Tourist Routes of Syktyvdin area
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A village in the Syktyvdin area. It is located
A cathedral was built there, since there are seven healing springs. The water in each spring is quite different in terms of taste and mineral composition. Many pilgrims went here in summer. That is why it was decided to build a church there. In the Soviet period, pilgrimages to the healing springs were limited, but have enjoyed a revival in recent years. Bathhouses have been built at the most popular springs.
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For a long time, amateur geologists have been finding sobakity (geological discoveries which are difficult to classify scientifically) on the banks of the Sysola, near the
Fishing
Fishermen in this area, as well as other Komi areas, can always test their knowledge and skills. Apart from bream, pike, roach, ruff and bass, the crucian carp is commonly found in the floodplain lakes of this Komi area. It is not much bigger than an adult's palm, but remains a desirable catch.
The simplest Komi recipe for crucian carp is as follows: the fish is cleaned, salted on he inside, put in a frying-pan and covered with an even layer of sour cream. Then it s steamed thoroughly on a slow fire.
The most popular types of bird hunting are hunting hazel grouse with a lure, black grouse at their mating place in spring, and hunting with a dog in autumn. One hunts waterfowl by sitting in a blind and using stuffed birds and a decoy duck. Decoy ducks can be rented at the hunting grounds of the hunters' and fishermen's society. One of the most popular places for active recreation is
Accommodations are available at the Hunters' and Fishermen's Society and also at the
Chernam, a hunting complex, is located in the Syktyvdin area. The professional hunters here organize VIP hunting trips, control and feed moose and reindeer herds, and monitor the number of bears. At Chernam, hunting is organized not only for large animals, but also wood grouse in spring and hunting with dogs in autumn. Ott offered activities are sazan carp fishing in the reservoirs of the hunting complex, a white mushroom gathering in its forests. Among Chernarri's notable guests was Helmut Kohl, the former German Chancellor.
Ski Complex Named After R.P.Smetanina
This is one of the best ski complexes in
Rochev House. Not far from the complex, a family of Olympic champions, Vasiliy and Nina Rocheva, built their own house. A small, but interesting museum of sports awards belonging to the Rochev Dynasty has been organized in their house with the support of the Ski Racing Federation of the
The Finno-ugric ethno-cultural park
The Park Structure includes present ethnographic, historical and cultural, recreational objects of Yb village as well as new objects of wide functional purpose.
The Finno-ugric ethno-cultural park” – base for complex of services:
* Tourism: recreational, cultural and educational, ethnical.
* Recreation: week-end, family, active, entertainment.
* Business communication: international, trans-regional events and forums in a great amount of spheres and areas, including finno-ugric directions.
* Sport, Physical culture.
* Fishing, Hunting.
* Science.
* Pilgrimage.
* Related goods and services.
Geographical position of the Park is very convenient for the formation of the republican tourist centre on its base, which facilitates the access to the whole diversity of regional attractions for guests from other regions and abroad.
Yb village: genuine complex of orthodox shrines, natural, historical and cultural attractions.
Yb village has a long tradition of guests welcoming. It attracts by its vivid history, preserved in country buildings, life elements, national handicrafts and cuisine; orthodox shrines; unique natural objects, which are of great interest for public as well as for scientists and students. Everything has reached the present day in safe and sound. In these places industrial production has never been located, that is why air, woods, rivers and lakes conserve its purity. In Yb new impressions, knowledge, spiritual and fleshy healing, peace and clearance will follow you as well as desire to hunt, fish and have a good rest.
It is considered to be that spiritual sources of the Komi people originated from the Syktyvdinsky lands. The Yb history is inseparably connected with the orthodox enlightener of the komi-zyryan people - Stefan Permsky, the first bishop of the
Festival “Zavalinka”
Where to apply:
The Finno-ugric ethno-cultural park
Tel.: 8 (8212) 777-302, 390-200
Website: ethnopark-rk.ru
Republican Center for Children’s Tourism
Tel.: (8212) 44-29-35
Website: komiturcenter.ru
«Reader-Travel»
Tel: 8 (8212) 24-95-12
Tourist Agency «Vertas Tour»
Tel.: (8212) 280-444
Website: vertastour.ru
Tourist Company «Lingua Tour»
Tel.: (8212) 20-18-59, 29-11-91, 24-56-10
Website: linguatour.ru
Republican Ski Complex named after R. Smetanina
Tel.: 8(2130) 77090