forest that clears all the lungs.
You can see the sights in a day. You must visit the monastery. Access to it is open, just remember that men should not come in shorts, and women in trousers. Otherwise, you will not be allowed past the gate.
The monastery is surrounded by an impressive wall, and inside there are two churches. The one on the left is interesting. On its outer walls there are small multi-color frescoes-icons.
They survived despite the fact that for some time there was nothing on the territory of the monastery - neither a museum, nor religious institutions.
If you go further along the Order and Vladimirskaya street, then you will reach the house-museum of I.P. Pity. There was a famous engraver who lived in Solotch. His beautifully carved wooden house and outbuildings are carefully preserved.
This place is also interesting because K.G. Paustovsky. It was about this house and the gazebo that he wrote in his Meshcherskaya side. The museum contains the things of the famous writer, in which he went fishing in local reservoirs. They say he was an avid fisherman. You can appreciate the frankly Spartan conditions in which the winner of many awards rested. By the way, Paustovsky got to Solotcha through Tuma. So in the 30-50s it was more convenient from Moscow, because the large (“Solotchinsky”) bridge across the Oka appeared only in the seventies. And from Tuma to Shumashi there was a narrow-gauge train. Then it was the main transport highway in the forest regions.
Actually, that's all. You can still walk to the main functioning church. In addition, across the road, not far from the Pozhalostin Museum, there is a Kooperator store. Go there and ask if there is bread from the Zaboryevskaya bakery. If there is, you should definitely buy it. It is not clear what they do with it there, but you probably did not eat tastier bread. They work very well.
The rest of the time you will spend walking along the river and through the forest. Fortunately, there is a lot of goodness here. You will definitely like it!
