Ryazan

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Ryazan (Рязань) is a city in Russian Federation.

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By Express train from Kazanskiy Train Station in Moscow. The ride is a little less, than 3 hours.

By bus from Vykhino(Выхино)bus station. Busses go each 1 or 2 hours.

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Walk in the center. Taxis are also quite cheap.

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The beautiful old Kremlin in the heart of the city, many historical museums inside, on the picturesque bank of the river. http://ryazankreml.ru/

Ivan Pavlov's Museum (Pavlov was a famous physiologist, Nobel-prize winner)

Art Museum. Good collection in an old beautiful building. A lot of good paintings, not typical for provintial museums in Russia.

Drama Theater - beautiful old building

Puppet Theater - prize winning director Valeriy Shadskiy

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Take a 3-hour boat trip from the Kremlin embarkment along Oka-river and back. With Russian pop-music and spontaneous dances on the top deck.

Visit bee and honey museum and horse-breeding institute in Rybnoe.

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Hotel Lovech. Next to the train-station Ryazan-2. ([1]) The biggest hotel in the city, but not in the very center. You'll have to take a taxi to the center (about $3 to the Kremlin) Renovated in 2005. wi-fi. Staff may be expected to speak English.

Priokskaya [2] Cosy small hotel right next to the Kremlin on a quiet street in the center. Bar and billiards on the 1st floor. Staff may be expected to speak English.

"New Russian" hotels http://www.monarx-ryazan.ru/ and http://www.atlantic-club.ru/hotel/ - in the center.

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