On August 25, the participants of the “Yes, Puskin!” tour set out on an exciting journey through the historical center of Simbirsk and visited the places Alexander Pushkin visited 190 years ago
 

How are restaurants and literature connected?

Let Puskin answer the question - we read in his diaries: “Usually my lunch goes like this: in a restaurant I read either a new novel or magazines. If Walter Scott and Cooper have not written anything, and there is no criminal trial in the newspapers, then I demand a bottle of champagne on ice, watch the glass freeze from the cold, drink slowly, rejoicing that dinner costs me seventeen rubles and that I can afford this mischief."

At the end of the fascinating gastro-tour "Yes, Pushkin!" everyone had an opportunity to taste traditional Simbirsk dishes at the NINO restaurant, where the pleasant atmospheres of Simbirsk of the 19th century and the current century meshed together.

"We felt like real aristocrats of the 19th century. I am delighted that I took part in the project. We walked through the center of Ulyanovsk, people looked at us and probably thought we were tourists. But we are locals! And despite this, many facts were fascinating to us. Everything that we learned today was quite unusual. There is so much more to study in Ulyanovsk! Therefore, we recommend the tour "Yes, Pushkin!" to everyone, - said a participant of the tour Yulia.

We thank the partners - Khmeli-Kartveli restaurant and khinkalnaya and NINO restaurant for cooperation within the framework of the project "Yes, Pushkin!"

The tour became a part of the Arcadia and Crossroads.Literature festivals. The project is being implemented with the support of the Presidential Fund for Cultural Initiatives (PFCI) of the Ulyanovsk Regional Art Museum, the Ulyanovsk UNESCO City of Literature Directorate and the Center for the Development and Support of Creative Projects "Simbirsk".