Vladikavkaz - native city ancient features
In the harmony of noble art nouveau, majestic mountains and turbulent Terek, a unique image of Old Vladikavkaz was born. Its houses and shady streets keep the memory of merchants and industrialists, famous architects and writers. We will talk about the incomprehensible interweaving of people's lives, history and Ossetian culture left to the city at the meeting.
What awaits you
Historical sketches
In the Pushkin Square, where the center of the Vladikavkaz fortress, founded on the instructions of Catherine II, was located, you will learn about the origins of the city and its path to the administrative, military and cultural center of the region. A little later, in the temple of Prince Vladimir, inspect the frescoes of events from the life of the Alan state - the feat of Nana Zadaleski, the arrival of the Apostle Andrew the First-Called in the Alan city of Fust and other significant subjects. And at the fountain "Nart Soslan", dancing surrounded by Scythian mythical creatures, we will talk about the Nart epic, which has miraculously survived to this day.
The fate of famous people in the life of the city
I will tell you about the novel in stone – "The House for Sonechka", the first Vladikavkaz project of Pavel Schmidt, who gave the city beautiful buildings in the Art Nouveau style. I will reveal the tragic history of the House of Yastremsky, where love and madness reigned. In addition, you will hear about Yevgeny Vakhtangov, a native of Vladikavkaz, Mikhail Bulgakov, who lived here in the midst of the confrontation between whites and reds, Issa Pliev - twice a hero of the Soviet Union - and the founder of Ossetian fiction Kosta Khetagurov.
Cultural monuments of Vladikavkaz
We will not ignore the multi-confessional nature of the city, where you will see the Lutheran church, the Armenian Church of Gregory the Illuminator, the Church of the Nativity of the Blessed Virgin Mary and the Sunni mosque. On Mira Avenue with a wonderful view of Table Mountain, you will get acquainted with the monuments of the 19-20 centuries. and also walk through the ancient park with shady alleys, flower carpets and quiet ponds against the background of snow-white mountains and the mighty Terek.
Organizational details
No additional costs along the way are expected.