Industrial tourism. Industrial tourism in Europe Porcelain factory "Gzhel Association", Ramensky district, Novo-Kharitonovo village

In recent years, the travel industry in Russia has been actively developing. One confirmation of this and an important incentive for the industry was the 21st FIFA World Cup, which attracted over 5 million tourists from all over the planet to our country. By 2025, according to official plans, the share of tourism in the national GDP will increase from 3.47 to 5%. Against the backdrop of the depreciation of the ruble and the development of supply in the domestic market, more and more Russians are traveling around Russia. New formats of recreation are emerging, including socially responsible, environmental and industrial tourism.

Over the past decade, industrial tourism has grown from a hobby of a limited circle of people to an independent direction, reaching such a level of popularity that the state paid attention to it. On May 16, the head of Rostourism, Oleg Safonov, said that the authorities plan to begin the development of this area this year. According to a study by specialists from Orenburg State University, today the Volga Federal District has become the leader in Russia in the number of regions where industrial excursions are regularly held.

The largest category of industrial tourists is young people, primarily schoolchildren and students. Often, visiting plants and factories helps them decide on their future career. But, of course, people of all ages go to industrial facilities—ordinary consumers, among whom the food and automobile industries are in greatest demand. As well as journalists and bloggers, whose publications form the company’s image.

As the Steel Was Tempered

The United Metallurgical Company (UMK) decided to satisfy the curiosity of industrial tourists and developed three excursion routes for the enterprise: “The Birth of Large-Diameter Pipe”, “Amazing Transformations of Steel” and “The World of Hot Wheels”. Thus, in Vyksa you can see the full cycle of rolled steel and the process of manufacturing “Russian” size pipes, from which the Nord Stream, Power of Siberia and many others gas pipelines are built. In addition, here you can watch how wheels for railway and subway trains are made from hot metal in the wheel-rolling shop.

The plant also made sure that excursions were accessible to guests with hearing impairments: guided tours are offered in Russian sign language.

Another attraction of VSW is the painting “Vyksa 10,000”. This is a mural - a monumental painting on the facade of the Stan-5000 industrial complex. The painting, created by street artist Misha Most as part of the Art-Ravine urban art festival, covers an area of ​​10,800 square meters. The work was included in the record books of Europe and Russia. Misha Most worked for 45 days to create the mural, spending more than 5 tons of primer and paint. He depicted 6 scenes from the life of an enterprise - from research to creation, from idea to result.

They also conduct excursions around Vyksa itself: in the city you can see more than 90 art objects.

The road to childhood

Within an hour and a half, guests of the enterprise can see all stages of ice cream production: how ingredients are delivered and mixed, freezing, maturing, molding, how waffle cups are filled, how popsicles are covered with icing, how products are packaged for sale. There is an opportunity to take a master class on decorating ice cream. On weekdays, the factory offers paid group excursions for schoolchildren and adults. And on Saturdays individual visitors can come. Excursions are adapted for people with special needs.

Sommelier beginner course

The plant, founded near the picturesque southern Lake Abrau in 1870, regularly hosts tourists and industry professionals. Here in 2017 passed VII All-Russian Winemakers Summit.

The “wine tour” opens with a film showing about the plant and its history, after which guests are taken to the wine cellars, while explaining to them the intricacies of the complex preparation of champagne wines - from planting vineyards to bottling the finished drink. The tunnels were created in the 19th century by Prince Lev Golitsyn. The passages stretch 5.5 kilometers underground. At the factory you can take a photo in front of hundreds of bottles, see the process of making champagne in modern workshops, take a short sommelier course, visit the tasting room and the company store. However, children will have to be sent to the playroom during the excursion, since only adults are allowed to enter the event.

Become a shipwright

The shipyard, together with the “Pro Mir” career guidance center, conducts career guidance excursions for schoolchildren and allows them to visit even closed areas of the shipyard. For six hours, guests are introduced to the history and traditions of Russian shipbuilding, as well as the economics of the industry. Schoolchildren will learn how the Putilov shipyard, later renamed Severnaya, developed, and most importantly, they will see how modern warships are built.

