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A self-guided smartphone quest. A bot on Telegram or MAX leads you from Revolution Square along the old Dvoryanskaya Street, past theaters, mansions and a church to the Volga, asking questions whose answers can only be seen on the spot: on facades, monuments and the bell tower. No guide needed, start any time, one phone is enough for the whole group.
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You've surely seen the Lenin monument on Revolution Square. But did you know its pedestal is older than the monument itself and still bears bullet marks from 1918? Or that the most famous Soviet beer was first brewed under a completely different name? This quest is about stories like these: they're hidden in plain sight on facades and monuments. How it works • The bot sends you a task and hints where to go next. • You find the answer with your own eyes, not in a search engine: it's hidden in a facade, sculpture or ornament. • For each answer you get a short story about the place, in text and audio. If you get stuck, take a hint: it will tell you where to look but won't give away the answer. Route • Revolution Square: a pedestal that outlived two "owners" • Art Museum: a former bank with its own guard • House of the Noble Assembly: a building that knew how to turn into another place • Philharmonic: music without musicians and the "Chaliapin oak" • Art Nouveau Museum and church: Art Nouveau and Neo-Gothic at one crossroads • Strukovsky Garden: the city's oldest park and bronze shishigi by the water • Chapayev Monument: a frozen attack where one hero breaks the rule • Kuibyshev Square: a vast square on the site of a demolished cathedral • Drama Theater: a red-brick fairy tale with turrets from 1888 • Pushkin Square: a panorama of the Volga and travelers who have already made it • Iveron Monastery: a bell tower where time speaks in two ways • Zhigulevsky Brewery: the finale where the famous beer was born Sample tasks • In the Chapayev Monument, one character doesn't fit the general rule. Who is it? • Images of nature are hidden in the metal ornament of the Art Nouveau Museum. What are they? • At the Opera and Ballet Theater, a heroine from another world has slipped in. What object gives her away? How hard is it The tasks are about what's right in front of you, so attentiveness matters more here than erudition. Who it's for • Visitors to Samara: in one walk you'll see the old center, the Volga and the legendary brewery. • Samara locals who walk along Kuibysheva every day but have never looked closely at these facades. • Families with children aged 6 and up: searching and counting is more fun than listening to a lecture. • Groups of friends: one phone for everyone, and you can argue over who finds the answer first.
1
Revolution Square and the Art Museum
Start at the monument with a pedestal that survived two eras, then the former bank with a colonnade on Kuibysheva Street.
20 minutes
2
Old Dvoryanskaya Street
The House of the Noble Assembly with an unusual past and the Philharmonic, which grew out of a theater-circus.
20 minutes
3
Art Nouveau, the church and Strukovsky Garden
The Kurlin Mansion, a Neo-Gothic church and Samara's oldest park with a stone grotto.
25 minutes
4
Chapayev and Kuibyshev Squares
The Chapayev Monument and the Opera and Ballet Theater on the vast square of Soviet Samara.
25 minutes
5
Drama Theater and Pushkin Square
Chichagov's red-brick theater and an observation deck with a view of the Volga.
15 minutes
6
Iveron Monastery and Zhigulevsky Brewery
A bell tower with a chiming clock and the finale at the historic brewery.
15 minutes
For reference only. The program may change.
Access to the quest in the bot (Telegram or MAX) for a group of up to 10 people
12 tasks with hints and a short story about each place, in text and audio
Start on any day, no guide and no fixed time
Guide accompaniment; the route is led by the bot
Mobile internet and phone charge
Cafes and museums along the way
• You need a smartphone with Telegram or MAX and mobile internet. One phone is enough for the whole group. • Payment in two steps: pay a deposit here, and pay the remainder via the link we'll send in the order chat. The bot opens the route right after payment. • The route is outdoors; you don't need to enter buildings, except at one of the last stops you'll enter the grounds of the Iveron Monastery. About 4 km, with a descent to the Volga near the finale. You can pause the walk and continue later. Stories are available in audio, so bring headphones. • Suitable for children aged 6 and up together with adults. • The entire route is on foot, so wear comfortable shoes.
Start location
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The Lenin monument in the center of Alekseyevsky Square on Revolution Square ("Revolution Square" stop). Approach the monument and launch the bot: the first task is right here.
End location
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Zhigulevsky Brewery, Volzhsky Prospekt, 4, by the "Zhigulevskoye Beer" composition in the old part of the brewery. Here is the last task and the finale of the route.
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