If You are going to go to the far East – be sure to visit the amazing
the city of Ussuriysk. It is a modern city – the crossroads of the main roads of Primorye. It perfectly combines large industrial facilities and primeval nature, cultural institutions, and modern leisure centers, antique and high-tech buildings, flora and fauna of different climatic zones. Special charm has the Central part of the city, which is also its historic centre. Here the ancient buildings, before the revolution, with a stunning decorative moldings, pinnacles, and spires to heaven. Here stands the majestic St. Basil's Cathedral, consecrated in 1907. Travelling to the Far East Tsarevich Nicholas Alexandrovich, once visited the Shrine, and in the memory of the day here was built a chapel with the icon of St. Nicholas. After the revolution the Church had only been there for 10 years, and like many religious institutions of those times was closed and was used first as a house of pioneers, and later as a warehouse. Before the war, the temple was turned into a hostel and completely destroyed as a religious value. However, a year after the victory of the Church building, excluding the chapel-arches, was completely rebuilt. Despite the small territory, Ussuriysk comprehend also a large number of cultural and educational institutions. The city has a Drama theater. Komissarzhevskaya built in the first 10 years of the twentieth century, as well as the Drama of the Eastern Military district. See more of the city than he breathes, and whence came in today – we encourage You to visit the museums of Ussuriysk. It is a magnificent Historical Museum, nature Museum and the history Museum, in the exhibition which presents the most interesting architectural finds, herbaria, household items, crafts, paintings and sculptures, stuffed animals, papers, photos, books and many other unique exhibits. One of the oldest attractions in Ussuriysk – is a stone turtle times, the Jurchen, who is a witness to the fact that these lands were inhabited long before the founding of the village of Nikolskoye, thanks to the TRANS-Siberian railway, rapidly turned into a beautiful highly developed city. In the suburbs of Ussuriisk, there is a huge number of beautiful natural areas – nature reserves, lakes, valleys. Arriving at Ussuriysk, you should definitely visit the village, Dam, which has a continuously expanding the outdoor Museum, with many interesting archaeological sites and objects.