Things to do in Ulyanovsk
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Goncharov Museum
The Goncharov Museumis in the two-storey house where the writer Ivan Goncharov grew up. His most famous work is Oblomov; less well known is his travelogue Frigate Pallada describing Goncharov’s journey on a sailing ship from St Petersburg to Japan around Cape Horn with the first Russian diplomatic mission to the country, which was just beginning to open.
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Museum of Ulyanovsk Architecture
The Museum of Ulyanovsk Architecture contains a full-size model of a Simbirsk wooden fortress watchtower and an exhibition about architects responsible for the town’s best buildings, both at ul Tolstogo 43. The premises at ul Tolstogo 24a contain a moving exhibition dedicated to the city’s architectural heritage that was destroyed by the Communists.
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Historical Cultural Centre
The gigantic concrete Historical Cultural Centre has, on the 1st floor, an interesting and politically neutral exhibition on Lenin’s and Kerensky’s boyhoods and a large exhibition on the history of Russian communism till perestroika, which is shy about Stalin’s repressions and completely avoids any controversy regarding Lenin.
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Simbirsk Gymnasia
Lenin's former high school now houses the classic Simbirsk Gymnasia. When young Vlad finished school (with a gold medal, of course), his report card said he was 'highly capable, hard-working and painstaking…a top scholar in all forms'. Today, the museum shows old-school classrooms (literally) and dioramas of old Simbirsk.
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Regional Art and Local Studies Museum
Goncharov was the most revered Simbirsk native until the October Revolution. The Regional Art and Local Studies Museum was built specially to commemorate the author and became the architectural symbol of Simbirsk.
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Cafe in the Palace
Decorated with heavy drapes and rich colours, reminiscent of the namesake palace, this upscale café serves classic Russian fare. The space is small, but it still squeezes in a dance floor for the romantics.
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Girls' School
Several buildings from the Ulyanov family era feature small museums, such as the first girls' school. Other buildings include the old Simbirsk police and fire stations (Nos 43 and 47).
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Maxi Pizza
This cafeteria-style pizza place is almost always packed with students and other young folks. You can’t go wrong with cheap, tasty pizza and beer.
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Museum of Ulyanovsk Photography
The Museum of Ulyanovsk Photography gives you a chance to vizualise Old Simbirsk and its people – in black and white.
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Lenin Flat-Museum
The Lenin Flat-Museum has the expected collection of personal items in the flat where the Ulyanovs lived for several years.
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Park of Friendship of the Peoples
The Park of Friendship of the Peoples was built by the Soviet republics in 1970. A sometimes-functioning cable car descends to the river.
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Public Library
The 19th-century public library has been turned into a museum, with exhibits of old books, maps and other documents from the archives.
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Museum of Folk Art
The house where Lenin was born is now a Museum of Folk Art, with a small collection of local paintings and crafts.
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Museum of Simbirsk City Life
A house on ul Lenina, which the Ulyanovs rented from a local priest, hosts the Museum of Simbirsk City Life.
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Bistro
This simple cafeteria in the historic centre cooks up a host of fillets or microwaves little pizzas and hamburgers.
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House-Museum
The house-museum belongs to famous local writer Victor Astafiev, who died in 2001.
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Okna
On the 2nd floor, this trendy café lends a touch of modernity to the dinosaur Hotel Venets.
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