The collections of the Northern Shipyard Museum, which is visited by excursionists, contain more than 3 thousand exhibits, 200 of which are considered cultural monuments: these are rare archival documents and photographs, awards and personal belongings of employees, models of ships and vessels built by the plant.

See the energy of water

The oldest operating hydroelectric power station in Russia is more than 90 years old: it was the first to be built within the framework of the GOELRO plan. Today it is not only an important object of regional infrastructure, but also a tourist attraction. Travelers often take photographs of the historical building on the Volkhov River. But not everyone knows about the opportunity to study an object from the inside and find out how the energy of water movement is converted into electricity.

The hydroelectric power station hosts schoolchildren and students as part of educational programs, journalists, as well as excursion groups. They visit the house-museum of Heinrich Graftio, the builder of the first Soviet hydroelectric power stations, and production workshops. Guests are told in detail about ways to minimize the negative impact on the river biocenosis.

Having started to talk about industrial tourism, we should not forget about its domestic development. In, or more precisely in the USSR, excursions to enterprises were a completely common activity and everyone, from children to adults, went on them. For some time this tradition was lost, but is now gaining popularity again. Among the hundreds of Russian factories open to the public, we have selected several interesting options.

Coca-Cola Factory, Moscow

They will be happy to tell you how one of the most popular drinks of our time is produced at any Coca-Cola plant, of which there are more than a dozen in Russia. A walk through the workshops, a historical excursion, an acquaintance with the museum and a tasting take one and a half to two hours.

All factory tours are free, but must be arranged in advance. If you are planning to go to production, contact the excursions department at least a month before the expected date and coordinate everything.

Factory of Christmas decorations "Yolochka", Vysokovsk

As children, we all looked in fascination at the fragile, shining toys that at the end of December were taken out of dusty boxes and carefully hung on the Christmas tree. Now we have the opportunity not only to see how these miracles are made, but also to create something similar ourselves.

A two-hour tour of the factory includes a visit to the museum, a story about the history of New Year's toys, a walk through the blow molding and coloring workshop, and a master class. By the way, your creation will be given to you, and you can decorate your New Year tree with it. This pleasure costs about 400 rubles, and in a local store you can also buy toys as a gift.

Confectionery factory "Rot-Front", Moscow

Those with a sweet tooth have long learned that you can eat plenty of sweets and chocolate not only in the store, but also right at the factory. All confectionery factories in Moscow and the Moscow region are happy to welcome both organized groups and individual sweet lovers.

The cost of the excursion is 630 rubles. This amount includes a visit to the museum, watching a film about the factory, visiting several workshops and, of course, tasting. The guides strongly recommend taking a supply of unsweetened water with you, because you will have to try a lot.

Television center "Ostankino", Moscow

Is Ostankino a production facility in the truest sense of the word? I think no. But this does not make a visit to the television center any less educational. Here, for a thousand rubles you can learn how TV shows are made and take part in one of them.

It is worth agreeing on an excursion a week before the expected date of visit, and you need to have a passport with you.

Porcelain factory "Gzhel Association", Ramensky district, Novo-Kharitonovo village

Gzhel is known all over the world and is a very expensive and exquisite souvenir for foreigners. But Russians often don’t know where and how these blue and white works of art are made.

You can see the entire process of making Gzhel products in the Ramensky district. Here, in a large factory, guests will be shown how craftsmen work and taught how to sculpt and paint figures on their own. The duration of the excursion will be two hours, but prices will need to be agreed upon in advance with the factory administration - they may vary depending on the size of the group.

Bogorodskaya Toy Factory, Sergiev Posad

If you are planning to go on an excursion with the whole family, then give preference to the toy factory. Of course, you will have to go to another city, but Sergiev Posad is well located and getting there, either by car or by public transport, will not be difficult.

