Discover 11 hidden attractions, cool sights, and unusual things to do in Penza (Russia). Don't miss out on these must-see attractions: Penza Planetarium, Center of Theatrical Arts «House of Meyerhold», and The Museum of One Painting named after G. V. Myasnikov. Also, be sure to include The Penza Savitsky Art Gallery in your itinerary.
Below, you can find the list of the most amazing places you should visit in Penza (Penza).
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Penza Planetarium
Also known as: Пензенский планетарий
Planetarium. Penza planetarium is located at Penza Central Park of Culture and Restore after Belinsky in the building formerly occupied by the Penza Hydrometeorological station. Historical and cultural memorial of local importance. The first planetarium device was installed in 1954.
The planetarium is currently closed and under threat of demolition.[1]
Address: Центральный парк культуры и отдыха им. В. Г. Белинского, Penza
Center of Theatrical Arts «House of Meyerhold»
Also known as: Дом Мейерхольда
Museum in Penza, Russia. Center of Theatrical Arts «House of Meyerhold» - State museum-theater in Penza in the house, where in 1881—1895 Carl Meyerhold was lived. The museum presents the life and work of Meyerhold. The Center priority is to create experimental performances, which are based on research and development of the creative heritage of Vsevolod Meyerhold. Status - official body of culture.
Open February 24, 1984.
Director - Natalia Arkadevna Kugel.[2]
Address: Penza, st. Volodarskogo, 59
The Museum of One Painting named after G. V. Myasnikov
Also known as: Музей одной картины имени Г. В. Мясникова
Museum in Penza, Russia. The Museum of One Painting named after G. V. Myasnikov is a state museum, located in Penza, Russia.
It is a unique museum, which does not have analogies anywhere in the world. Its peculiarity is that it does not have a permanent exposition and that it only shows one painting.[3]
Address: 11 улица Кирова, Penza
The Penza Savitsky Art Gallery
Penza Regional Art Gallery named after K. A. Savitsky is a state museum in Penza. The largest and one of the most famous museums of Penza region. Founded in 1892.
Address: 3 Советская улица, Penza
Dom-muzej Mejerholda
Museum
Address: 59 улица Володарского, Penza
Belinsky Park
Belinsky Park is a park in the city of Penza with an area of 370 hectares, one of the oldest parks in Russia.
Address: K. Marksa St, 1, Penza
Muzej narodnogo tvorcestva
The Penza Museum of Folk Art is a state museum in Penza engaged in the preservation, study and promotion of traditional Penza arts and crafts, crafts and works of folk craftsmen.
Address: 45 улица Куйбышева, Penza
Zoopark
Penza Zoo occupies an area of 9.8 hectares, the total area for expositions is 14086 m². It contains over 3,200 individuals of 201 species. 148 species fall under the CITES Convention and are included in the Red Books of various levels.
Penza Zoo was organized in 1981 on the territory of the former bishop's garden, the first mention of which dates back to 1848.
From 1981 to 2016 the symbol of the Penza Zoo was a wood grouse. Then it was replaced by a moose.
The zoo has nine pavilions for ungulates, three reservoirs, a building for winter storage of thermophilic animals, a parrot house and other facilities.
Penza Zoo is the only zoo that has positive experience in rearing bustard chicks, one of the rarest steppe birds, which has almost completely disappeared in the wild.
The offspring of animals and birds are sold to circuses or other zoos in the country, which allows Penza Zoo to acquire new specimens for its own collection. About 30 Amur tiger cubs were born in Penza Zoo.
Among the plants growing in the zoo are representatives of rare, endangered, beautifully flowering, economically useful plants - blue spruces, pines, larches, chestnuts, birches, lindens, apples, barberries, cranberries, roses, lilies, junipers, spireas, etc. As well as plants included in the Red Book of Penza region. The age of individual trees reaches 180-200 years.
Director of the Zoo - Hassan Elena Valentinovna (until 02.11.2015), Voskresensky Andrey Alexandrovich (from 04.02.2016).
Famous petsFront of the central entrance to the zoo there is a sculpture of one of its pets - Simba the lion, whose powerful roar has "become the zoo's trademark". Simba spent almost his entire life in the Penza Zoo. As a nine-month-old "teenager" he arrived from the Moscow circus and immediately became an audience favorite. Simba passed away in March 2017 at the 20th year of his life (he was 93 years old in recalculation to human age).
Teatr dramy im.Lunacarskogo
The A. V. Lunacharsky Penza Regional Drama Theater is one of the oldest theaters in Russia, located in Penza.
Address: 89 Московская улица, Penza
Novo-zapadnoe kladbise
Novozapadnoe Cemetery - the central and most status cemetery of Penza, one of the largest cemeteries in the city.
Located in the area of Arbekovsky Forest, adjacent to Karpinskogo and Okruzhnaya streets.
Heroes of the Soviet Union, Full Cavaliers of the Order of Glory, Heroes of Socialist Labor, Full Cavaliers of the Order of Labor Glory, Heroes of the Russian Federation, writers, poets, journalists, scientists, artists, musicians, artists, athletes, teachers, doctors, business leaders, government officials, military leaders, honorary citizens of Penza and the Penza region are buried in the cemetery.
Eight graves are recognized as objects of cultural heritage of the Russian Federation.
Pervoposelencu goroda
Sculptural composition "Pervoposelenets" - a monument in the city of Penza, dedicated to the founders and first inhabitants of this city. The monument symbolizes the two beginnings in the fate of the first settlers of Penza in the second half of the XVII century - the defense of the southeastern borders of the Russian state from the raids of steppe nomads and peasant labor.
It is one of the most famous and recognizable symbols of the city, often depicted on local souvenirs and themed products. In 2012, according to the results of a sociological survey dedicated to the 350th anniversary of Penza, 44% of city residents called the monument to the Pervoposelenets "a calling card" of the city.
Installed in the historic part of the city, opposite the remains of the city fortress of the XVII century (Penza was founded in 1663 as a fortress town on the fortification line).
Opened September 8, 1980 to commemorate the 600th anniversary of the Battle of Kulikovo.
It is a cultural heritage site of regional significance (1983).
The author of the monument - sculptor Valentin Grigorievich Kozenyuk (1938-1997). The architect is Yu.
Georgy Myasnikov (1926-1996), second secretary of the Penza regional committee of the CPSU in 1961-1964 and 1965-1986, initiated the creation of the monument.