the final destination of the journey by water is the village of vzvat, from where it is only a coupled out, does not have a stable schedule. if the lake is stormy, flights are delayed. therefore, they did not take risks and went to staraya russa by car. it turned out that this is a quiet provincial town located on the banks of the river. flatter. the place has been known since 1828 as a hospital resort. there are now several sanatoriums here. at one time in the city resort. very similar to the old russa, but now we are worried about a completely different hero, karl siemens, a german entrepreneur, possibly a spy. by the way, it is possible that siemens and dostoevsky knew each other, perhaps they met in dostoevsky’s house, drank tea, talked about different things, because they were here in staraya russa at the same time. we found the local history museum of staraya russa quite easily. it is located in the building of the spasopreobrazhensky monastery. whose cathedral is the oldest in the city, built in 1198, the place is truly amazing, as are the people who work in this museum. staray