For 200 rubles you can see and touch funny wooden figures known to us from Soviet cartoons. And for another 250 - learn how to make the same ones (well, almost the same ones) yourself. Tours take place on any day except Sunday; advance registration is not required.

Brewing company "Baltika", St. Petersburg

But an excursion to the Baltika plant is only suitable for persons who have reached the age of majority and are able to document this. However, there is a plus - visiting the factory is free, although you will have to pay for the tasting.

Although the number of people wishing to look into the boilers with the foamy drink is growing from year to year, the number of excursions to the plant is not increasing. So you will have to adapt to the Baltika schedule and book your seats in the nearest group in advance.

Of course, prices for visiting most enterprises are higher than, for example, tickets to a museum or cinema, but believe me, you will enjoy an interesting and useful pastime.

bilbao tourism city branding

For a long time, specialists in urban development and strategic planning have argued that strategy Ї is a choice, choosing the best while rejecting the good. It would seem that the city cannot develop industry and tourism with equal strength - these are incompatible areas that interfere with each other.

For branding, their combination is even more unsuitable, since it interferes with the formation of identity and works for different target audiences. But the global peculiarities of existence in a fast-paced world force us to look for breakthrough ways of building a brand precisely in the area of ​​combining incompatible things. One of the clearest proofs of this is the growing popularity of industrial tourism in Western Europe and the USA.

Industrial tourismЇ this is the organization of regular tourist tours to existing (or once operating) industrial enterprises. Transformation of the production site into a tourist attraction. It cannot be said that it has never occurred to enterprises to attract tourists before. There were isolated examples, and American companies were pioneers in this sense. A precedent occurred when the Jack Daniel's distillery in Tennessee (whisky production) opened its doors to tourists in 1866, almost immediately after it opened itself. At the beginning of the 20th century, tourists visited the first Ford automobile plants in Detroit. However, only very recently Ї in the 1990s Ї industrial tourism from a non-core hobby of individual factory owners becomes a mass phenomenon. Why such a delay of more than 100 years? Because now, more than ever, manufacturers are aware of the importance of creating impressions from the goods they produce, and industrial tourism is an ideal tool for this.

Today in the United States a large number of businesses welcome tourists. For every serious company, be it a car assembly plant, a sawmill or an airport, it is considered bad form not to expose itself to tourists (consumers). The “discovery,” of course, is not complete. Only part of the production premises is given an exhibition and entertainment character; visitors are guided along a strictly defined route and see only what they are allowed to see. Innovative technologies and other “company secrets” are not disclosed.

With the beginning of the 21st century, industrial tourism is gaining momentum in Europe. By 2007, in France alone, 1,700 companies hosted tourists at their production sites (their detailed register and announcements of events are presented on the website www.visite-entreprise.com). The leader is the world's only tidal power plant in Rance, which is visited annually by 300 thousand tourists. Experts record that about 20 million people are involved in industrial tourism in France annually 50. In England, the Cadberry chocolate factory in Bournville, near Birmingham, is visited by 400 thousand people. In Spain, wine tours are super popular, in France - cheese tours, in the Netherlands - flower tours... In Germany, the emphasis is on post-industrial motifs, for example, abandoned coal and salt mines in the Ruhr, shipyards from the Second World War. Although, of course, many existing enterprises are open, of which the leader in attendance is the BMW plant in Bavarian Wolfsburg.

The rapid growth in the popularity of tourism products in industrial tourism clearly demonstrates the rapid development of the industry. However, its boundaries are much wider than is commonly believed, and the potential for use for city branding is far from being exhausted. After all, not only industrial facilities can be attractive to tourists, but also any organization or company, any workplace in general. Not only the production of goods, but also the production of services can be turned into a show without compromising the production process. If there is motivation (discussed below), banks, courts, schools and universities, regional and city administrations, logistics centers, libraries, train stations and airports, prisons and police stations, publishing houses, theaters and much, much more can become tourist sites.

