☰Things to do in Staraya Russa

Summer house where Dostoevsky lived and worked, now the town's key literary museum.

Historic monastery complex with medieval roots and some of Staraya Russa's strongest church architecture.

Historic mineral-spring resort that made Staraya Russa a spa town long before its Dostoevsky fame.

Large riverside cathedral that forms one of Staraya Russa's main historic landmarks.

Trinity Church is a well-preserved 1676 church near Staraya Russa's central park. Its form is characteristic of 17th-century merchant-class church building, more intimate than …

Saint George and Annunciation Church is a stone church dating back to 1410. It is closely tied to Dostoevsky's summers in Staraya Russa, when …

St Nicholas Church dates from 1371, making it one of Staraya Russa's older religious landmarks. Its bell towers were added during an early 18th-century …

Mina Muchenik Church is a small 14th-century church in Staraya Russa. Though altered and worn by time, it remains one of the town's older …

The Dostoevsky Cultural Centre is a small neoclassical venue with temporary exhibits on Fyodor Dostoevsky and his time in Staraya Russa. It is most …

A World War II museum focused on the Northwest Front