Ryazan: Kremlin, Museums and Public Art

• The Ryazan Kremlin is an open, picturesque area for walks and encounters with historical and architectural monuments, including a rampart.
• Exhibitions on the Kremlin grounds showcase collections and explore the history and culture of Ryazan and Ryazan Oblast.
• The Lower City Garden reopened in October 2024 after restoration. It’s a place to relax and enjoy leisurely walks accompanied by soft music.
• Lybedsky Boulevard has cycling paths and a pump track.

The exhibitions of the Ryazan Historical and Architectural Museum-Reserve are located on the Kremlin grounds. They showcase its collections and explore the history and culture of Ryazan and Ryazan Oblast. Exhibition content may change. In addition to walks among the monuments, the Kremlin offers insight into the history of the city and the region.

The I. P. Pozhalostin Ryazan Art Museum is housed in an early 19th-century mansion in the Palace Classicism style. Its collection includes works by Vladimir Borovikovsky, Vasily Tropinin, Alexey Venetsianov, Ivan Aivazovsky, Alexey Savrasov, Isaac Levitan, Ivan Shishkin, Vasily Surikov and Konstantin Korovin. Fotodom offers a different focus: this exhibition space is devoted to the aesthetics and history of photography. The Ryazanskaya VDNKh brand residence also has museums and exhibition spaces.

The walking tour “Route Through Ryazan for the Most Observant” begins at a cheerful, big-eyed stone mushroom sculpture on Pochtovaya Street. Another link between art and literature is a sgraffito portrait of the young Mikhail Saltykov-Shchedrin. It is in the courtyard of the house where the writer lived and was created by Pavel Shugurov “33+1” together with Ryazan tour guide Nikolai Litvinov.

The literary history of the 19th and 20th centuries is also explored: the “Writers’ Studies” section at the Alexander Solzhenitsyn Museum Center focuses on this period in Ryazan. Check the current exhibition details before visiting. Together, these examples offer different ways to explore the city’s history: through a street art work, a themed walking tour and a museum exhibition.

The Museum of the History of the Airborne Forces is located in the building of the Military Airborne School. Its collections include historical banners of airborne divisions and brigades from the Great Patriotic War, domestic and foreign small arms, parachute collections, and combat and airborne equipment. Visitors can also become part of a dynamic panorama depicting a moment in battle.

If you’re interested in public spaces and activity, Lybedsky Boulevard has cycling paths and a pump track. The Lower City Garden offers a quieter setting: it reopened after restoration in October 2024, and is described as a place to relax and enjoy leisurely walks accompanied by soft music. The city’s offerings thus range from exhibitions and history to outdoor activities.

In Ryazan Oblast, Meshchersky National Park covers 103,014 hectares in Ryazansky and Klepikovsky districts. The floodplains of the Oka and Pra rivers within the park were designated wetlands of international importance under the Ramsar Convention in 1994. Of the park’s ten established tourist routes, six are water routes.

Five nature trails run through the park: the long “Paustovsky Trail” to Kordon 273, as well as the shorter trails “Window into Nature,” “Tyukov Grad - Chernaya Gora,” “Protected Nature” and “U Zavodi.” Check with the park for current route availability. Other regional highlights include the Museum of Wooden Architecture in Lunkino, featuring wood carvings, painted wood and willow weaving; around 3,500 objects are on display in total. Karavaytsy are also part of the region’s culinary heritage: these thin, delicate pancakes have long been prepared in Ryazan Oblast.

Discover more destinations: Syntul, Spas-Klepiki, Brykin Bor, Sorokino, Luzhki, Chizhovo, Sekiotovo.

What can you see on the grounds of the Ryazan Kremlin?

The open grounds invite you to walk among historical and architectural monuments, including a rampart. The exhibitions showcase collections and the history and culture of Ryazan and Ryazan Oblast.

What art can you discover in Ryazan?

The art museum displays works by nine named artists in an early 19th-century mansion. Fotodom is devoted to the aesthetics and history of photography.

What cycling options are available?

Lybedsky Boulevard has cycling paths and a pump track.

What routes are there in Meshchersky National Park?

Six of the ten established tourist routes are water routes. Five nature trails also run through the park; you can check their current availability with the park.

For the broader travel overview: Ryazan Oblast.

Useful information for planning your trip:

Ryazan: Kremlin, City History and the Oka Region | poezdka.de.