Thus, it is more correct to use not the already familiar concept of “industrial tourism”, but another Ї industrial tourism, which is based on the tourist attractiveness of places where goods and services are produced, which can also be created to promote the city’s brand.

Now about the motives and benefits for each of the parties involved in this process. Why is this interesting for tourists? Modern tourists are collectors of places. According to research, 80% of the tourism market is made up of people who are traveling not for the first time. Such people are no longer fully satisfied with the standard tourist assortment - sea beaches, local history museums and art galleries. They are increasingly striving for comprehensive experiences, willingly combining relaxation with learning new things, improving their health with an exclusive excursion, participation in a business conference with sports activity and sightseeing. In this sense, excursions to enterprises are exactly what we need. A familiar city reveals itself from an unusual side. Products that are produced, as they say, online, you can immediately touch, try, try on, and buy. Industrial tourism is especially in demand among those traveling with children. Children wonder what happened to ice cream and chocolate before they got to the supermarket.

Why do manufacturers need this? First of all, letting consumers into your production is a subtle and beautiful advertising move. This is several hours of sophisticated advertising, which the tourist consumes willingly, since it is not imposed on him, and in addition, it is a demonstration of honesty and transparency of management, impeccability of technology, and confidence in one’s prospects in the face of competitors.

It is suspected that there is another important side effect. Transforming production into a tourist attraction stimulates the company to improve the corporate climate and labor relations. Cleaning workshops, clean work uniforms, presentable appearance of equipment and much more become meaningful, which, for example, the average Russian director did not see the point of before. And workers’ motivation to work changes when they are looked at as participants in an exhibition, exemplary process.

So, the company receives consumer loyalty and effective support for its brands. In addition, the turnover of stores selling the company's products at points where excursions end is 40% higher than at other points with similar products. It is also attractive for companies that organizing excursions does not cost a lot of money, especially considering the effect they have: “The annual salary of a guide leading excursions at an enterprise is equal to a quarter of a one-time advertising sheet in Spiegel magazine.”

Finally, about third party interest. It goes without saying how the city itself benefits from stimulating sales of city goods and services. In addition to the tax base and jobs, cities gain new product and service brands, new unexpected and attractive brand elements, and large numbers of tourists. Only in cities there is infrastructure for industrial tourism - transport, communications, trade, hotels, cafes. In addition, excursions to operating enterprises are, as a rule, an additional “load” to other tourist magnets, which are again concentrated in cities. Moreover, the most popular among tourists are objects that are brands of specific cities. For example, the port complex in Rotterdam or the Rolex factory in Zurich.

In the USSR, organizing excursions was the responsibility of almost every reputable enterprise. Labor veterans, for example, did this with pleasure. Thus, excursions to Moscow confectionery factories were famous. As for modern Russia, we can, unfortunately, only talk about precedents for industrial tourism. New projects are also appearing, but these are rather exceptions to the rule, and none of them see their task as promoting the city. In addition, all of them are carried out “as a burden” to the main activity, clearly without passion, as a tribute to fashion and without taking into account the multilateral benefits that are listed above. To begin with, it is very difficult to get on such excursions. Most often they are available only to special guests, sometimes to school groups. For example, registration for a visit to the Rot Front confectionery factory is carried out only for two days in mid-August for a year in advance. In general, the managers of confectionery production do not see the point in inviting tourists; they view it as a social burden and strive to cover up non-core activities. Positive examples include the Baltika concern, which organizes excursions at its factories in St. Petersburg, Tula and Chelyabinsk, as well as the Mikoyanovsky plant and the Kristall plant in Moscow.

Of the Russian cities, Novosibirsk, Omsk, Ekaterinburg, Chelyabinsk, Kazan have real opportunities to become the capital of industrial tourism, and cities that have a number of large industries, some of whose territories could be converted into demonstration ones. And for how many cities this sphere could become a saving grace! After all, there are dozens of depressive ghost towns in Russia, where soon there will be almost nothing left except the sadly majestic ruins of the Soviet economy. These are Asbest, Kizel, Chapaevsk, Karabash, Shchuchye, Baikalsk, Kopeysk, Krasnouralsk, Tyrnyauz, Ozerny and other cities with a difficult fate - taiga, northern, mining, single-industry, rotational, military... At the same time, almost each of them has resources for the development of industrial tourism. Here we are talking, of course, not about visiting existing production facilities, but about turning into unique museums objects that, at their end, were a nightmare for the territory. Perhaps for such cities, industrial tourism is almost the only chance to remain on the map of their homeland.

What is needed to organize industrial tourism? As the practice of other countries shows, the financial costs of organizing tourist routes for existing enterprises are relatively small. Another thing is working with old, abandoned sites. What is needed here is a special investment project to transform them into a spectacular heritage and an urban branding tool. But both in the case of abandoned industries and in the case of existing ones, one resource is required, which we still have in great short supply. This is the ability of very different interests to cooperate in one project. The first step in industrial tourism is cooperation between city and regional authorities, business owners, local business elite, local experts and travel companies. This is the ideal field for public-private partnerships, which we also tend to talk about a lot and in the abstract.

The practice of cities developing industrial tourism shows that as soon as one of the companies begins to invite tourists to production, the task immediately arises of making their visit to the city “more efficient” so that they can visit several attractions of this kind at once. The city administration and the chamber of commerce and industry enter into contact with other city companies and offer assistance in organizing excursions to enterprises. At the next stage, industrial tourism projects give impulses to other sectors of brand cultivation through the development of the hospitality industry. Something like this happened in 2004-2006 in Rotterdam, where the central project of industrial tourism became an international seaport, and then, within a year, three more city enterprises opened tourist routes on their territory.

Some people associate the concept of “tourism” with sand and sea, others immediately think about sightseeing... But there is a special subtype of tourism - industrial. Fans of this type of recreation are interested in exploring various industrial and military facilities, as well as abandoned buildings. They find a special aesthetic in this. If you also decide to become interested in this type of vacation, find out everything about industrial tourism in Russia - the best places to travel in 2019 will attract you.

History of development

This type of recreation began to develop relatively recently - in the 60s of the last century. In general, back in the 19th century, some factories allowed tourists on excursions a couple of times, but at that time people were not yet interested in them. But half a century ago in Great Britain A special committee was created, whose members sought to preserve industrial sites as cultural heritage.

At the end of the millennium, in the 80s, Europeans were drawn to old plants, mines and factories, seeing them as “monuments of the industrial era.” Well, after 2000 this type of recreation became very popular. The Internet has spread, and it contains information about objects, which attracted many people tired of the usual beaches.

In Russia, industrial tourism began to emerge in the 18th century. Schoolchildren were taken to mines and factories on excursions. This practice continued in the USSR. In addition, after the release of the film "Stalker", young people and adults became interested in visiting abandoned buildings and forbidden areas, and later the name of the film became a synonym for such lovers. Well, with the beginning of the new millennium everything has only increased in a similar way to the Western direction. In 2007, the computer game S.T.A.L.K.E.R. was released, and young people became even more interested in industrial tourism sites.

Now industrial tourism, although less popular than traditional tourism, still interests millions of people around the world.

Kinds

This type of rest can be divided into several types:

1. Stalking. This is precisely the visit to abandoned, old, unused objects that was formed after the release of the film of the same name. Stalkers are attracted to residential buildings, entire cities (), and factories. They not only enjoy exploring them, but also take photographs - just as traditional tourists take pictures of attractions.
2. Digging. Diggers are those who are passionate about the "underworld". No, we are not talking about some esotericism here - just about various bunkers or ghost subway stations.
3. Roofing. From the English word “roof”, translated as “roof”. Roofers love to visit the rooftops of city buildings and look at the views. There are those who prefer to simply contemplate, those who enjoy the extreme process of “climbing” some ladders or pipes, and finally, someone even holds or attends all sorts of cultural events on the roofs.
4. Passive tourism. Not everyone likes to enter forbidden places; such tourists are akin to the first among industrial tourists - they prefer to go on excursions to various operating industries.
5. Urbanism. Tourists-urbanists get aesthetic pleasure from exploring the city's beauties. Some people “collect” buildings in a certain architectural style, others like abandoned areas.
6. Post-pilgrimage. It is a type of stalking and means visiting abandoned places of worship.

What is the price?

It must be said that in Russia there are not very many similar offers from tour operators yet. The West is still more interested in this type of recreation. However, there are special travel agencies that specialize in this. Vacationers are offered excursions to plants, factories, film studios and even nuclear power plants.

In the last five-year period, the direction has become more promising; many experts argue that in Russia it can be developed quite well, since a large number of abandoned objects have been preserved in the country since the Soviet era.

The cost of the offer depends on the payment to the owners of the object, guides, and travel expenses. For example, in Sevastopol A five-hour jeep tour of abandoned sites will cost around 6 thousand rubles for a group of 4 people. A visit to the factory where Belevskaya marshmallow is made will cost around 2 thousand rubles - this amount already includes round-trip travel from, guide services, and tea. But, for example, you can get to the Moscow Brewing Company and see the process of making a foamy drink for free - the production itself organizes such visits on weekends.

If a person wants to organize a trip on his own, then its cost will directly depend on the costs of transport, accommodation and the cost of a ticket to the site. It is clear that visiting some places will be completely free, because abandoned objects are abandoned for that reason.

Safety

By the way, about abandoned objects - there is a lot to understand here so that your pleasant vacation is not overshadowed by anything. If an industrial tourist visits an operating facility or books a tour, then, of course, this will include certain permits and guarantees, as well as safety instructions.

But as for other options, here you have to act yourself. The fact is that some old buildings can be places where people without a fixed abode, as well as marginalized people, live. Therefore, before becoming a stalker, it is best to meet experienced fans of this trend, learn everything about interesting objects, and perhaps visit them together with experts. In addition, when walking through abandoned buildings or areas, you should wear certain, closed clothing - after all, there may be fragments, construction debris and other things that are unsafe for direct contact.

There are objects that are even guarded and are not intended for outsiders to enter. This is the most extreme direction of industrial tourism, since it may even involve breaking the law. Some people are attracted by precisely this unattainability, but here everyone acts at their own peril and risk.

As for digging and roofing, you need to do this only with full confidence in your physical fitness, as well as if you have the equipment. After all, getting onto the roof is quite difficult - if we are talking about entering through fire escapes, and not about going to the “open roof”. As for underground objects, for example, ghost subway stations, there may be dangers in the form of collapse of structures. It is better for beginners to join this type of tourism in an experienced company. In addition, digging as such is also often associated with breaking the law, since official areas are prohibited for outsiders.

Be that as it may, as a rule, an industrial tourist is quite a risky person. We can only urge you to carefully plan all the details of visiting the site.

Places and objects in Russia

It would take a long time to list all the objects of attention of industrial tourists, but some popular spots are worth talking about.

Stalking

On websites of fans of this type of tourism there are articles about many interesting places. Among them are such different ones as:

1. An abandoned naval training base on Russky Island. Previously, this place was the largest for training Soviet sailors, and is currently popular among stalkers. In addition to the base itself, you can examine the remains of the military’s “interiors” and equipment.
2. Olgovo estate in Dmitrovsky district Moscow region. Built at the turn of the 18th-19th centuries, it was a holiday home and pioneer camp in the USSR. Currently, you can view the main house and outbuildings, the school building, utility rooms, and the garden.
3. Kola superdeep well in the Murmansk region. Drilling the deepest hole in the earth made by human hands began in the 70s. However, in the 90s the project was abandoned. By that time, the hole had reached 12 thousand meters.
4. Hotel "Northern Crown" in . Construction was frozen in 1995; they had been trying to build the hotel for 7 years by that time. Currently, it is a protected object, however, especially daring stalkers get inside.
5. Konigsberg Castle in the Kaliningrad region. It was built back in the 13th century and survived glorious times as the residence of the head of the Teutonic Order. Unfortunately, during the Second World War the building was damaged. The Soviet authorities tried to build the House of Soviets here. Discussions are currently underway regarding the restoration of the building, but for now the place is a ruin that attracts stalkers.

Digging

Abandoned or under construction metro stations are popular among representatives of this trend. This direction is most developed, of course, in and. However, due to the fact that entry into such objects is illegal, extreme sportsmen carefully hide the details of their “tourist” forays.

Other places that diggers like to visit are abandoned bunkers. For example, one of these was found in Chelyabinsk, “tourists” found in it everything they needed in the event of a nuclear war. Such places are also found right in the center - this is how the KGB bunker was discovered.

Roofing

The favorite city of roofers in Russia is . Again, this hobby is by no means welcomed by the authorities, however, sometimes the residents of the house themselves are not against entering the roof for the quite calm purpose of inspecting the panorama. There are even special communities that organize excursions to open rooftops for those interested. As their managers say, they have an agreement with the residents and ensure the safety of tourists.

Video about the roofs and courtyards of the Northern capital:

In , according to roofers, it is more difficult to get onto the roofs - due to the fact that it is not easy to get into the entrance itself. However, sometimes they find such options: a house on Entuziastov Highway, the roof of the Tea House on Myasnitskaya, the Oruzheyny business center - these are just a few popular places.

Passive tourism

This is the simplest type of industrial tourism, since everything is completely legal, safe and easy. So, the following are open to tourists:

• Brewery "Baltika" in Tula region ;
• Lipetsk Machine Tool Enterprise;
• “Khokhloma painting” in the Nizhny Novgorod region;
• Hydroelectric power station KamHPP in the Perm region;
• "Art glass studio" in Sochi and other objects.

A very popular company offering excursions is Promtour. An operating nuclear power plant, Star City, the Babaevsky Confectionery Concern, Moscow City Federation Tower, Mosfilm - this is not a complete list of exciting objects.

The Petrotour company offers excursions to the Imperial Porcelain Factory, the Baltika Brewery, the Uzor tapestry factory, the dam, the stained glass workshop and other places.

Urbanism

As for this direction, everything is simple. If you are a fan of a certain style of architecture, you should just look for where there are many objects or entire areas of such development. In Russia there are many buildings in the Stalinist Empire style, Constructivism, as well as industrial buildings from the 19th century.

Post-pilgrimage

Among the interesting objects in Russia are such as:

1. Abandoned Church of the Kazan Icon of the Mother of God in Moscow region. Built at the end of the 18th century opposite the Chernyshev estate. During Soviet times museum they did not organize it here, and therefore both the estate and the temple fell into disrepair. Nowadays it is quite easy to penetrate there.
2. Tikhvin Church in Glukhovo. It was built in the 18th century and restored in the 19th century. The Soviet government destroyed the bell tower and installed a mill in the church; the temple was soon abandoned.
3. Church of the Nativity of Christ in Ilkodino. Built in the 19th century in the Empire and Classicism styles. During the years of Soviet power, the temple was closed.
4. Annenkirche ( Saint Petersburg). The Lutheran Church, unlike many objects of attention of industrial tourists, is very accessible to visit; in addition, it hosts cultural events - fundraising is underway for restoration.
5. Novotorzhsky Boris and Gleb Monastery. It was founded in the 18th century. The monumental temple, as well as adjacent buildings, constitute a fairly well-preserved complex.

It would take quite a long time to list interesting places in Russia within the framework of industrial tourism. Of course, in certain of its branches the “points” are not advertised due to contradictions with the law, but other sites can be accessed legally and easily - if only you had the money for an excursion. If you are interested in trying to visit such places, find communities of people who are passionate about this in your latitudes or major cities - and you will definitely find something that will attract you.